The measures of steam curing and early-strengthening agents to promote the precast components to reach the target strength quickly can bring different degrees of damage to the concrete.Based on this,the new nanomateri...The measures of steam curing and early-strengthening agents to promote the precast components to reach the target strength quickly can bring different degrees of damage to the concrete.Based on this,the new nanomaterial CSH-the hydration product of cement effectively solves these measures’disadvantages,such as excessive energy consumption,thermal stress damage,and the introduction of external ions.In this paper,the effect of CSH on the early strength of precast fly ash concrete components was investigated in terms of setting time,workability,and mechanical properties and analyzed at the microscopic level using hydration temperature,XRD,and SEM.The results showed that under the same workability,CSH could significantly reduce the amount of admixture,shorten the final setting time,almost not affect the initial setting time,and accelerate the hydration of cement.At the optimum dose of 5%,the mechanical properties of the specimens were improved by more than 98%within 12 h of hydration,resulting in an earlier release time of 12 h and no risk of strength inversion later.The results of this paper give theoretical support to the behavior of precast components under steam-free curing.展开更多
A novel crystal nucleus-based cement-hardening accelerator was evaluated using various mortar and segment concrete experiments.The mechanism of hardening acceleration was investigated via hydration temperature variati...A novel crystal nucleus-based cement-hardening accelerator was evaluated using various mortar and segment concrete experiments.The mechanism of hardening acceleration was investigated via hydration temperature variation analysis,hydration degree analysis,X-ray diffraction(XRD)and scanning electron microscopy(SEM).In the presence of accelerator,the fluidity loss of mortar was increased after 30 minuites,and a coagulation was also observed.Moreover,based on the image of SEM,the formation of C-S-H gels was enhanced in the early hydration.As a result,the hardening accelerator could significantly boost the early strength of concrete,especially within one day of pouring,and shorten steam curing time to meet the demolding strength.展开更多
文摘The measures of steam curing and early-strengthening agents to promote the precast components to reach the target strength quickly can bring different degrees of damage to the concrete.Based on this,the new nanomaterial CSH-the hydration product of cement effectively solves these measures’disadvantages,such as excessive energy consumption,thermal stress damage,and the introduction of external ions.In this paper,the effect of CSH on the early strength of precast fly ash concrete components was investigated in terms of setting time,workability,and mechanical properties and analyzed at the microscopic level using hydration temperature,XRD,and SEM.The results showed that under the same workability,CSH could significantly reduce the amount of admixture,shorten the final setting time,almost not affect the initial setting time,and accelerate the hydration of cement.At the optimum dose of 5%,the mechanical properties of the specimens were improved by more than 98%within 12 h of hydration,resulting in an earlier release time of 12 h and no risk of strength inversion later.The results of this paper give theoretical support to the behavior of precast components under steam-free curing.
基金Funded by Star Program(No.1804QB1403200)from Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality。
文摘A novel crystal nucleus-based cement-hardening accelerator was evaluated using various mortar and segment concrete experiments.The mechanism of hardening acceleration was investigated via hydration temperature variation analysis,hydration degree analysis,X-ray diffraction(XRD)and scanning electron microscopy(SEM).In the presence of accelerator,the fluidity loss of mortar was increased after 30 minuites,and a coagulation was also observed.Moreover,based on the image of SEM,the formation of C-S-H gels was enhanced in the early hydration.As a result,the hardening accelerator could significantly boost the early strength of concrete,especially within one day of pouring,and shorten steam curing time to meet the demolding strength.
