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Title: Phased-Resolved Strain Measuremetns in Hydrated Ordinary Portland Cement Using Synchrotron x-Rays (Prop. 2003-033)

Abstract

X-ray diffraction methods developed for the determination of residual stress states in crystalline materials have been applied to study residual strains and strains because of mechanical loading of ordinary portland cement paste. Synchrotron X-rays were used to make in situ measurements of interplanar spacings in the calcium hydroxide (CH) phase of hydrated neat portland cement under uniaxial compression. The results indicate that strains on the order of 1/100 000 can be resolved providing an essentially new technique by which to measure the phase-resolved meso-scale mechanical behavior of cement under different loading conditions. Evaluation of these strain data in view of published elastic parameters for CH suggests that the CH carries a large fraction of the applied stress and that plastic interactions with the matrix are notable.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Tennessee Technological University
  2. ORNL
  3. Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). High Temperature Materials Lab. (HTML)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
OSTI Identifier:
1003104
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 89; Journal Issue: 9; Journal ID: ISSN 0002-7820
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; BEHAVIOR; CALCIUM HYDROXIDES; CEMENTS; COMPRESSION; DATA; EVALUATION; INTERACTIONS; LOADING; MATERIALS; PLASTICS; PORTLAND CEMENT; STRAINS; SYNCHROTRONS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION

Citation Formats

BIernacki, Joseph J., Watkins, Thomas R, Parnham, C. J., Hubbard, Camden R, and Bai, J. Phased-Resolved Strain Measuremetns in Hydrated Ordinary Portland Cement Using Synchrotron x-Rays (Prop. 2003-033). United States: N. p., 2006. Web.
BIernacki, Joseph J., Watkins, Thomas R, Parnham, C. J., Hubbard, Camden R, & Bai, J. Phased-Resolved Strain Measuremetns in Hydrated Ordinary Portland Cement Using Synchrotron x-Rays (Prop. 2003-033). United States.
BIernacki, Joseph J., Watkins, Thomas R, Parnham, C. J., Hubbard, Camden R, and Bai, J. 2006. "Phased-Resolved Strain Measuremetns in Hydrated Ordinary Portland Cement Using Synchrotron x-Rays (Prop. 2003-033)". United States.
@article{osti_1003104,
title = {Phased-Resolved Strain Measuremetns in Hydrated Ordinary Portland Cement Using Synchrotron x-Rays (Prop. 2003-033)},
author = {BIernacki, Joseph J. and Watkins, Thomas R and Parnham, C. J. and Hubbard, Camden R and Bai, J.},
abstractNote = {X-ray diffraction methods developed for the determination of residual stress states in crystalline materials have been applied to study residual strains and strains because of mechanical loading of ordinary portland cement paste. Synchrotron X-rays were used to make in situ measurements of interplanar spacings in the calcium hydroxide (CH) phase of hydrated neat portland cement under uniaxial compression. The results indicate that strains on the order of 1/100 000 can be resolved providing an essentially new technique by which to measure the phase-resolved meso-scale mechanical behavior of cement under different loading conditions. Evaluation of these strain data in view of published elastic parameters for CH suggests that the CH carries a large fraction of the applied stress and that plastic interactions with the matrix are notable.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1003104}, journal = {Journal of the American Ceramic Society},
issn = {0002-7820},
number = 9,
volume = 89,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006},
month = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006}
}