NEW DEVELOPMENT MODEL

DATE ; JULY 09, 2015

NAME CRISTIAN ALARCON / HUGO OLIVARES
THE ROLE OF CEMENT PASTE VOLUME ON PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE
Germn Hermida, Robert J. Flatt, Micheline Moranville

Concrete can be defined like a biphasic material composed by a glue (cement

paste) and a constellations of hard points (aggregates).

W/C 1,4 2,3

In the most of the cases construction begins to require to basic properties of the
material:

HARDENED STATE Mechanical strength (Compressive, flexural, tensile) Calorimetry

FRESH STATE Workability (Slump,) Mini Slump

CALORIMETRY AND CHEMISTRY

Hidratacin C3S: 2 3 2 + 62 3 22 32 + 3 2

Hidratacin C2S: 2 2 2 + 42 3 22 32 + 2

Hidratacin C3A:
i) 3 2 3 + 34 + 322 3 2 3 34 322

ii) 2 3 2 3 + 3 2 3 34 322 + 42 3 3 2 3 34 122

iii) 3 2 3 + 3 2 + 182 4 2 3 192

Hidratacin C4AF: 4 2 3 2 3 + 2 2 + 102 3 2 3 62 + 3 2 3 62

 CALORIMETRY AND CHEMISTRY
HEAT RATE EVOLUTION AND SIGNIFICATION
Reaction of aluminate and alite: formation of ettringite and amorphous C-S-H.

6 Dormant period: delay the hardening and enable the transportation & placement.
Main hydration: hydration products of alite and aluminate phases.

5
Sulfate depletion: released sulfates, from transformation
Heat rate (mW/g)

of AFt in Afm, react with non-hydrated aluminate and ferrite.

4

3
Slow reaction controlled by the diffusion process

0
0 4 8 12 16 20 24
Time (h)
CALORIMETRY AND CHEMISTRY
HEAT RATE EVOLUTION AND SIGNIFICATION ASTM C 1679-09
CALORIMETRY AND CHEMISTRY
ISOTHERMAL CALORIMETRY I-CAL 8000
Calorimetra Isotermica
I-CAL 8000, Calmetrix

Cement paste, mortars, sieve concrete.

0.3Kg is enough per sample
Temperatures test from 5 to 60C
8 tests at once
CALORIMETRY AND CHEMISTRY
SEMIADIABATIC CALORIMETRY SEMAMENT
Up to 4 series of boxes
Concrete or Mortar boxes
Total of 28 measurements
Quantitative chemistry
Effect of admixture
Effect of SCM
.

1 2
 CALORIMETRY AND CHEMISTRY
CEMENT HYDRATION
Representation of cement hydration with different admixtures
Study of cement hydration at different temperatures

28 C
20 C

12 C
 CALORIMETRY AND CHEMISTRY
THERMAL INDICATOR OF SET
Initial Thermal Indicator of Setting
Final Thermal Indicator of Setting

Initial Final
TIS TIS
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STRENGTHS
Representation of strength as a function of cumulative heat per volume of water
Correlation with one to three days strength
Replace one day strength with SemAment
Simulation strength after three days with I-CAL
WORKABILITY
MINI SLUMP TEST
Plastocrete HP 200 0 min 30 min 60 min

Slump (cm) @20C 11,0 10,5 7,5

Mini Slump (cm) @20C 11,5 11,3 10,0
 NEW MODEL
ADVANTAJES
Test per
day week month year I-Cal: -20%
I-CAL 8 16 64 768 SemAment: 75%
SemAment 7 35 140 1.680

Increase lab capacity:

High throughput development Fats time to market
Fast answered time for claims Based on cement chemistry

Material used per (Kg)

test day week month year Waste reduction: 89%
Concrete (Kg) 96 384 1.920 7.680 92.160
Mortars /mini concrte(Kg) 10 40 200 800 9.600

New Technology less enviroment impact.

 SHRINKAGE
LENGTH CHANGE ASTM C 157
One computer for 4 instruments
Control and analyse simultaneous
Analyse and export automatized
Network connection
Measurement of length change permits assessment of the potential for volumetric expansion or contraction of mortar or
concrete due to various causes other than applied force or temperature change. This test method is particularly useful for
comparative evaluation of this potential in different hydraulic cement mortar or concrete mixtures.
 SHRINKAGE
LENGTH CHANGE ASTM C 157
One computer for 4 instruments
Control and analyse simultaneous
Analyse and export automatized
Network connection
 RING TEST
STRESS EVOLUTION AND CRACK DETECTION
ASTM C1581: Standard Test Method for Determining Age at Cracking and Induces
Tensile Stress Characteristics of Mortar and Concrete under Restrained Shrinkage
Test require by the clients/certification/competitors
Tailored made Multiplexer for 8 rings
Instrumentation of metal ring with strain gage
 RING TEST
STRESS EVOLUTION AND CRACK DETECTION
ASTM C1581: Standard Test Method for Determining Age at Cracking and Induces
Tensile Stress Characteristics of Mortar and Concrete under Restrained Shrinkage
Test require by the clients/certification/competitors
Tailored made Multiplexer for 8 rings
Instrumentation of metal ring with strain gage

1.25 day
0.7 day
3.1 day
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never try anything new..

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