Mitigating the effects of system resolution on computer simulation of Portland cement hydration

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 779-787

  Chen, W ^a   Brouwers, H J H ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CEMHYD3D; Hydration; Microstructure; Modelling; Resolution

Indexed keywords

CEMENT MANUFACTURE; CEMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FORECASTING; HYDRATION; PORTLAND CEMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

A-PRIORI; CEMENT HYDRATION; CEMHYD3D; COMPUTER MODELLING; DIFFUSION-CONTROLLED REACTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HYDRATING CEMENT; HYDRATION LAYERS; HYDRATION PROCESSES; IMPROVED MODELS; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODEL PREDICTIONS; MODELLING; NEW CONCEPT; PORTLAND; RESOLUTION; SIMULATION RESULTS; SYSTEM RESOLUTION; VOXEL SIZE;

LAWS AND LEGISLATION;

EID: 49949107004     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2008.06.001     Document Type: Article

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