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PACKING ISSUE IN CEMENT BLENDING FOR SUSTAINABILITY
DEVELOPMENTS - APPROACH BY DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD
Nghi L.B. Le1
, Piet Stroeven2
1
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft, the Netherlands
2
Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft, the Netherlands
Abstract
Common cement blending materials for concrete like fly ashes, blast furnace slag, silica fume, metakaolin and rice husk ash have
been investigated experimentally as to their impact on concrete’s mechanical, physical and sustainability capabilities. Such
efforts offer but case-related information on involved materials and used procedures. Generalizations will be difficult because
also contradicting information is provided: a weak basis to guide further developments. Published research data on blends with
inert components (carbon black) confirm fineness to be the leading parameter governing their mechanics. Experimental efforts
revealing blending effects on durability issues are more scarce because of their complicated, laborious and time-consuming
nature. Hence, generalization capabilities are even more restricted. An approach is therefore presented for studying cementitious
materials in the virtual reality, employing the concurrent algorithm-based dynamic discrete element method (DEM), HADES.
Hydration simulation of the simulated (blended) Portland cement grain mixture is thereupon accomplished with an extended
version of the vector approach. Robotics-based pore delineation provides topological information, while geometric
characterization of the pore networks is accomplished by star volume measurements. Topological and geometric parameters can
be combined in a hydraulic model for durability estimation. This approach allows covering a wide range of parameters. This
would render possible more systematic and economic development of such materials for sustainability purposes, among other
things. The production stages (DEM and hydration simulation) and the analysis stages (pore delineation and topology and
geometry assessment) are briefly outlined. Application of the methodology is illustrated on finer and coarser grained cements
blended with rice husk ash produced with different fineness. The effects of the gap in grading on the pore network characteristics
relevant for transport-based durability items are outlined.
Keywords: Cement blending, particle packing, hydration, discrete element method, porosimetry, transport-based
durability.
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1. INTRODUCTION
Common cement blending materials for concrete like fly
ashes, blast furnace slag, silica fume, metakaolin and rice
husk ash have been investigated experimentally as to their
impact on concrete’s mechanical, physical and
sustainability capabilities. Such efforts offer but case-related
information on involved materials and used procedures.
Generalizations will be difficult because also contradicting
information is provided. This constitutes a weak basis to
guide further material developments that would fulfil
sustainability requirements. Portland cement production
significantly contributes to worldwide CO2 emissions [1].
Hence, partial replacement of Portland cement (PC) by
waste components would have direct positive sustainability
effects. In that respect, the calcined clays can be added to
the aforementioned list as artificial pozzolanas. Kaolinite,
thus obtained, derives its potentialities primarily from the
metakaolin it contains. The commercial metakaolin is much
finer, however also (far) more expensive. Yet, fineness plays
an important role in all blends. In the same way the kaolin is
calcined, diatomite can be obtained in amorphous state when
properly produced, but it contains smaller amounts of
alumina. Yet, for identical production conditions (including
the grinding period) we found about similar strength in
comparable situations due to the finer-grained diatomite [2-
3]. All these blending components manifest natural or
artificial pozzolanic properties that can compensate for the
reduced chemical potentials of the PC in the blend.
Published research data on blends with inert components
(carbon black) con-firm fineness to be the leading parameter
governing their mechanics [4]. With the fineness of the
carbon black attuned to that of the Portland cement (so,
leading to optimum packing), it was found that in the high
quality range the reduced chemical capabilities could be
fully compensated by the physical contributions to strength.
Experimental efforts revealing blending effects on durability
issues are scarcer because of more complicated, laborious
and time-consuming nature. As an example, see [5-6]. Yet,
it becomes apparent from the literature that more efficient
binder packing in the fresh state will lead to a denser hydrate
structure and thus reduced pore dimensions [7]. This would
make the concrete less accessible for both gasses and fluids
that are harmful to concrete’s integrity. So, particle packing
should be considered a relevant issue in designing blends for
promoting sustainability, among other things [8].
