Yonsei University Civil. CMME Lab.

Pore structure formation

Pore structure formation
of early
of early
-
-
aged concrete
aged concrete
Civil and Env. Eng.
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Ha-Won Song
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Microstructure Formation (Model)
Microstructure Formation (Model)
Introduction Introduction
degree of
hydration
From the hydration model
Cluster expansion model
Hydration Products
- Inner product
- Outer product
Porosity Modeling
for capillary, gel
Inter layer pores
Total surface area
- capillary pores
- gel (SHS internal)
B-parameter
Microstructure
Formation
ex) multi-component
model
B
i

) ( , r n
f
Porosity Porosity: can be defined as a porosity distribution
l g g c c
r V r V r + + = ) ( ) ( ) (
=
=
=
l
g
c

where
capillary porosity
gel porosity
Interlayer porosity
=
=
) (
) (
r
g
r
c
V
V
volume of capillary pores
volume of gel pores
( )
) ( ) (
exp 1
r
i
r
i
B V =
( ) g c i , = 1 0
) (

r
i
V
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Remark Remark
hcp
a cement particle
) (r
l g g c c
r V r V r + + = ) ( ) ( ) (
formation of micro pores
r
hydration
products

Hydration
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Micro observation Micro observation
anhydrous
inner product
outer product
(C-H-S gel)

r
C-S-H gel
free space
average radius
(before contact to adjacent free surface)
(after contact to adjacent free surface)
1.0
28 . 0 =
ch

) 1 ( =

n
n
m ch u
ch

const hcp =
max

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i i
V r = ) (
V
) log(r
Remark Remark
r d e Br dV
e V
Br
Br
ln
1
=
=

ln(1/B)
r ln
Br
e Br

dV
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) (
) ln(
) (
r f e Br
r d
r dV
Br
= =

Remark Remark
r ln
ln d
dV
s
r
1
) ln(r
dV
r=1=(1/B)
B=1
1
0.368
368 . 0 ) (
) ln( , 1
1
0 ) (
=
=
= =
r f
r r
B
r r f
if
) exp( 1 :
0
s
r
Br dV S V
s
= =

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Micro Structure Formation Model
Micro Structure Formation Model
Based on Cluster Expansion(Chaube, R. P. (1995)
Interlayer, Gel, Capillary
pores
Directly affect to moisture
transfer and strength
development
Pore characteristic
Pore distribution on pore
radius
Micro pore model
( ) { } ( ) { } r B r B r
cp cp gl gl lr
+ + = exp 1 exp 1 ) (
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Verification
Verification
Comparison with MIP exp.
0
0.002
0.004
0.006
0.008
0.01
0.012
0.014
0.016
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10 100 1000
Pore diameter
I
n
c
r
e
m
e
t
a
l

v
o
l
u
m
e
(
m
l
/
g
)
OPC (3 days)
OPC (28 days)
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.001 0.01 0.1 1 10
Pore radius (um)
C
u
m
u
l
a
t
i
v
e

p
o
r
o
s
i
t
y
experiment (3 days)
analysis (3 days)
experiment (28 days)
analysis (28 days)
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Moisture Transfer Model
Moisture Transfer Model
Based on thermo-mechanical equilibrium of moisture
(Shimomura, T. (1997)
0 ) ( = +

P p
Q P k div
t
P

Pore
distribution
Pore radius
Saturation
degree
Relative
humidity
liquid vapour
dry
wet
Virgin curve
Sink
So
0
1
1
Moisture
capacity of
pore str.
Moisture
transfer of
liquid and
vapour
Loss of moisture due to
hydration and pore structure
formation
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Solution of moisture transfer
Solution of moisture transfer
Governing Equation ;
Chemically
combined water
Moisture
diffusivity
Moisture capacity
Pore pressure,
P
Hydration heat
Thermal
conductivity
Thermal capacity
Temperature,
T
Sink term,
Q
Conductivity,
D
Specific capacity,
Variable,
X
0
2
= +

Q X
t
X
D