User's Guide to the NIST Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory. Version 1.0

Published

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard, Chiara F. Ferraris, Edward J. Garboczi, Nicos Martys, Paul E. Stutzman

Abstract

This NISTIR serves as the user's manual for Version 1.0 of the Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL). Using the VCCTL, a user may create starting microstructures of cement (gypsum, fly ash, etc.) particles in water, hydrate the microstructures under controlled curing conditions, leach the portlandite and remaining cement clinker phases from hydrated microstructures, view images and animations of 3-D microstructures, and/or evaluate a variety of properties of hydrated/leached microstructures for direct comparison to experimental data. The VCCTL includes a web-based interface that provides a menu-driven system of forms for obtaining user input and returning results. Two example applications of using the VCCTL to study specific scenarios of interest to the cement-based materials research community are also presented.

Citation

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 6583

Report Number

6583

NIST Pub Series

NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Pub Type

NIST Pubs

Keywords

building technology, cement hydration, computer modeling, concrete testing, microstructure, simulation, virtual laboratory

Citation

Bullard, J. , Ferraris, C. , Garboczi, E. , Martys, N. and Stutzman, P. (2000), User's Guide to the NIST Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory. Version 1.0, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 12, 2025)