Combined experimental and numerical study of uniaxial compression failure of hardened cement paste at micrometre length scale

H Zhang, Y Xu, Y Gan, Z Chang, E Schlangen… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to investigate the mechanical performance of hardened cement paste
(HCP) under compression at the micrometre length scale. In order to achieve this, both …

[HTML][HTML] Experimentally informed micromechanical modelling of cement paste: An approach coupling X-ray computed tomography and statistical nanoindentation

H Zhang, B Šavija, M Luković, E Schlangen - Composites Part B …, 2019 - Elsevier
This work proposes a method for numerically investigating the fracture mechanism of
cement paste at the microscale based on X-ray computed tomography and nanoindentation …

Scaling of strength in hardened cement pastes-Unveiling the role of microstructural defects and the susceptibility of CSH gel to physical/chemical degradation by …

M Hlobil, K Sotiriadis, A Hlobilova - Cement and Concrete Research, 2022 - Elsevier
The scaling of strength across hierarchically structured composite materials is accented by
the presence of defects with distinct morphology and origin appearing within the …

Size effect on splitting strength of hardened cement paste: Experimental and numerical study

H Zhang, B Šavija, Y Xu, E Schlangen - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2018 - Elsevier
Cement paste possesses complex microstructural features including defects/pores over a
range of length-scales, from nanometres to millimetres in size. As a consequence, it exhibits …

A macro-scale ruck and tuck mechanism for deformation in ion-irradiated polycrystalline graphite

D Liu, D Cherns, S Johns, Y Zhou, J Liu, WY Chen… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
A vein structure, which becomes more pronounced with increasing ion dose, was found on
the surface of polycrystalline HOPG (highly oriented pyrolytic graphite) implanted by ex situ …

[HTML][HTML] High temperature spherical nano-indentation of graphite crystals

TJ Marrow, I Šulak, BS Li, M Vukšić, M Williamson… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
Nano-indentation at temperatures up to 600° C has been applied to the (0001) surface of
highly oriented pyrolytic graphite using a spherical diamond tip (∼ 10 μm diameter). Cross …

Towards understanding stochastic fracture performance of cement paste at micro length scale based on numerical simulation

H Zhang, B Šavija, E Schlangen - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
This work presents a study of stochastic fracture properties of cement paste at the micro
length scale based on a combination of X-ray computed tomography (XCT) technique and …

Using porous random fields to predict the elastic modulus of unoxidized and oxidized superfine graphite

JD Arregui-Mena, DV Griffiths, RN Worth, CE Torrence… - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Nuclear graphite is a candidate material for Generation IV nuclear power plants. Porous
materials such as graphite can contain complex networks of pores that influence the …

Direct observation of the elasticity-texture relationship in pyrolytic carbon via in situ micropillar compression and digital image correlation

J Kabel, TEJ Edwards, A Sharma, J Michler… - Carbon, 2021 - Elsevier
Pyrolytic carbon (PyC) plays a critical role in many applications for its unique properties. In
ceramic composite systems, the elastic properties of PyC at the fiber/matrix interface drive …

Porosity evolution in proton irradiated microfine-grained POCO graphite

M Jiang, K Ammigan, G Lolov, F Pellemoine… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work investigated the porosity evolution of POCO ZXF-5Q graphite that has been
irradiated by 340 kW, 120 GeV protons inside NT02 target system in Fermilab's NuMI …