TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Brouwers, H.J.H. A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Meng, Birgit ED - Wang, K. ED - Shah, S.P. ED - Khayat, K. T1 - Casting process improvement by optimization of mixture composition and high range water reducing agent modification N2 - Since its invention in the early 1990’s, self-consolidating concrete has never become well established in the ready-mix sectors worldwide. The reason for this can be mainly found in the fact that the sophisticated compositions are sensitive against changing environments. This lack of robustness can be attributed to the interaction between cement hydration reaction and high range water reducing agent (HRWRA). Understanding the relevant mechanisms that control the initial flow performance as well as the flow retention helps optimizing SCC mixtures that perform either steadily in one specific environment or that perform largely similarly at steadily changing environments. This paper depicts how HRWRAs interact with clinker and hydration phases and discusses the important role of the charge density of a polycarboxylic HRWRA in the way the rheology is affected. Based on rheometric results and observations of the Vicat setting times, it is shown that increasing charge densities of the HRWRA and decreasing water to powder ratios (w/p) reduce the flow retention and have lesser retarding effect on the setting. Based on the discussion, optimization procedures for the mixture composition and the HRWRA modification are suggested to achieve optimized performance for varying environmental situations or highest robustness for specific conditions. T2 - SCC 2013 - 5th North American conference on the design and use of self-consolidating concrete CY - Chicago, IL, USA DA - 12.05.2013 KW - Polycarboxylate KW - Cement hydration KW - Adsorption KW - Mixture composition KW - Environmental conditions PY - 2013 SP - 1 EP - 10 AN - OPUS4-28581 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Barthel, Maria A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten T1 - Betontechnologische Ansätze zur Vermeidung innerstädtischer Hitzeinseln N2 - Die Versiegelung von Oberflächen, Bebauung und die Ausweitung städtischer Gebiete führen weltweit besonders in sonnenreichen Regionen zu innerstädtischen Hitzeinseln. Diese Flächen wirken als Wärmespeicher, so dass an Sonnentagen eine Temperaturdifferenz bis zu 10 K zwischen Stadt und umliegendem Land entstehen kann. Verstärkt wird dieser sogenannte Urban Heat Island Effect (UHIE) durch die meist direkte Abführung des anfallenden Regenwassers in die Kanalisation, wodurch eine Kühlung durch stetige Verdunstung unterbunden ist, Mit steigender Urbanisierung wächst auch die Bedeutung dieses Phänomens. Innerstädtische Hitzeinseln ziehen direkte wirtschaftliche und soziale Folgen nach sich, da hohe Temperaturen eine teure Klimatisierung der Städte bedingen. So entsteht ein erhöhter Verbrauch an Ressourcen sowie zusätzliche Abwärme. Das Wohlbefinden und die Gesundheit der Bevölkerung verschlechtern sich bei sehr hohen Temperaturen, was zu sinkender Leistungsfähigkeit und sogar zu einer erhöhten Sterberate führen kann. T2 - 18. Ibausil - Internationale Baustofftagung CY - Weimar, Germany DA - 12.09.2012 PY - 2012 SN - 978-3-00-034075-8 VL - 2 IS - 3.07 SP - 2-0042 EP - 2-0050 AN - OPUS4-26545 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Leinitz, Sarah A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten ED - Ludwig, H.-M. T1 - Einfluss der Partikelvolumenfraktion auf die Rheologie und die Effektivität von Polysaccharid-Stabilisierern in Gegenwart von Polycarboxylatether-Fließmitteln N2 - Zur Untersuchung der Wirkungsweise von ST ohne und in Gegenwart von FM wurden Untersuchungen an Zementleimen mit unterschiedlichen Φρ und variierten St-Modifikationen durchgeführt. Folgendes kann zusammengefasst werden: Mit zunehmendem Φρ nimmt der Einfluss aller beobachteten ST auf To und Πpl gegenüber dem wässrigen System ab. Bei hohem Φρ reduzieren alle ST Πpl. Diutan Gum und die hochmodifizierte Stärke können aber ein erhöhtes -r0 bewirken. In Gegenwart von FM werden ST insbesondere bei höheren FM-Dosierungen wirksam mit Bezug auf erhöhtes Πpl. Erhöhtes t0 erzielten nur ST-DG und ST-npg. Setzfließmaßversuche konnten darüber hinaus zeigen, dass Stärken besonders effektiv wirken, wenn der Feststoffgehalt sehr hoch ist, während Diutan Gum eine höhere Wirksamkeit aufweist, wenn höhere Wassergehalte im System sind. Die Wirkungsweise von ST ist sehr