Rheological properties of cement paste: Thixotropic behavior and structural breakdown

Cement and Concrete Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-29

  Wallevik, Jon Elvar ^a  

^a Nydkopunsrmiodtoo Islands   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Cement paste; Rheology; Structural breakdown; Thixotropy

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COAGULATION; COLLOIDS; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OIL WELL CEMENTING; PLASTICITY; VISCOSITY;

CEMENT PARTICLES; CEMENT PASTE; EXPERIMENTAL DATUMS; MATERIAL MODELS; MODEL EVALUATIONS; MODEL PREDICTIONS; NEW MATERIALS; RHEOLOGICAL BEHAVIORS; RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; STRUCTURAL BREAKDOWN; THIXOTROPIC BEHAVIORS; THIXOTROPY; TIME-DEPENDENT BEHAVIORS;

RHEOLOGY;

EID: 57749209966     PISSN: 00088846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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