Estimation of the Elastic Properties of Important Calcium Silicate Hydrates in Nano Scale - a Molecular Dynamics Approach

Approximately, 50 to 70 percent of hydration products in hydrated cement paste are polymorphisms of C-S-H gel. It is highly influential in the final properties of hardened cement paste. Distinguishing C-S-H nano-structure significantly leads to determine its macro scale ensemble properties. In this...

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Main Authors: Amir Tarighat, Davoud Tavakoli
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Language:English
Published: Semnan University 2019-11-01
Series:Journal of Rehabilitation in Civil Engineering
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Online Access:https://civiljournal.semnan.ac.ir/article_3075_177fcbb508b3e2e8fae9a0f5ff35b64d.pdf
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description Approximately, 50 to 70 percent of hydration products in hydrated cement paste are polymorphisms of C-S-H gel. It is highly influential in the final properties of hardened cement paste. Distinguishing C-S-H nano-structure significantly leads to determine its macro scale ensemble properties. In this paper, a nono-scale modeling is employed. In order to carry it out, the major C-S-H compounds, with a vast range ratios of Ca/Si from 0.5 to 3 were selected and applied in different simulations. These materials included tobermorite 9Å, tobermorite 11Å, tobermorite 14Å, clinotobermorite, jennite, afwillite, okenite, jaffeite, foshagite, and wollastonite. Furthermore, the molecular dynamics method was employed to evaluate some consequential mechanical properties such as bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young's modulus and poisson ratio. Five different force fields (COMPASS, COMPASS II, ClayFF, INTERFACE and Universal) were applied and compared with each other to be able to measure the mechanical properties of these compounds. Lastly, the properties of two types of C-S-H with high and low density were computed using Mori-Tanaka method. The main aim of this paper is to distinguish the most similar natural C-S-H material to C-S-H from cement hydration and finding appropriate force filed.
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spelling doaj.art-5b6d9bddd8ac4ef392c6441b08ac98ca2022-12-22T01:00:48ZengSemnan UniversityJournal of Rehabilitation in Civil Engineering2345-44152345-44232019-11-0174183610.22075/jrce.2018.14821.12733075Estimation of the Elastic Properties of Important Calcium Silicate Hydrates in Nano Scale - a Molecular Dynamics ApproachAmir Tarighat0Davoud Tavakoli1Department of Civil Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, IranDepartment of Civil Engineering, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, IranApproximately, 50 to 70 percent of hydration products in hydrated cement paste are polymorphisms of C-S-H gel. It is highly influential in the final properties of hardened cement paste. Distinguishing C-S-H nano-structure significantly leads to determine its macro scale ensemble properties. In this paper, a nono-scale modeling is employed. In order to carry it out, the major C-S-H compounds, with a vast range ratios of Ca/Si from 0.5 to 3 were selected and applied in different simulations. These materials included tobermorite 9Å, tobermorite 11Å, tobermorite 14Å, clinotobermorite, jennite, afwillite, okenite, jaffeite, foshagite, and wollastonite. Furthermore, the molecular dynamics method was employed to evaluate some consequential mechanical properties such as bulk modulus, shear modulus, Young's modulus and poisson ratio. Five different force fields (COMPASS, COMPASS II, ClayFF, INTERFACE and Universal) were applied and compared with each other to be able to measure the mechanical properties of these compounds. Lastly, the properties of two types of C-S-H with high and low density were computed using Mori-Tanaka method. The main aim of this paper is to distinguish the most similar natural C-S-H material to C-S-H from cement hydration and finding appropriate force filed.https://civiljournal.semnan.ac.ir/article_3075_177fcbb508b3e2e8fae9a0f5ff35b64d.pdfcalcium silicate hydratesmechanical propertiesmolecular dynamics simulationnano-scale
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Estimation of the Elastic Properties of Important Calcium Silicate Hydrates in Nano Scale - a Molecular Dynamics Approach
Journal of Rehabilitation in Civil Engineering
calcium silicate hydrates
mechanical properties
molecular dynamics simulation
nano-scale
title Estimation of the Elastic Properties of Important Calcium Silicate Hydrates in Nano Scale - a Molecular Dynamics Approach
title_full Estimation of the Elastic Properties of Important Calcium Silicate Hydrates in Nano Scale - a Molecular Dynamics Approach
title_fullStr Estimation of the Elastic Properties of Important Calcium Silicate Hydrates in Nano Scale - a Molecular Dynamics Approach
title_full_unstemmed Estimation of the Elastic Properties of Important Calcium Silicate Hydrates in Nano Scale - a Molecular Dynamics Approach
title_short Estimation of the Elastic Properties of Important Calcium Silicate Hydrates in Nano Scale - a Molecular Dynamics Approach
title_sort estimation of the elastic properties of important calcium silicate hydrates in nano scale a molecular dynamics approach
topic calcium silicate hydrates
mechanical properties
molecular dynamics simulation
nano-scale
url https://civiljournal.semnan.ac.ir/article_3075_177fcbb508b3e2e8fae9a0f5ff35b64d.pdf
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