stark von p und der Gegenwart von FM abhängig. Die Ergebnisse zeigen. dass für Stärken die Modifikation eine sehr große Rolle spielen kann und dass weitere Untersuchungen zeigen müssen, inwieweit ST auf bestimmte Anwendungen maßgeschneidert werden können. T2 - 19. Ibausil - Internationale Baustofftagung CY - Weimar, Germany DA - 16.09.2015 KW - Fließmittel KW - Stabilisierer KW - Polycarboxylatether KW - Polysaccharide KW - Rheologie PY - 2015 SN - 978-3-00-050225-5 VL - 1 SP - 1-1263 EP - 1-1270 AN - OPUS4-34869 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Brouwers, H.J.H. A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Meng, Birgit T1 - Correlation between setting, heat evolution, and deformations of cementitious binder systems depending on type and amount of superplasticizer N2 - Today polycarboxylate ether based superplasticizer (PCE) is commonly used in concrete technology when high flow properties and water reduction are specified. The ionic strength of the polymers’ backbones determines the adsorption behaviour of polymers on clinker and early hydration products. The amount of required polymers for specified flow properties and the performance over the time of casting is thus determined by the molecular structure of the superplasticizer. The time depending consumption of polycarboxylate ether polymers strongly affects the reaction of aluminates and sulphate ions as well as the hydration process in general. Hence, the choice of polymers for particular flow properties greatly affects the very early properties of cementitious materials such as setting, heat evolution and autogenous deformations. In order to better understand how PCEs influence the early properties, mixes from cement, limestone filler, viscosity modifying agent and water were varied with a high and a low charge density superplasticizer in differing amounts. Results are presented from measurements with an automatic Vicat device, an isothermal heat flow calorimeter, and shrinkage cones. Tests were conducted at 5, 20, and 30 °C. It is shown that in presence of PCE the final set correlates well with the inflexion point of the heat flow curve, which emphasises the interrelation between C-S-H formation and setting. No such clear correlation can be found for the initial set, which is attributed to the fact that the initial set is rather a rheological than a structural phenomenon, so that other effects overlap with C-S-H formation. The results demonstrate that for a given polymer concentration low charge density polymers yield earlier setting than high charge polymers. However, this influence is overridden by the influence of the total amount of polymers in a cementitious system. Since PCE is typically added according to rheological specifications, and low charge PCE typically requires higher amounts of polymers than high charge PCE for comparable flow performance, low charge PCE retards setting more than high charge PCE. The paper furthermore points out that there is no significant influence of the polymer type or amount on the early deformations. Since type and amount strongly affect the hydration, it is demonstrated that early setting causes higher strain after the final set. It is hence concluded that higher PCE solid contents reduce the risk of early cracks that occur at time of setting, when a solid structure has already been formed but without resistance against cracks yet. T2 - 13th International congress on the chemistry of cement CY - Madrid, Spain DA - 03.07.2011 KW - Polycarboxylate superplasticizer KW - Setting KW - Heat evolution KW - Autogenous deformation KW - Self-compacting concrete KW - Calorimetry PY - 2011 SN - 978-84-7292-400-0 SP - 384 EP - 391 AN - OPUS4-24097 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Priebe, Nsesheye Susan A1 - Pirskawetz, Stephan A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten ED - Amziane, Sofiane ED - Sonebi, M. ED - Charlet, K. T1 - Efficiency of high performance concrete types incorporating bio-materials like rice husk ashes, cassava starch, lignosulfonate, and sisal fibres N2 - Over the last decades concrete has evolved from a simple mass construction material towards a sophisticated multi-component system. The design parameters for the mixture composition of concrete have significantly increased from strength based towards overall or specific performance based. As a result the variety of concrete has increased yielding a number of special concrete technologies such as Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC), High-Performance