On the Flow of a Cement Suspension: The Effects of Nano-Silica and Fly Ash Particles

Tao, Chengcheng; Massoudi, Mehrdad

doi:10.3390/ma17071504

Title: On the Flow of a Cement Suspension: The Effects of Nano-Silica and Fly Ash Particles

Journal Article · 26 March 2024 · Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17071504 · OSTI ID:2471188

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Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN (United States)
National Energy Technology Lab. (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA (United States)

Additives such as nano-silica and fly ash are widely used in cement and concrete materials to improve the rheology of fresh cement and concrete and the performance of hardened materials and increase the sustainability of the cement and concrete industry by reducing the usage of Portland cement. Therefore, it is important to study the effect of these additives on the rheological behavior of fresh cement. In this paper, we study the pulsating Poiseuille flow of fresh cement in a horizontal pipe by considering two different additives and when they are combined (nano-silica, fly ash, combined nano-silica, and fly ash). To model the fresh cement suspension, we used a modified form of the power-law model to demonstrate the dependency of the cement viscosity on the shear rate and volume fraction of cement and the additive particles. The convection–diffusion equation was used to solve for the volume fraction. After solving the equations in the dimensionless forms, we conducted a parametric study to analyze the effects of nano-silica, fly ash, and combined nano-silica and fly ash additives on the velocity and volume fraction profiles of the cement suspension. According to the parametric study presented here, larger nano-silica content results in lower centerline velocity of the cement suspension and larger non-uniformity of the volume fraction. Compared to nano-silica, fly ash exhibits an opposite effect on the velocity. Larger fly ash content results in higher centerline velocity, while the effect of the fly ash on the volume fraction is not obvious. For cement suspension containing combined nano-silica and fly ash additives, nano-silica plays a dominant role in the flow behavior of the suspension. The findings of the study can help the design and operation of the pulsating flow of fresh cement mortars and concrete in the 3D printing industry.

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Research Organization:: National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

OSTI ID:: 2471188

Journal Information:: Materials, Journal Name: Materials Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 17; ISSN 1996-1944

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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