Generalizations can nowadays more easily be made by
studying virtual cementitious materials [9-15]. Of course,
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the reliability of the research outcomes will depends on the
quality -for the objected purpose- of the simulation system
[16]. The popular random sequential addition (RSA)
systems in concrete technology should be avoided, since
pore network characteristics will depend on the particle
dispersion in the virtual material. This is biased in RSA
systems [17-18]. Hence, DEM, either of static or of dynamic
nature, should be selected for the present purpose. DEM
simulations by a versatile system like HADES make it
possible producing realistic representations of cementitious
materials on different structural levels. Aggregate grains of
fluvial origin or of crushed rock can be packed according to
respective sieve curves into the dense random packing state
[19]. Such experiments on meso-level yield information on
surface spacing and thus on the extent of the binder that is
pocketed between the aggregate surfaces. On micro-level
the binder grains are thereupon packed in containers of
appropriate size. Two rigid container surfaces may represent
the aggregate surfaces that induce gradient structures, which
are denoted as Interfacial Transition Zones (ITZs) [20-21].
Next, hydration simulation is accomplished by an extended
version of the vector approach [22]. Robotics-based pore
delineation provides topological information, while
geometric characterization of the pore network is
accomplished by star volume measurements [14,23].
Topological and geometric parameters can be combined in a
hydraulic model for durability estimation. This approach
renders possible covering in an economic way a wide range
of parameters. This paper will apply the sketched DEM
approach to gap-graded RHA blends, whereby the gap is
varied in intensity.
2. METHODOLOGY IN VIRTUAL REALITY
The details of the various blocks of the methodology for
porosimetry are explicitly described in the international
literature. Successively, these blocks concern
1) HADES: dynamic DEM for packing simulation of
artificially-shaped particles on meso-, micro- and
nano-level [19];
2) XIPKM: extended integrated particle kinetics
method for simulation of fresh multi-component
blended cement system [22]; the IPKM reference
method is described in [12,24];
3) DRaMuTS: double random multiple tree structuring
system for delineating the complete pore network
system and for topology assessment [14];
4) SVM: star volume measurements in uniformly
random point system inside the pore network
[14,23];
5) Tube model: the tree data obtained by DRaMuTS
are employed to construct a network of cylindrical
tubes connected at nodes that represents the
percolated pore system; by applying a pressure
gradient across the ends of the network, permeability
is determined [13,25].
Hence, interested readers can find all computational details
on algorithms in the indicated international literature.
Globally speaking, the sequence of activities encompassed
the following. A Rosin-Rammler function is specified to
repre-sents the size distribution of the Portland cement; i.e.,
G(d)=1-exp(-bda
), whereby G(d) stands for the mass or
volume fract-ion of the cement passing a sieve with opening
d, and a and b are constants [26]. Mineral admixture
particles may have their own grain size distribution. The
amount of particles necessary to achieve pre-determined
water to binder ratio and blending percentage is assessed
and dispersed by RSA in a large container, generally with
two rigid and four periodic boun-daries. Particles are set to
linearly move and rotate according to Newtonian rules.
Overlap is avoided by having a thin boundary layer of
constant thickness enveloping the particles.
Local overlap of such boundary zones activates associated
surface elements of the particles. Depending on total
involved surface area and degree of overlap, an integrated
reaction is generated that forces the particles to separate
again. Also the container surface is covered by such a thin
boundary zone. The container size is gradually reduced until
the w/c ratio is achieved, whereupon motion stops.
The major compounds of the PC and of the mineral
admixture (basically SiO2 representing RHA) are reacting
according to standard chemical equilibrium reactions that
also involve volume changes. Once the original size of the
PC grains is exceeded after formation of CSHin layer,
deposition in smooth layers of CSHout is continuing, thereby
expanding the particles and leading to complicated
interactions among hydrating neighbouring particles. This is
modelled in XIPKM. Set up and verification results are
shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Pore characteristics in 3D virtual hydrated cementitious
paste are investigated by the DRaMuTS method that has
been introduced in Stroeven et al. By this method,
randomized data structures are built incrementally in two
stages. The first stage is to rapidly explore the pore space; a
system of virtual trees, which consist of nodes and lines
connecting pairs of such nodes (like branches in real trees),
randomly and increment-tally grow in the pore medium. To
speed up the process, deviating from algorithms developed
in robotics, a point is shifted to avoid rejections, thereby
however violating the uniform randomness of the tree
system. When neighbouring trees are developing in the same
pore, they will merge. In the second stage, a system of
probing points is generated uni-formly at random (UR) in
pore space. As a result, such points can be used for
statistical assessment of pore characteristics in which point
classifications are realized by connections of such points to
the tree systems. For example, the connected fraction of
pores can be estimated by the fraction of the total number of
points that can be associated with the percolated tree
branches.