Concrete (HPC), Strain Hardening Cement Based Composites (SHCC), and many others. Due to their complex mixture compositions and a multitude of possible interactions between constituents, these concrete types are preferably composed of special components like well-defined powders and sophisticated chemical admixtures. This makes such concrete technology expensive and limits their application to regions with the required material supply chains. The paper puts focus on materials, which are less well studied in conjunction with high performance concrete, but which are available in many developing countries, and in particular sub-Saharan Africa. The paper shows how sec can be designed without polycarboxylate ether superplasticizer and well defined fillers, but with lignosulphonate, cassava starch and rice husk ash. The positive effect of well processed rice husk ashes is demonstrated. Furthermore results are presented of SHCC where typical components like polyvinyl alcohol fibres and fluy ash are replaced by sisal fibres and limestone filler, respectively. The results point out that high performance concrete applications do not have to be limited to a boundary framework with availability of well-defined raw material supply structures and sophisticated admixtures or fibres. Concepts are presented how innovative concrete technologies can be developed based on indigenous materials. T2 - ICBBM 2015 - 1st International conference on bio-based building materials CY - Clermont-Ferrand, France DA - 22.06.2015 KW - Corrosion potential KW - Chloride migration KW - Electrical resistivity KW - Water absorption KW - Freeze-thaw PY - 2015 SN - 978-2-35158-154-4 N1 - Serientitel: Rilem proceedings – Series title: Rilem proceedings N1 - Geburtsname von Priebe, Nsesheye Susan: Msinjili, N. S. - Birth name of Priebe, Nsesheye Susan: Msinjili, N. S. IS - PRO 99 SP - 208 EP - 214 AN - OPUS4-33583 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Barthel, Maria A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Meng, Birgit ED - Rogge, A. ED - Meng, B. T1 - Betonpflastersteine mit erweiterten Leistungsmerkmalen T2 - 52. DAfStb-Forschungskolloquium CY - Berlin, Deutschland DA - 2011-11-07 PY - 2011 SN - 978-3-9814281-0-0 N1 - Geburtsname von Barthel, Maria: Meinel, M. - Birth name of Barthel, Maria: Meinel, M. SP - 194 EP - 203 PB - BAM Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-25182 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Meng, Birgit T1 - The influence of temperature on self-compacting concrete in presence of superplasticizer and additional admixtures T2 - 5th International RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete CY - Ghent, Belgium DA - 2007-09-03 KW - Influence of temperature KW - Self-compacting concrete KW - SCC KW - Superplaticizer KW - Admixtures PY - 2007 SN - 978-2-35158-050-9 VL - 1 SP - 405 EP - 410 CY - Bagneux, France AN - OPUS4-15897 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten ED - Khayat, Kamal Henry T1 - Cusum charts for the control of the slump flow of self-compacting concrete in a steady production process N2 - Control chart systems are commonly used in quality management systems to keep production processes stable. The most efficient control chart systems are cumulated sums (cusum), which look at the deviations from a target value. Cusum charts react more rapidly on systematic changes in processes than other charts such as Shewhart charts, which look at the process values. The cusum method is often applied for compressive strength but it is particularly suitable if counteractions be taken immediately, like in the case of fresh concrete properties. The present study shows that regardless of the manipulation, a steady slump flow can be achieved only by adding supplementary superplasticizer in case of loss of flow and adding stabilising agent (ST) in case of increased flow if the V-mask indicates a systematic change. A reference SCC was artificially manipulated in order to achieve either increased or reduced flowability. Arithmetic mean values and standard deviations were determined experimentally without and after taking counteractions. These parameters were used for case studies of steady SCC productions based on normally distributed random values. For the indication of a systematic change, a standard V-mask was used. The results point out that productions with applied cusum methods were capable of keeping the slump flow deviation from the target in the order of magnitude of about 1% despite