Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : September 13, 2020 - September 16, 2020
In this study, multi-scale analysis was carried out by designing a porous cement paste model, and a mortar model using glass spheres as fine aggregates. The tensile simulation of porous cement paste model was conducted by RVE model that reflects the distribution of pore size in a cement specimen. It was shown that the elastic modulus and strength of cement have a linear relationship with porosity. The finite element model of cylindrical samples was then created to simulate the splitting tensile test. For the cylindrical mortar model, spatial variation of the physical properties due to the porosity distribution in cement was reflected. When cement had a distribution of physical properties, the strength of the cement model was similar to that of mortar model as it was observed from the experiment, whereas the strength of the cement model was higher by 20 % if uniform physical properties were used for cement matrix. It was confirmed that our simulation well corresponded to the experimental result of at the ages of 28 days. In addition, the decrease in the strength, which would be expected for further aging mortar, can be also modeled by the porous layer at glass-cement interface, representing the Interfacial Transition Zone.
