Simulating the hydration of cementitious phases with an oscillating rate of reaction
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Summary, in English
To investigate how an oscillating reaction rate might influence the hydration of cementitious solids, a simple iterative mathematical model that includes recurrent passivation of the surface has been constructed. The algorithm generates a wide variety of hydration curves with a limited number of input parameters: i.e.. V0 (volume of unreacted solid after initial reaction), a, (degree of reaction upon initial wetting), x0 (fraction of particle surface passivated after initial wetting); running index: n (cycle number, with an arbitrary unit of time per cycle); constants: m (number of cycles with constant x, the relative rate of the hydration and passivation reactions), k (maximum linear rate of reaction front), and lambda (range 0-1, determines the general passivation behaviour, modelled by the algorithm x(new) = 4 lambda xold[1 - xold]). The hydration process is described by the sequence: (1) Delta V = k(1 - x)V^2/3, (2) Vnew = Vold - Delta V, (3) alpha = 1 - (V/V0) + alpha0.
Publishing year
1999
Language
English
Pages
1513-1517
Publication/Series
Cement and Concrete Research
Volume
29
Issue
9
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Mathematics
- Chemical Sciences
Keywords
- Modeling
- Hydration
- Retardation
- Kinetics
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 0008-8846