Is there any open source software available to model the microstructure of cementitious composites?

I will like to model the microstructure of concrete/mortar, is there any software to model the resulting products? Thanks

31 December 2018 8,353 2 View

Freeze and thaw test for concrete according to ASTM C 666, what alternative test or parameter can be used to replace the dynamic testing apparatus?

One of the apparatus required for freeze and thaw test according to ASTM C666 is the dynamic testing apparatus. This apparatus is used to obtain the relative dynamic modulus of elasticity and...

11 December 2018 8,610 2 View

What types of data mining or ANN software can be used with less programming experience?

I'm looking for software or program suggestions that can be used to carry out data mining and artificial neural network with less programming input.

11 December 2018 5,157 12 View

Is there any non destructive test that can be improvised in the lab to estimate the strength and permeability properties of concrete?

Non destructive tests equipment for concrete are quite expensive and not readily available. Is there any non destructive test that can be improvised or built with commonly available materials to...

10 November 2018 6,485 4 View

What are alternative cheaper fibers that can be used for engineered cementitious composites?

The most used fibers for ECC are PVA and PE, however, these fibers are very expensive. Are there other cheaper and greener materials that can be used as fiber in ECC?

10 November 2018 2,797 24 View

Why is high volume slag associated with high shrinkage in cementitious composites?

I will like to know why there is always high shrinkage when slag is used at larger percentage replacement of cement. The reasons in terms of its chemical reactions with OPC and the physical and...

10 November 2018 368 3 View

What is the best way to carry out accelerated corrosion tests in Reinforced concrete?

Currently there seem to be no standard that covers how to carry out an accelerated corrosion test for steel in a reinforced cementatious composite. However, several studies have explored different...

10 November 2018 4,832 5 View

What are the emerging supplementary cementatious materials that can be used to replace cement?

The use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) is increasing rapidly as they can be used to partially or totally replace OPC in concrete. The most common types of SCMs are fly ash, slag,...

10 November 2018 6,331 13 View

How to improve the sustainability of ECC?

Engineered cementatious composites are high performance composite and are gaining huge research recently due to their enhanced ductility and durability. What are the major ways to improve the...

10 November 2018 6,667 13 View

How to get percentage contribution of factors in design expert?

I'm using design expert software for the design of the influence of different factors in my experiment. However, I couldn't get any section that shows the percentage contribution of each factor on...

10 November 2018 7,625 3 View

Looking for Materials with high thermal expansion coefficient and high temperature resistance?

03 March 2021 8,272 1 View

Does the pressure(-600 mmHg) affects pH?

When I conducted the degassing experiment using decompression under anaerobic condition(and I used ferrous based chelating agent), the oxidized ferric were observerd. So, could you tell me the...

03 March 2021 4,892 5 View

How the parameters (such as Mw, Chemical bonds, polymer bland and so on) affect the mechanic property of polymer (such as storage, loss modulus) ?

Anyone can recommend any books on such topics? Thanks in advance.

02 March 2021 8,457 2 View

What is the procedure to determine the permeability of concrete?

can anyone help me in this, it will help me with my research work

01 March 2021 834 3 View

How can you bring two structures together to create an adhesive bond in LAMMPS?

I have created an Ice 1h crystalline structure and an Aluminium substrate structure and equilibrated both at 250K. Now I need to bring them together in a way that an adhesive bond is created....

01 March 2021 3,325 2 View

Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS?

I need to model masonry and reinforced concrete minarets for my MSc thesis. Which one is easier and better at modeling slender masonry structures? ANSYS or ABAQUS? (Or any other program for just...

01 March 2021 736 3 View

Glass fiber content in a gypsum board ?

Any idea on how to get the volumic ratio of glass fiber in a gypsum board ? Thank you for your help !

01 March 2021 2,501 3 View

Apart from Nanosilica and CNT's what are the other nanomaterials readily available to use in concrete mixture?

Nanotechnology in concrete materials

01 March 2021 3,379 3 View

Concrete compressive strength databases?

I am looking for datasets similar to this one: http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets/Concrete+Compressive+Strength I am looking for concretes with different types of aggregates (Recycled,...

27 February 2021 6,801 3 View

How the wettability of rock sample can be changed by ageing in pure hydrocarbon oils only?

I want to do wettability analysis of hydrocarbon oil (octane)/rock/surfactant solution system. but to do the analysis first I have to make rock surface oil-wet. Since hydrocarbon oil does not have...

27 February 2021 5,383 3 View