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Fig. 1: (top) particle models of 2-compound cement,
pozzolanic admixture and hydration product; (bot-tom)
differently color-coded microstructure.
Pore size distribution (PoSD) is obtained from SVM where
the system of UR points is employed as the nuclei of
“stars”. In each point a system of pikes is generated
isotropic uniformly at random (IUR) or in systematic
directions. Length of a pike, li, spanning in an unobstructed
way the distance from the star’s nucleus to the nearest pore
surface, is assessed. In 3D space,
33
i i2d l , whereby di is
an unbiased estimate of local pore size. Such star volume
measurements (SVM) in the star nuclei provide the
information for the construction of the 3D volume-based
pore size distribution. Alternatively, a plane is located
through a nucleus and pikes are, e.g., designed in uniform
directions in the plane section. The area of this pore section
is estimated by Ai=
2
1l , with li as the unobstructed distance
from the nucleus to the nearest pore perimeter. By rotating
the plane section, the minimum value of Ai can be
determined. This is denoted the pore throat. The
aforementioned adjust-ment of sensitivity to a relevant
engineering level involves eliminating all throat areas
smaller than a minimum value.
20% cement replacement
Fig. 2: Porosity of the RHA-blended PC samples (for
experimental results, see Nguyen [27]. RHA-blended PC
samples with w/b = 0.4 and 10-20% replacement). Hydrated
with XIPKM.
When the trees in DRaMuTS span the full dimensions of the
cube, the so-called “main trunks” are extracted from the tree
system. Such main trunks represent the direct paths (tracks)
through pore space from the bottom to the top of the sample.
Next, the main trunks are smoothed to reflect the flow
length. Illustrations of main trunk extraction and smoothing
are shown in Fig. 3. This extraction defines the skeleton of
the pore network. For other methods for skeletonization , see
[28-29].
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Fig. 3: (top) Picture of main trunks in 2D (bold lines) that
are derived from tree branches; (bottom) Picture at the right
shows trunks after smoothing.
Finally, a network structure of cylindrical tubes and nodes is
constructed to represent the smoothed main trunks. The
diameters of the tubes are derived from SVM along the
length of the main trunks. The flow inside a tube is assumed
to be slow, saturated, incompressible and laminar according
to the Hagen-Poiseuille law. This structure is supposedly
subject-ed to a given pressure gradient between at inlet and
outlet nodes. Applying the volume conservation law at
nodes between two or more tubes, a set of algebraic
equations is obtained with nodal pressures as unknowns.
After solving this set of equation, the permeability is
estimated by Darcy’s equation:
u L
K
P


 (1)
where K = permeability [m2
], u = average velo-city
[m/s], L = sample length [m], µ = dynamic viscosity of the
intruding fluid [N.s/m2
], and P = applied pressure gradient
[N/m2
].
3. ILLUSTRATIVE BLENDING EXAMPLES
3.1 Materials and Experimental
Reference PC composition: 100% C3S. Blaine fine-ness
300m2
/kg. Rosin-Rammler particle size distribution with a
= 1.107 and b = 0.023. The following PC fractions are taken
from this reference cement.
.
Fig. 4: (top) PSD of the materials: Portland cement (PC) and
rice husk ash (RHA). (bottom) Median particle sizes of
various blended mixtures (w/b=0.4, RHA18, 20%
replacement)
Cem133, Cem240 and Cem350 with size ranges 1~33 m,
2~40 m and 3~50 m, respectively. RHA: SiO2 and inert
component [8,30]; RHA14: grinding time 14 h; RHA18:
grinding time 18 h; RHA18+: grinding time 18 h with
grinding aid. Cubic samples of (blended) PC are simulated
with 100-150 m side length and two opposite rigid
boundaries and four periodic ones.
