Elastic and creep properties of young cement paste, as determined from hourly repeated minute-long quasi-static tests

M Irfan-ul-Hassan, B Pichler, R Reihsner… - Cement and Concrete …, 2016 - Elsevier
Cement pastes are highly creep active materials at early ages. We here characterize both
the elastic stiffness and the creep properties of ordinary Portland cement pastes conditioned …

Basic creep of cement paste at early age-the role of cement hydration

M Wyrzykowski, K Scrivener, P Lura - Cement and Concrete Research, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, the uniaxial creep in compression during the first days of hydration is studied
experimentally on cement pastes with w/c of 0.50. In order to assess the effect of the …

Autogenous and drying shrinkage of mortars based on Portland and calcium sulfoaluminate cements

D Sirtoli, M Wyrzykowski, P Riva, P Lura - Materials and Structures, 2020 - Springer
Calcium sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement can be used as an alternative binder in concrete,
partially or fully replacing ordinary Portland cement. While CSA cement considerably …

Catalysis and regulation of graphene oxide on hydration properties and microstructure of cement-based materials

Q Fu, Z Wang, Y Xue, D Niu - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Graphene oxide (GO) is a two-dimensional material that adds functionalized oxygen-
containing groups on the surface of graphene through strong acid oxidation. The oxygen …

Evaluation of the ultimate drying shrinkage of cement-based mortars with poroelastic models

C Di Bella, M Wyrzykowski, P Lura - Materials and Structures, 2017 - Springer
In this study, the ultimate drying shrinkage of three different cement-based mortars, with and
without supplementary cementitious materials, was investigated. Experimental results were …

Preparation of cement composites with ordered microstructures via doping with graphene oxide nanosheets and an investigation of their strength and durability

S Lv, J Zhang, L Zhu, C Jia - Materials, 2016 - mdpi.com
The main problem with cement composites is that they have structural defects, including
cracks, holes, and a disordered morphology, which significantly affects their strength and …

Proposing a three-phase model for predicting the mechanical properties of mortar and concrete

S Krishnya, Y Elakneswaran, Y Yoda - Materials Today Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
The interfacial transition zone (ITZ) around aggregates is known as the weakest zone in
mortar and concrete, which highly influences the mechanical properties. In this study, the …

Low clinker high performance concretes and their potential in CFRP-prestressed structural elements

TD Lämmlein, F Messina, M Wyrzykowski… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
Three novel low-clinker-high-performance concretes (LCHPC) with clinker replacement
levels of 54, 58 and 70% were developed to substitute high-performance concrete (HPC) in …

Interpreting the pore structure of hydrating cement phases through a synergistic use of the Powers-Brownyard model, hydration kinetics, and thermodynamic …

V Jafari Azad, P Suraneni… - Advances in Civil …, 2017 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Abstract The Powers-Brownyard model is an analytical tool that is widely used to quantify
the volume of gel solids, gel pores, capillary water, and unhydrated cement during the …

Early-age elastic properties of cement-based materials as a function of decreasing moisture content

C Di Bella, M Griffa, TJ Ulrich, P Lura - Cement and Concrete Research, 2016 - Elsevier
The moisture content is of particular relevance in cement-based materials, as it has a strong
impact on their fundamental material properties. For example, it directly affects their strength …