| Issue |
EPJ Web Conf.
Volume 140, 2017
Powders and Grains 2017 – 8th International Conference on Micromechanics on Granular Media
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| Article Number | 12014 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Geomaterials | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714012014 | |
| Published online | 30 June 2017 | |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201714012014
Experimental characterization of mechanical properties of the cement pasteaggregate interface in concrete
1 LMGC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France.
2 C2MA, Ecole des mines d’Alès, Alès, France.
3 MIST Lab., IRSN, CNRS, Univ. Montpellier, France.
* e-mail: mouad.jebli@umontpellier.fr
Published online: 30 June 2017
Granular materials are extensively used in the field of civil engineering. These materials are either used in their dry state, or mixed with water or with a binder. In the case of concrete, the binder could be cement or mortar. For ordinary concretes, it is generally admitted that there is a thin heterogeneous zone of paste, with a thickness of about 15-60 μm, surrounding the aggregates surface. This zone, commonly named the Interfacial Transition Zone (ITZ), is characterized by a higher porosity than the bulk paste and a high concentration of the portlandite crystals. Some of these crystals react with the aggregates’ surface (limestone aggregates), leading to a good adhesion. In this work, the mechanical properties of the cement paste and of the cement-aggregate interface are experimentally analyzed. Experimental tensile and shear tests are performed on parallelipipedic samples. These samples are made by linking limestone aggregates with Portland cement paste using a water / cement ratio of 0.5. The results show that the cement-aggregate interface is the weak zone in the composite.
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