Purpose is to have cements with different fineness partially
replaced by rice husk ashes of different fineness that
resulted from modified grinding procedure. Result is gap-
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.8
0.9
1
Particle size (m)
Cummulativepercentagebyweight
Cem133
Cem240
Cem350
RHA18+
RHA18
RHA14
Cem133 Cem240 Cem350
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Medianparticlesize(m)
plain
blended
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grading to different degrees. Fig. 4 displays the particle size
distributions (PSD) of the blending components. Mixtures
will have as a result different median particle size as shown
in Fig. 4 at the right. The effect of the resulting “gap” on
pore refinement and ITZ reduction due to blending will be
investigated.
3.2. Results
Fig. 5 shows the network of delineated pores (top) and of the
main trunks connecting opposite outer surfaces of the
specimen.
Fig. 5: Pore delineation in 100μm cubes for a plain PC
sample. All trees growing in capillary pores are shown (top)
as well as the extracted main trunks only (bottom). Visually
similar results were obtained for blended specimens.
Fig. 6: Porosity evolution in time by hydration of cubic
samples with different side lengths (cement size range of 3
~33 µm; six periodic boundaries)
Fig. 7: ITZ thickness versus median particle size of samples
with different blending dosage of RHA (Cem133, w/b = 0.4
and RHA18+) (top) and with different type of RHA
(Cem133, w/b = 0.4 and 20% blending) (bottom).
Fig. 6 demonstrates the 100μm cube of representative size
for pore evolution. This was also confirmed on the basis of
other parameters in the experimental approach. Figs. 7 and 8
10
0
10
1
10
2
10
3
10
4
10
5
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
0.4
0.45
0.5
0.55
time (hours)
poro(%)
100m
150m
200m
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
plain
10%RHA
20%RHA
30%RHA
Median particle size (m)
ITZthickness(m)
9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 12.5 13 13.5 14 14.5
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Cem133
Cem133+20%RHA14
Cem133+20%RHA18
Cem133+20%RHA18+
Median particle size (m)
ITZthickness(m)
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demonstrate the ITZ reduced and its pore fraction
diminished with increasing the size of the gap, whereas the
ITZ in plain cement contains relatively high fraction of
larger pores. Figs. 9 and 10 witness the pore refinement that
occurs due to increasing gap-grading.
Fig. 8: Pore fraction in ITZ of samples with different type of
RHA (Cem133, w/b = 0.4 and 20% blending) (top) and with
different cements fineness (w/b = 0.4, RHA18+ and 20%
blending)
Fig. 9: Pore throat size distribution of samples with different
type of RHA (Cem133, w/b = 0.4 and 20% blending) (left)
and of plain and blended samples with different cement size
ranges (w/b = 0.4, RHA18+ and 20% blending) (right).
4. CONCLUSIONS
The presented methodology offers a reliable and economic
way to study in a systematic way transport-based durability
issues, since the underlying pore network topology and
geometry can readily be obtained. In designing mono-
blends or hybrid ones, fineness is a leading parameter.
Particularly in the high performance range, van der Waals
contributions to strength can be significant when particle
packing is improved/optimized by blending. Packing optimi-
zation exceeds the importance of the degree of pozzolanity.
plain RHA14 RHA18 RHA18+
0
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.1
0.12
0.14
0.16
Cem133 Cem350
0
0.02
0.04
0.06
0.08
0.1
0.12
0.14
0.16
plain
blended
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pore throat size (m)
Volume-basedporedensity(%)
plain
RHA14
RHA18
RHA18+
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Pore throat size (m)
Volume-basedporedensity(%)
Cem133,plain
Cem133,blended
Cem240,plain
Cem240,blended
Cem350,plain
Cem350,blended
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Fig. 10: Median pore size and permeability K vs. median
pore size of plain and blended samples (data are collected
from different samples with w/b=0.4).
