Stress induced dissolution and time-dependent deformation of portland cement paste

Autor: Masoud Moradian, Zachary Grasley, M. Tyler Ley
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Materials & Design, Vol 157, Iss, Pp 314-325 (2018)
ISSN: 0264-1275
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2018.07.060
Popis: While the stress-induced dissolution of various minerals has gained attention as an important time-dependent deformation mechanism, this has only sparingly been investigated in portland cement systems. In this paper, X-ray Computed Tomography (XCT) is used to make direct observations of the microstructural evolution in cement paste samples under different levels of stress during their first 60 h of hydration. Stiffness and creep measurements are also made while imaging the changes in the microstructure. The results show that stress applied at ages between 24 h and 60 h caused an increase in stiffness, increase in early age creep, and a statistically higher amount of dissolution of individual particles near the point of load application. Keywords: X-ray Computed Tomography, Microstructure evolution, Cement Hydration, Creep, Dissolution
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