Mesoscale simulation of clay aggregate formation and mechanical properties

This paper proposes a novel methodology for understanding the meso-scale aggregation of clay platelets in water. We use Molecular Dynamics simulations using the CLAYFF force fields to represent the interactions between two layers of Wyoming montmorillonite (Na-smectite) in bulk water. The analyses a...

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Main Authors: Ebrahimi, Davoud, Whittle, Andrew J., Pellenq, Roland Jm, Whittle, Andrew
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103633
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5358-4140
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