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BIOGRAPHIES
Obtained his MSc from Ho Chi Minh
City University, Vietnam. Presently,
PhD candidate in Computational
Mechanics group at Delft University of
Technology. His research interests
focus on computational modelling of
construction materials and structures
Retired Professor in Material
Engineering and Delft University of
Technology where he also received his
PhD. He published widely in areas
ranging from structural engineering to
materials science, predominantly in the
concrete field

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Packing issue in cement blending for sustainability developments approach by discrete element method

  • 1. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Special Issue: 13 | ICNTCC-2014 | Sep-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 89 PACKING ISSUE IN CEMENT BLENDING FOR SUSTAINABILITY DEVELOPMENTS - APPROACH BY DISCRETE ELEMENT METHOD Nghi L.B. Le1 , Piet Stroeven2 1 Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft, the Netherlands 2 Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft, the Netherlands Abstract Common cement blending materials for concrete like fly ashes, blast furnace slag, silica fume, metakaolin and rice husk ash have been investigated experimentally as to their impact on concrete’s mechanical, physical and sustainability capabilities. Such efforts offer but case-related information on involved materials and used procedures. Generalizations will be difficult because also contradicting information is provided: a weak basis to guide further developments. Published research data on blends with inert components (carbon black) confirm fineness to be the leading parameter governing their mechanics. Experimental efforts revealing blending effects on durability issues are more scarce because of their complicated, laborious and time-consuming nature. Hence, generalization capabilities are even more restricted. An approach is therefore presented for studying cementitious materials in the virtual reality, employing the concurrent algorithm-based dynamic discrete element method (DEM), HADES. Hydration simulation of the simulated (blended) Portland cement grain mixture is thereupon accomplished with an extended version of the vector approach. Robotics-based pore delineation provides topological information, while geometric characterization of the pore networks is accomplished by star volume measurements. Topological and geometric parameters can be combined in a hydraulic model for durability estimation. This approach allows covering a wide range of parameters. This would render possible more systematic and economic development of such materials for sustainability purposes, among other things. The production stages (DEM and hydration simulation) and the analysis stages (pore delineation and topology and geometry assessment) are briefly outlined. Application of the methodology is illustrated on finer and coarser grained cements blended with rice husk ash produced with different fineness. The effects of the gap in grading on the pore network characteristics relevant for transport-based durability items are outlined. Keywords: Cement blending, particle packing, hydration, discrete element method, porosimetry, transport-based durability. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. INTRODUCTION Common cement blending materials for concrete like fly ashes, blast furnace slag, silica fume, metakaolin and rice husk ash have been investigated experimentally as to their impact on concrete’s mechanical, physical and sustainability capabilities. Such efforts offer but case-related information on involved materials and used procedures. Generalizations will be difficult because also contradicting information is provided. This constitutes a weak basis to guide further material developments that would fulfil sustainability requirements. Portland cement production significantly contributes to worldwide CO2 emissions [1]. Hence, partial replacement of Portland cement (PC) by waste components would have direct positive sustainability effects. In that respect, the calcined clays can be added to the aforementioned list as artificial pozzolanas. Kaolinite, thus obtained, derives its potentialities primarily from the metakaolin it contains. The commercial metakaolin is much finer, however also (far) more expensive. Yet, fineness plays an important role in all blends. In the same way the kaolin is calcined, diatomite can be obtained in amorphous state when properly produced, but it contains smaller amounts of alumina. Yet, for identical production conditions (including the grinding period) we found about similar strength in comparable situations due to the finer-grained diatomite [2- 3]. All these blending components manifest natural or artificial pozzolanic properties that can compensate for the reduced chemical potentials of the PC in the blend. Published research data on blends with inert components (carbon black) con-firm fineness to be the leading parameter governing their mechanics [4]. With the fineness of the carbon black attuned to that of the Portland cement (so, leading to optimum packing), it was found that in the high quality range the reduced chemical capabilities could be fully compensated by the physical contributions to strength. Experimental efforts revealing blending effects on durability issues are scarcer because of more complicated, laborious and time-consuming nature. As an example, see [5-6]. Yet, it becomes apparent from the literature that more efficient binder packing in the fresh state will lead to a denser hydrate structure and thus reduced pore dimensions [7]. This would make the concrete less accessible for both gasses and fluids that are harmful to concrete’s integrity. So, particle packing should be considered a relevant issue in designing blends for promoting sustainability, among other things [8]. Generalizations can nowadays more easily be made by studying virtual cementitious materials [9-15]. Of course,
