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Zhang, H. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Chang, Z. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)
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 experimental and numerical approaches were applied. In the experimental part, micrometre sized HCP specimens were fabricated and subjected to uniaxial compression by...
journal article 2019
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Zhang, H. (author), Šavija, B. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)
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 discrete lattice type fracture model. Thirty virtual specimens consisting of pore, outer hydration products, inner hydration products and anhydrous cement particles were...
journal article 2018
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Zhang, H. (author), Šavija, B. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)
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 different behaviour under loading depending on the size. In this work, cubic specimens in a size range of 1: 400 were produced and tested by a one-sided splitting...
journal article 2018
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Zhang, H. (author), Šavija, B. (author), Schlangen, E. (author)
The aim of this paper is to investigate the fracture performance of cement paste at micro scale by both experimental and numerical methods. Micro cubic specimens with length of 100 µm were fabricated by precision cutting, grinding and micro-dicing, and tested by splitting with a wedge tip mounted on a nano-indenter. A nominal splitting...
journal article 2018
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