The influence of microencapsulated phase change material (PCM) characteristics on the microstructure and strength of cementitious composites: Experiments and finite element simulations

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 73, Issue , 2016, Pages 29-41

  Aguayo, Matthew ^a   Das, Sumanta ^a   Maroli, Amit ^a   Kabay, Nihat ^a   Mertens, James C E ^a   Rajan, Subramaniam D ^a   Sant, Gaurav ^b,c   Chawla, Nikhilesh ^a   Neithalath, Narayanan ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA NANOSYSTEMS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compressive strength; Dispersion; Finite element analysis; Microstructure; Phase change materials (PCMs); Pore structure

Indexed keywords

CEMENTS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DISPERSION (WAVES); DISPERSIONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDRATION; MICROENCAPSULATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; PORE STRUCTURE; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; THERMOANALYSIS;

BUILDING ENVELOPES; CEMENTITIOUS COMPOSITES; CEMENTITIOUS SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; INCLUSION INTERACTION; INTERFACE PROPERTY; MICROENCAPSULATED PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL; X-RAY COMPUTED MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

PHASE CHANGE MATERIALS;

EID: 84978521848     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2016.06.018     Document Type: Article

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