Characterization of Portland cement paste using MIP, nanoindentation and esem techniques

Modal analysis of a concrete highway bridge: Structural calculations and vibration-based results

In the field of civil infrastructure, Structural Health Monitoring systems are implemented more and more frequently with the aim to safeguard the safety and service-life of structures such as bridges and tunnels. Changes in the integrity of the material and/or structural properties of this class of structures is known to adversely affect their...

Data-intensive structural health monitoring in the infrawatch project

The InfraWatch project is a Dutch research project, aimed at developing novel techniques for large-scale monitoring of concrete infra-structures. The project involves a large bridge, fitted with multiple types of sensors that capture the high-resolution dynamic behavior of the bridge. With 145 sensors measuring at 100 Hz, a huge amount of data...

Spalling of concrete due to fire exposure: A coupled fracture mechanics and pore pressure approach

In this paper results are presented from a by STW funded research project “spalling of concrete due to fire exposure” between Eindhoven University of Technology and Delft University of Technology and aimed at developing an integral spalling model. In this paper two coupled Finite Element based models are presented in which the first model...

Simulation of pozzolan blended cement hydration

A compressive strength model for recycled aggregate systems

Understanding the impact of degradation of concrete structures

Computational 3D simulation of calcium leaching in cement matrices

Calcium leaching is a degradation process consisting in the progressive dissolution of the paste by the migration of calcium atoms to the aggressive solution. It is therefore, a complex phenomenon involving simultaneously several crystalline phases and dissolution and diffusion processes. During this work a new program for the simulation of the...

Netcentric Virtual Laboratories for Composite Materials

Numerical estimation of transport properties of cementitious materials using 3D digital images

A multi-scale characterisation of the transport process within cementitious microstructure possesses a great challenge in terms of modelling and schematization. In this paper a numerical method is proposed to mitigate the resolution problems in numerical methods for calculating effective transport properties of porous materials using 3D digital...

Micro-hydration, pore connectivity and durability of cementitious materials

Latest developments in Hymostruc enable the possibility to evaluate the pore connectivity of an evolving microstructure while also considering the contribution of the ITZ and air voids and to examine the influence on frost durability. The numerical model is used to visualize this phenomenon and to show the contribution of both the pores and the...

Multicomponent modelling of Portland cement hydration reactions

The prospect of cement and concrete technologies depends on more in depth understanding of cement hydration reactions. Hydration reaction models simulate the development of the microstructures that can finally be used to estimate the cement based material properties that influence performance and service life. In this paper the multicomponent...

Cryogenic suction pump mechanism for combined salt-and frost exposure

Freezing of water can be explained by the thermodynamic properties of the water due to the influence of temperature, pressure and special effects such as surface tension and salt solution. Gibbs free energy curves for ice and pore liquid containing different concentrations of NaCl (0-6%) are presented. These curves explain the onset of freezing...

Surface crack self healing behaviour of mortars with expansive additives (abstract)