  • 2. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Special Issue: 13 | ICNTCC-2014 | Sep-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 90 the reliability of the research outcomes will depends on the quality -for the objected purpose- of the simulation system [16]. The popular random sequential addition (RSA) systems in concrete technology should be avoided, since pore network characteristics will depend on the particle dispersion in the virtual material. This is biased in RSA systems [17-18]. Hence, DEM, either of static or of dynamic nature, should be selected for the present purpose. DEM simulations by a versatile system like HADES make it possible producing realistic representations of cementitious materials on different structural levels. Aggregate grains of fluvial origin or of crushed rock can be packed according to respective sieve curves into the dense random packing state [19]. Such experiments on meso-level yield information on surface spacing and thus on the extent of the binder that is pocketed between the aggregate surfaces. On micro-level the binder grains are thereupon packed in containers of appropriate size. Two rigid container surfaces may represent the aggregate surfaces that induce gradient structures, which are denoted as Interfacial Transition Zones (ITZs) [20-21]. Next, hydration simulation is accomplished by an extended version of the vector approach [22]. Robotics-based pore delineation provides topological information, while geometric characterization of the pore network is accomplished by star volume measurements [14,23]. Topological and geometric parameters can be combined in a hydraulic model for durability estimation. This approach renders possible covering in an economic way a wide range of parameters. This paper will apply the sketched DEM approach to gap-graded RHA blends, whereby the gap is varied in intensity. 2. METHODOLOGY IN VIRTUAL REALITY The details of the various blocks of the methodology for porosimetry are explicitly described in the international literature. Successively, these blocks concern 1) HADES: dynamic DEM for packing simulation of artificially-shaped particles on meso-, micro- and nano-level [19]; 2) XIPKM: extended integrated particle kinetics method for simulation of fresh multi-component blended cement system [22]; the IPKM reference method is described in [12,24]; 3) DRaMuTS: double random multiple tree structuring system for delineating the complete pore network system and for topology assessment [14]; 4) SVM: star volume measurements in uniformly random point system inside the pore network [14,23]; 5) Tube model: the tree data obtained by DRaMuTS are employed to construct a network of cylindrical tubes connected at nodes that represents the percolated pore system; by applying a pressure gradient across the ends of the network, permeability is determined [13,25]. Hence, interested readers can find all computational details on algorithms in the indicated international literature. Globally speaking, the sequence of activities encompassed the following. A Rosin-Rammler function is specified to repre-sents the size distribution of the Portland cement; i.e., G(d)=1-exp(-bda ), whereby G(d) stands for the mass or volume fract-ion of the cement passing a sieve with opening d, and a and b are constants [26]. Mineral admixture particles may have their own grain size distribution. The amount of particles necessary to achieve pre-determined water to binder ratio and blending percentage is assessed and dispersed by RSA in a large container, generally with two rigid and four periodic boun-daries. Particles are set to linearly move and rotate according to Newtonian rules. Overlap is avoided by having a thin boundary layer of constant thickness enveloping the particles. Local overlap of such boundary zones activates associated surface elements of the particles. Depending on total involved surface area and degree of overlap, an integrated reaction is generated that forces the particles to separate again. Also the container surface is covered by such a thin boundary zone. The container size is gradually reduced until the w/c ratio is achieved, whereupon motion stops. The major compounds of the PC and of the mineral admixture (basically SiO2 representing RHA) are reacting according to standard chemical equilibrium reactions that also involve volume changes. Once the original size of the PC grains is exceeded after formation of CSHin layer, deposition in smooth layers of CSHout is continuing, thereby expanding the particles and leading to complicated interactions among hydrating neighbouring particles. This is modelled in XIPKM. Set up and verification results are shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Pore characteristics in 3D virtual hydrated cementitious paste are investigated by the DRaMuTS method that has been introduced in Stroeven et al. By this method, randomized data structures are built incrementally in two stages. The first stage is to rapidly explore the pore space; a system of virtual trees, which consist of nodes and lines connecting pairs of such nodes (like branches in real trees), randomly and increment-tally grow in the pore medium. To speed up the process, deviating from algorithms developed in robotics, a point is shifted to avoid rejections, thereby however violating the uniform randomness of the tree system. When neighbouring trees are developing in the same pore, they will merge. In the second stage, a system of probing points is generated uni-formly at random (UR) in pore space. As a result, such points can be used for statistical assessment of pore characteristics in which point classifications are realized by connections of such points to the tree systems. For example, the connected fraction of pores can be estimated by the fraction of the total number of points that can be associated with the percolated tree branches.
