Open AccessModelling of sand cement hydration in normal conditions
Author(s) -
Yu. A. Abzaev,
A. I. Gnyrya,
С. В. Коробков
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1611/1/012045
Subject(s) - cement , portlandite , portland cement , materials science , calcium silicate hydrate , porosity , hardening (computing) , composite material , curing (chemistry) , water–cement ratio , geotechnical engineering , geology , layer (electronics)
The paper considers the hardening mechanisms of the sand cement composition (0.75 sand and 0.25 Portland cement) during 28 days. In this study, the VCCTL tool is used for computer modelling of the sand cement hardening process. It is found that after 28 days, the sand cement hydration is ∼0.75, the porosity is over 0.20 and 0.32 at the water-cement ratio of 0.40 and higher, respectively. Calcium silicate hydrate (C–S–H) and portlandite (CH) are the main hydration products of Portland cement and responsible for the sand cement strength. Owing to the high porosity of sand cement, free moisture is present in it in large quantities. It is shown that the effective elastic moduli of sand cement rapidly grow during 200 hours and then monotonically lower. The yield stress monotonically grows during sand cement curing, and at 0.40 and 0.44 water-cement ratios achieves the maximum value. This growth thus depends on the water-cement ratio and affects Young’s modulus during the curing process. At the qualitative level, a correlation is observed between the yield stress and Young’s modulus depending on the curing time of sand cement with the discussed water-cement ratios.