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Lognormal Simulation of Pore Evolution During Cement and Mortar Hardening

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

Dexiang Shi ,
Weiping Ma  and
Paul W. Brown
Dexiang Shi
Affiliation:
Materials Research LaboratoryThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA 16802
Weiping Ma
Affiliation:
Materials Research LaboratoryThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA 16802
Paul W. Brown
Affiliation:
Materials Research LaboratoryThe Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

A model to describe the pore sizes in cement paste and mortar, as determined by high pressure mercury intrusion porosimetry, has been developed. The model describes porosity using a compound lognormal distribution. For given material under a given set of curing conditions, the weighing factors and shape parameters of two sub-distributions in the lognormal model may be considered as constants, while the location parameters may be related to curing time and the relationship can be quantified. Therefore, it is possible to predict both the pore size distribution in cement and mortar at any age as well as the evolution in pore size during curing.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 176: Symposium U – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XIII , 1989 , 143
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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