ISSN:
1573-4803
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Abstract The mechanical properties of one of the new high strength polymer modified hydraulic cements have been investigated. An important parameter for the material is the amount of polymer present, and the properties are found to be dependent upon the degree of drying. For example, in the wet state, polymer content has little effect upon ultimate flexural strength, but does cause nonlinearity in the stress-strain behaviour. Although increasing polymer content causes a reduction in the initial tangent modulus, it is shown that retardation of hydration may account for this. In the dry state, increasing polymer content leads to increasing flexural strength, fracture toughness and failure strain, but leaves initial elastic modulus relatively unchanged. It is concluded that removal of pores is not the principal strengthening mechanism since strength increases are consequent upon water removal from the microstructure in the presence of the polymer. A fibrillar pull-out model is proposed to explain the observed behaviour of both “wet” and “dry” material and ordinary Portland cement paste, which shows good correlation with experimental results. The principal effect of the polymer is to act as an adhesive at the interface between interacting CSH fibrils.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00550825
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