drastic manipulations, while productions without applied cusum method deviated up to 14% and more from the target slump flow value. T2 - 8th RILEM Symposium on Self-Compacting Concrete CY - Washington, USA DA - 15.05.2016 KW - Control charts KW - Cusum KW - Quality control KW - Rheology KW - Self-compacting concrete PY - 2016 SN - 978-2-35158-157-5 SP - 283 EP - 294 PB - RILEM Publications S.A.R.L. CY - Paris, France AN - OPUS4-36874 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Leinitz, Sarah A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten ED - Malhotra, V. M. ED - Gupta, P. R. ED - Holland, T. C. T1 - Effects of particle volume fraction and size on polysaccharide stabilizing agents N2 - Polysaccharides modify the rheological properties of cement based systems. Depending upon their chemistry, molecular architecture, and adsorption tendency, they have different modes of action. Some polysaccharides like diutan gum have strong effect on the fluid phase; others like starch strongly interact with particles. This paper presents effects of diutan gum and starches in presence of polycarboxylates. Rheometric investigations with varied particle volume fractions and increasing coarse aggregate diameters were conducted. The results show that starches have stronger influence on the rheology at high particle volume fractions than diutan gum. At lower particle volume fractions this trend is inverted. Experiments with aggregates sizes up to 16 mm (0.63 in.) indicate that stabilizing agent influences on the effects of aggregates on yield stress were small; however up to 1.0 mm (0.04 in.), a significant effect on the plastic viscosity could be observed, which levelled off at larger diameters. T2 - 11th International Conference on Superplasticizers and Other Chemical Admixtures in Concrete CY - Ottawa, Canada DA - 12.07.2015 KW - Diutan gum KW - Starch KW - Polysaccharides KW - Polycarboxylate ether KW - Volume fraction PY - 2015 SN - 9781942727224 SP - SP-302-03, 39 EP - 52 AN - OPUS4-36861 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Priebe, Nsesheye Susan A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Rogge, Andreas A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten ED - Schmidt, Wolfram ED - Priebe, Nsesheye Susan T1 - Optimising available resources for production of good concrete properties N2 - There is a wide range of research worldwide on supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) such as fly ash and slag for substituting pure cement. Such materials are suitable to be considered in a cementitious system with ordinary Portland cement (OPC) due to their high pozzolanic properties. In addition, majority of the SCMs are said to significantly improve concrete properties especially in terms of increased strength and durability. Unfortunately, the production of such SCMs is not entirely eco-friendly and also limited to certain parts of the world, hence one has to look at alternative options. The issue of availability of resources is a strong concept that is ever-increasing, and the use of more eco-friendly SCMs in a cementitious system is furthermore attractive. Hence this paper addresses the use of eco-friendly SCMs in concrete such as rice husk ash (RHA). Despite the fact that extensive research has been done on this material, its application in a cementitious system to obtain sufficient concrete properties is still rather limited. In a country like Tanzania, high strength concrete construction is applicable in special construction cases but certainly not a high priority. Majority of construction is still undertaken using normal strength concrete. In a ternary cementitious system consisting of OPC, RHA and other readily available resources such as limestone filler (LSF), normal strength concrete can still be produced having good performance and suitable for regular on-site construction. This paper explains a possible application of obtaining sufficient concrete properties from the available resources. T2 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Technology in Africa CY - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania DA - 27.01.2016 KW - Sub-Saharan Africa KW - Rice husk ash KW - Admixtures KW - Workability KW - Rheology PY - 2016 SN - 978-3-9817502-3-2 N1 - Geburtsname von Priebe, Nsesheye Susan: Msinjili, N. S. - Birth name of Priebe, Nsesheye Susan: Msinjili, N. S. SP - 323 EP - 331 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-36881 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -