2010/03/31 by Siavash Ghabezloo · 1 citation
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Concrete Properties and Behavior #Concrete and Cement Materials Research #Innovative concrete reinforcement materials #physics.gen-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.cemconres.2010.03.016
published as Cement and Concrete Research 40, 8 (2010) 1197-1210
openalex publication_date 2010/04/14 · arxiv created 2010/06/25 · arxiv updated 2010/06/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The results of a macro-scale experimental study performed on a hardened class G cement paste [Ghabezloo et al. (2008) Cem. Con. Res. (38) 1424-1437] are used in association with the micromechanics modelling and homogenization technique for evaluation of the complete set of poroelastic parameters of the material. The experimental study consisted in drained, undrained and unjacketed isotropic compression tests. Analysis of the experimental results revealed that the active porosity of the studied cement paste is smaller than its total porosity. A multi-scale homogenization model, calibrated on the experimental results, is used to extrapolate the poroelastic parameters to cement pastes prepared with different water-to-cement ratio. The notion of cement paste active porosity is discussed and the poroelastic parameters of hardened cement paste for an ideal, perfectly drained condition are evaluated using the homogenization model.