Characterizing two types of zonation within slag rims of aged alkali-activated slag pastes through SEM and TEM

In this paper, the authors characterized two types of zonation within slag rims in aged alkali-activated slag (AAS) systems through SEM and TEM technology. These two elemental zonation were closely related to the pore structure of AAS pastes, thus providing strong implication for the transport- and durability-related performance of AAS...

3-Dimensional insight into zonation within slag rims of aged blended cement

Through the integration of SEM-BSE and TEM, we gained a comprehensive 3-dimensional understanding of different distribution patterns of inner hydration products of slag. For fully hydrated small slag grains, two distinct sub-zones were formed in the rims. Lath-like, well-crystalline hydrotalcite-like crystals were found to precipitate, grow,...

Micro-Mechanical Properties of Slag Rim Formed in Cement–Slag System Evaluated by Nanoindentation Combined with SEM

Slag rim mainly consists of secondary precipitations such as C–S–H gel phase and hydrotalcite-like phase, which originate from the hydration of slag. In this paper, the micro-mechanical properties of slag rim were characterized by nanoindentation in combination with SEM. It was found that, compared to the C–S–H gel phase, slag rim showed about a...

Role of the grain size on the hydration characteristics of slag in an aged field concrete

This paper studies chemical composition of partially and fully hydrated slag grains in a (nearly) 40-year-old field concrete from the Netherlands. The concrete samples were assumed to be sufficiently aged to contain fully hydrated slag grains as well as partially hydrated large slag particles with thick rims. Our analysis showed that three...

Recurrent Inference Machines for accelerated MRI acquisition trained using simulated undersampled k-space data

Recently, many advancements have been made in accelerated MRI reconstruction with the use of neural networks. Such deep learning methods learn a suitable MRI prior distribution from large sets of training data. For MRI images acquired with an uncommon scanning sequence, large datasets required for training are not available. Additionally, deep...

Evaluating the Robustness of the Recurrent Inference Machine Based on MRI Lesion Data from Multiple Sclerosis Patients

The Recurrent Inference Machine (RIM) has been developed as an alternative to the clinically used Compressed Sensing (CS) algorithm, using Deep Learning (DL). A common issue with DL networks is the generalization of the network to features that have not been trained for. In this study we evaluate the robustness of the RIM to white matter lesions...

Elastic modulus of the alkali-silica reaction rim in a simplified calcium-alkali-silicate system determined by nano-indentation

This work aims at providing a better understanding of the mechanical properties of the reaction rim in the alkali-silica reaction. The elastic modulus of the calcium alkali silicate constituting the reaction rim, which is formed at the interface between alkali silicate and Ca(OH)2 in a chemically-idealized system of the alkali-silica reaction...

Studies on the alkali-silica reaction rim in a simplified calcium-alkali-silicate system

This work is intended to provide a better understanding about the properties and roles of the reaction rim in an alkali-silica reaction. A simplified calcium-alkali-silicate system was created to simulate the multiple interactions among reactive silica, alkaline solution and portlandite near the aggregate surface during the formation and...

Gas Coning Control with a Smart Horizontal Well in a Thin Oil Rim

The use of wells equipped with inflow control valves has steadily increased over the past decade. Most of these wells are used to control the inflow from separate reservoirs or separate reservoir zones. This solution is particularly attractive for high-rate horizontal wells in thin oil rim reservoirs. Through the smart well technology, early gas...

Investigation and control of factors influencing resistance upset butt welding.

The purpose of this work is to investigate the factors influencing the resistance upset butt welding process to obtain an understanding of the metal behaviour and welding process characteristics, so that new automotive steels can be welded with reduced development time and fewer failures in production. In principle the welding process is rather...