Shock wave propagation in cementitious materials at micro/meso scales

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Abstract

Shock wave response of heterogeneous materials like cement and concrete is greatly influenced by the constituents and their statistical distributions. The microstructure of cement is complex due to the presence of unhydrated water, nano/micro pores, and other hydrated and unhydrated products, such as the Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H) gel, tri-calcium silicate, dicalcium silicate etc. The evolved microstructures at different degrees of hydration are captured using a suite of software that explicitly modeled the chemical compositions of various constituents and their byproducts for a water/cement ratio of 0.4. An evolved microstructure of 50×50×50 micron3 volume of Portland cement product was modeled as a representative volume element (RVE) through a general purpose finite element code, ABAQUS®. The heterogeneity induced shock decay phenomenon under compression in this 50-micron size cube due to an OFHC Copper flyer plate impact is analyzed.
Original languageEnglish
Article number120009
JournalAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1793
Issue number120009
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 13 2017
Event19th Biennial American Physical Society Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, SCCM 2015 - Tampa, United States
Duration: Jun 14 2015Jun 19 2015

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