  • 3. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Special Issue: 13 | ICNTCC-2014 | Sep-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 91 Fig. 1: (top) particle models of 2-compound cement, pozzolanic admixture and hydration product; (bot-tom) differently color-coded microstructure. Pore size distribution (PoSD) is obtained from SVM where the system of UR points is employed as the nuclei of “stars”. In each point a system of pikes is generated isotropic uniformly at random (IUR) or in systematic directions. Length of a pike, li, spanning in an unobstructed way the distance from the star’s nucleus to the nearest pore surface, is assessed. In 3D space, 33 i i2d l , whereby di is an unbiased estimate of local pore size. Such star volume measurements (SVM) in the star nuclei provide the information for the construction of the 3D volume-based pore size distribution. Alternatively, a plane is located through a nucleus and pikes are, e.g., designed in uniform directions in the plane section. The area of this pore section is estimated by Ai= 2 1l , with li as the unobstructed distance from the nucleus to the nearest pore perimeter. By rotating the plane section, the minimum value of Ai can be determined. This is denoted the pore throat. The aforementioned adjust-ment of sensitivity to a relevant engineering level involves eliminating all throat areas smaller than a minimum value. 20% cement replacement Fig. 2: Porosity of the RHA-blended PC samples (for experimental results, see Nguyen [27]. RHA-blended PC samples with w/b = 0.4 and 10-20% replacement). Hydrated with XIPKM. When the trees in DRaMuTS span the full dimensions of the cube, the so-called “main trunks” are extracted from the tree system. Such main trunks represent the direct paths (tracks) through pore space from the bottom to the top of the sample. Next, the main trunks are smoothed to reflect the flow length. Illustrations of main trunk extraction and smoothing are shown in Fig. 3. This extraction defines the skeleton of the pore network. For other methods for skeletonization , see [28-29].
  • 4. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Special Issue: 13 | ICNTCC-2014 | Sep-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 92 Fig. 3: (top) Picture of main trunks in 2D (bold lines) that are derived from tree branches; (bottom) Picture at the right shows trunks after smoothing. Finally, a network structure of cylindrical tubes and nodes is constructed to represent the smoothed main trunks. The diameters of the tubes are derived from SVM along the length of the main trunks. The flow inside a tube is assumed to be slow, saturated, incompressible and laminar according to the Hagen-Poiseuille law. This structure is supposedly subject-ed to a given pressure gradient between at inlet and outlet nodes. Applying the volume conservation law at nodes between two or more tubes, a set of algebraic equations is obtained with nodal pressures as unknowns. After solving this set of equation, the permeability is estimated by Darcy’s equation: u L K P    (1) where K = permeability [m2 ], u = average velo-city [m/s], L = sample length [m], µ = dynamic viscosity of the intruding fluid [N.s/m2 ], and P = applied pressure gradient [N/m2 ]. 3. ILLUSTRATIVE BLENDING EXAMPLES 3.1 Materials and Experimental Reference PC composition: 100% C3S. Blaine fine-ness 300m2 /kg. Rosin-Rammler particle size distribution with a = 1.107 and b = 0.023. The following PC fractions are taken from this reference cement. . Fig. 4: (top) PSD of the materials: Portland cement (PC) and rice husk ash (RHA). (bottom) Median particle sizes of various blended mixtures (w/b=0.4, RHA18, 20% replacement) Cem133, Cem240 and Cem350 with size ranges 1~33 m, 2~40 m and 3~50 m, respectively. RHA: SiO2 and inert component [8,30]; RHA14: grinding time 14 h; RHA18: grinding time 18 h; RHA18+: grinding time 18 h with grinding aid. Cubic samples of (blended) PC are simulated with 100-150 m side length and two opposite rigid boundaries and four periodic ones. Purpose is to have cements with different fineness partially replaced by rice husk ashes of different fineness that resulted from modified grinding procedure. Result is gap- 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 Particle size (m) Cummulativepercentagebyweight Cem133 Cem240 Cem350 RHA18+ RHA18 RHA14 Cem133 Cem240 Cem350 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 Medianparticlesize(m) plain blended
  • 5. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Special Issue: 13 | ICNTCC-2014 | Sep-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 93 grading to different degrees. Fig. 4 displays the particle size distributions (PSD) of the blending components. Mixtures will have as a result different median particle size as shown in Fig. 4 at the right. The effect of the resulting “gap” on pore refinement and ITZ reduction due to blending will be investigated. 3.2. Results Fig. 5 shows the network of delineated pores (top) and of the main trunks connecting opposite outer surfaces of the specimen. Fig. 5: Pore delineation in 100μm cubes for a plain PC sample. All trees growing in capillary pores are shown (top) as well as the extracted main trunks only (bottom). Visually similar results were obtained for blended specimens. Fig. 6: Porosity evolution in time by hydration of cubic samples with different side lengths (cement size range of 3 ~33 µm; six periodic boundaries) Fig. 7: ITZ thickness versus median particle size of samples with different blending dosage of RHA (Cem133, w/b = 0.4 and RHA18+) (top) and with different type of RHA (Cem133, w/b = 0.4 and 20% blending) (bottom). Fig. 6 demonstrates the 100μm cube of representative size for pore evolution. This was also confirmed on the basis of other parameters in the experimental approach. Figs. 7 and 8 10 0 10 1 10 2 10 3 10 4 10 5 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 0.5 0.55 time (hours) poro(%) 100m 150m 200m 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 plain 10%RHA 20%RHA 30%RHA Median particle size (m) ITZthickness(m) 9.5 10 10.5 11 11.5 12 12.5 13 13.5 14 14.5 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Cem133 Cem133+20%RHA14 Cem133+20%RHA18 Cem133+20%RHA18+ Median particle size (m) ITZthickness(m)
  • 6. IJRET: International Journal of Research in Engineering and Technology eISSN: 2319-1163 | pISSN: 2321-7308 _______________________________________________________________________________________ Volume: 03 Special Issue: 13 | ICNTCC-2014 | Sep-2014, Available @ http://www.ijret.org 94 demonstrate the ITZ reduced and its pore fraction diminished with increasing the size of the gap, whereas the ITZ in plain cement contains relatively high fraction of larger pores. Figs. 9 and 10 witness the pore refinement that occurs due to increasing gap-grading. Fig. 8: Pore fraction in ITZ of samples with different type of RHA (Cem133, w/b = 0.4 and 20% blending) (top) and with different cements fineness (w/b = 0.4, RHA18+ and 20% blending) Fig. 9: Pore throat size distribution of samples with different type of RHA (Cem133, w/b = 0.4 and 20% blending) (left) and of plain and blended samples with different cement size ranges (w/b = 0.4, RHA18+ and 20% blending) (right). 4. CONCLUSIONS The presented methodology offers a reliable and economic way to study in a systematic way transport-based durability issues, since the underlying pore network topology and geometry can readily be obtained. In designing mono- blends or hybrid ones, fineness is a leading parameter. Particularly in the high performance range, van der Waals contributions to strength can be significant when particle packing is improved/optimized by blending. Packing optimi- zation exceeds the importance of the degree of pozzolanity. plain RHA14 RHA18 RHA18+ 0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12 0.14 0.16 Cem133 Cem350 0 0.02 0.04 0.06 0.08 0.1 0.12 0.14 0.16 plain blended 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Pore throat size (m) Volume-basedporedensity(%) plain RHA14 RHA18 RHA18+ 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Pore throat size (m) Volume-basedporedensity(%) Cem133,plain Cem133,blended Cem240,plain Cem240,blended Cem350,plain Cem350,blended
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