Is cement a glassy material?

Computational Modelling of Concrete Structures - Proceedings of EURO-C 2014

Volumn 1, Issue , 2014, Pages 169-176

  Bauchy, M ^a   Abdolhosseini Qomi, M J ^a   Pellenq, R J M ^a,b,c   Ulm, F J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GLASS; HYDRATION; SILICATE MINERALS;

AMORPHOUS STATE; CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE; CRYSTALLINE MODEL; GLASSY MATERIALS; INTERMEDIATE DEGREE; NANOSCALE STRUCTURE; ORDER AND DISORDER; REALISTIC SIMULATION;

CALCIUM SILICATE;

EID: 84894645949     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1201/b16645-19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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