SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF CEMENT MORTAR PRIOR TO LOADING

Authors
WANG Y CHUNG DDL
Citation
Y. Wang et Ddl. Chung, SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL-PROPERTIES OF CEMENT MORTAR PRIOR TO LOADING, Cement and concrete research, 28(10), 1998, pp. 1373-1378
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Construcion & Building Technology","Material Science
Journal title
Cement and concrete research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00088846
Volume
28
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1373 - 1378
Database
ISI
SICI code
0008-8846(1998)28:10<1373:SOMAEO>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The hardness was found to be lower (by similar to 10 in Rockwell H sca le) and the volume electrical resistivity was found to be higher (abou t doubled) at the edge (up to a depth of similar to 5 cm for curing at 100% relative humidity) than at the center of a cement mortar specime n prior to loading. This is attributed to the faster drying at the edg e and the resulting poorer bond between cement paste and sand at the e dge than the center. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd.