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 …

Steam curing involves a complex moisture-thermal coupling process, which greatly affects
the performance evolution of cement-based materials. The effects of mineral admixtures and …

The stiffness of cementitious materials decreases with increasing temperature. Herein,
macroscopic samples of mature cement pastes are subjected at 20, 30, and 45° C …

The conceptualization of a representative volume element (RVE) of hardened cement paste
for numerical homogenization of mechanical problems rests on identifying the largest …

Ultra high performance concretes (UHPCs) are cementitious composite materials with high
level of performance characterized by high compressive strength, high tensile strength and …

The scaling of strength across hierarchically structured composite materials is accented by
the presence of defects with distinct morphology and origin appearing within the …

A comprehensive experimental program on the mechanical, hygral and thermal behavior of
a modern wet mix shotcrete is presented. The present part I deals with the evolution of the …

In this study, an experimental setup to characterize the early-age creep of 3D printable
mortar was proposed. The testing protocol comprises quasi-static compressive loading …

This study investigates the development of elastic and creep properties of sodium hydroxide-
activated blast furnace slag mortar, utilizing three different molarities of the activator solution …

This paper presents the results of a European benchmark on multiscale creep modeling for
cementitious materials, performed in the framework of the COST Action TU1404 “Towards …