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Why materials behave differently?
• Arrangement of this fundamental
elements in a material defines a
materials mechanical properties
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Rheology
• The science of the deformation and flow of matter
• Based on the mechanical characteristics exhibited by a material.
Materials can be classified broadly which exhibits solid behavior and
liquid behavior
• Deformation of a particular material such as soft solids depends upon
the concentration of a particular element
• Resistance offered by colloidal system and a solid against the same
deformation (order of power in energy required for separation differs
by more than 30)
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Rheology of soft solids and Newtonian fluids
• In a system of soft solids (different types of
interactions will be there) due to wide
range of mesoscopic elements (eg:
concrete, muds, toothpastes etc.)
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Rheology of suspensions
• This increase was depicted with
change in suspension (non-
colloidal grains) volume fraction
as given by
= 1 + 2.5
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Rheology of non-Newtonian fluids – shear
thinning
• This alignment of asymmetrical elements can be rapid with respect to
applied shear rate (i.e.) apparent viscosity decreases with shear rate
̇ <0
• If this alignment takes some time to develop ‘thixotropic’ effects will
be observed (i.e.) apparent viscosity for a given shear rate varies with
time
( ̇)
≠0
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Rheology of non-Newtonian fluids – shear
thickening
• Shear thickening is considered as opposite of shear thinning (i.e.) apparent
viscosity increases with increase in shear rate
̇ >0
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Rheology of yield stress fluids
• Materials which behave both as solid as well as liquid based on
applied stress
• Beyond certain critical stress solid materials tend to break apart and
then transforms into liquid material
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Rheology of yield stress fluids
• The critical stress value at which this transition takes place for a material is
called as yield stress ( )
• This transition from one physical state to another physical state requires
transformation in basic physical properties such as apparent viscosity ( )
tends to infinity
• Which increases the yield stress value considerably for a solid during
transformation of liquid to solid regime
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Rheology of yield stress fluids
• Description of above model was given by many researchers based on
their experimental works
• Bingham model as = + ̇
• Herschel-Bulkley model = + ̇
• Casson model = + ̇
Fig: Apparent flow curve obtained for yield stress fluids
• Where, – shear stress; - yield stress; – plastic viscosity; ̇ -
shear rate; and are material parameters
Fig Ref: Roussel, N (2012) Understanding the rheology of
concrete, Woodhead Publishing.
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Rheology of thixotropic fluids
• Characterization of thixotropy in a solid regime can be given well by
calculating elastic modulus by applying a small deformation
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Rheology of thixotropic fluids
• In both liquid as well as solid regime, structural deformation and
reformation with respect to applied shear stress or shear rate
= − ( , ̇)
• Where, – is development state parameter of the structure of the
material; ̇ - shear rate
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Rheological behavior of different materials
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Rheology of cement system
• Cement systems are considered as a yield stress fluid possesses both
solid as well as liquid characteristics
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Rheology of cement system
• On application and removal of stress if the hysteresis loop is formed in such
a way that the loop gets displaced towards lower stress then the behavior
of the material is thixotropic in nature.
• If the loop displaces away from then the material is said to be behave as
anti-thixotropic.
• In former case the cement system becomes more workable and more fluid.
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Effect of chemical admixture on rheology of
cement system
• Now-a-days for most of the construction process chemical admixture
has become mandate
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Effect of chemical admixture on rheology of
cement system
• The origin of attraction between inter-particles is mainly due to the
weakest and short range primary forces called electrostatic force and
van der Waals force an origin of secondary force
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Effect of chemical admixture on rheology of
cement system
• The dispersion effect of polynaphthalene sulfonates (PNS) is cement
dependent
• PNS has better dispersion effect increasing greatly the fresh concrete
fluidity, but immediate slump loss was attributed with specific cement
combination due to incompatibility
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Effect of chemical admixture on rheology of
cement system
• Polycarboxylic ethers (PCE’s) were capable retaining good workability
and slump life
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Concluding Remarks
• Rheology and microstructural origin
• Rheological behavior of different materials
• Rheology of cement system
• Influence of chemical admixtures on rheology of cement system
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References
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Publishing, Philadelphia, USA, 2012: pp. 3–22.
[2] W.P. Limited, Understanding the rheology of concrete, 1st ed., Woodhead Publishing, Philadelphia, USA, 2012.
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364–366.
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