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Preferred orientation of calcium aluminosilicate hydrate compacts: Implications for creep and indentation
Abstract Nano/micro-indentation has been extensively used to examine elastic properties and creep of cement-based materials. However, there have been inconsistencies in the measured elastic moduli and debate on the creep mechanism of calcium (alumino) silicate hydrates (C-(A-)S-H). To bring new insights, we examined the deviatoric stress-induced preferred orientation of calcium aluminosilicate hydrate (C-A-S-H), portlandite, and ettringite compacts, using synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction. Intense preferred orientations were observed in C-A-S-H compacts, and the c-axis of unit cells is highly aligned with the compression direction; weaker c-axis related fiber-type texture formed in portlandite and ettringite. Higher humidity, greater compacting pressure, and/or increased duration of the pressure intensified the C-A-S-H preferred orientation, which is facilitated by gel-pore water lubrication. This pressure-induced time-dependent preferential re-orientation of crystallites can contribute to the creep of cement-based materials, and it may cause overrepresentation of the soft c-axis of C-(A-)S-H unit-cell in nanoindentation experiments and underestimation of Young's modulus.
Preferred orientation of calcium aluminosilicate hydrate compacts: Implications for creep and indentation
Abstract Nano/micro-indentation has been extensively used to examine elastic properties and creep of cement-based materials. However, there have been inconsistencies in the measured elastic moduli and debate on the creep mechanism of calcium (alumino) silicate hydrates (C-(A-)S-H). To bring new insights, we examined the deviatoric stress-induced preferred orientation of calcium aluminosilicate hydrate (C-A-S-H), portlandite, and ettringite compacts, using synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction. Intense preferred orientations were observed in C-A-S-H compacts, and the c-axis of unit cells is highly aligned with the compression direction; weaker c-axis related fiber-type texture formed in portlandite and ettringite. Higher humidity, greater compacting pressure, and/or increased duration of the pressure intensified the C-A-S-H preferred orientation, which is facilitated by gel-pore water lubrication. This pressure-induced time-dependent preferential re-orientation of crystallites can contribute to the creep of cement-based materials, and it may cause overrepresentation of the soft c-axis of C-(A-)S-H unit-cell in nanoindentation experiments and underestimation of Young's modulus.
Preferred orientation of calcium aluminosilicate hydrate compacts: Implications for creep and indentation
Li, Jiaqi (author) / Zhang, Wenxin (author) / Monteiro, Paulo J.M. (author)
2021-01-15
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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