User's Guide to the NIST Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory. Version 1.0 (NISTIR 6583)

Published

November 1, 2000

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Glenn P. Forney

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

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.6583

Keywords

cements, concretes, cement hydration, computer models, concrete testing, microstructure, simulation, virtual laboratory, manuals

Citation

Bentz, D. and Forney, G. (2000), User's Guide to the NIST Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory. Version 1.0 (NISTIR 6583), NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.6583 (Accessed April 24, 2024)