Ultrasonic monitoring of capillary porosity evolution and strength gain in hydrating cement pastes

K V L, Subramaniam (2013) Ultrasonic monitoring of capillary porosity evolution and strength gain in hydrating cement pastes. In: Nondestructive Testing of Materials and Structures. RILEM Bookseries, 6 . Springer Netherlands, pp. 445-451. ISBN 978-94-007-0723-8

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Abstract

An ultrasonic test procedure for determining the capillary porosity in hydrating cement paste is presented. The response of hydrating cement paste through setting is monitored using horizontally polarized shear waves (SH). Changes in the ultrasonic signal through setting are related with changes in the porosity and stiffness of an equivalent water- filled poroelastic material, which provides identical acoustic impedance. The porosity obtained from the ultrasonic measurements, is identical to capillary porosity obtained from the conventional themo-gravimetric analysis. A unique relationship between capillary porosity and compressive strength is established for hydrating cement pastes.

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IITH Creators:	IITH Creators ORCiD K V L, Subramaniam http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5995-0911
Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Capillary porosity; Cement paste; Compressive strength; Hydration; Shear waves; Ultrasound
Subjects:	Civil Engineering > Soil Structure Interaction
Divisions:	Department of Civil Engineering
Depositing User:	Users 3 not found.
Date Deposited:	14 Oct 2014 09:17
Last Modified:	05 Jul 2017 10:05
URI:	http://raiithold.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/464
Publisher URL:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0723-8_63
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