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 - GEN A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Meng, Birgit T1 - Temperature related effects on self-consolidating concrete due to interactions between superplasticizers, supplemental admixtures and additions T2 - 9th ACI International conference on superplasticizers and other chemical admixtures in concrete CY - Seville, Spain DA - 2009-10-12 KW - Polycarboxylate KW - Modified starch KW - Rheology KW - Self-compacting concrete KW - Temperature KW - Setting KW - Shrinkage KW - Heat evolution PY - 2009 SN - 978-0-9731507-8-0 SP - 135 EP - 147 AN - OPUS4-20884 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Brouwers, J. A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Meng, Birgit ED - Khayat, K. H. ED - Feys, D. T1 - Effects of superplasticizer and viscosity-modifying agent on fresh concrete performance of SCC at varied ambient temperatures N2 - Varying ambient temperatures in plants or on construction sites during casting of SCC can cause serious problems affecting the fresh concrete performances, such as rheological properties and setting time, with consequences for the hardened properties in the structure. By sensible choices of the components, the robustness of SCC mixtures against temperature variations can be improved. However, this aspect has not been the focus of intensive research yet. In this study the effects of varied ambient temperatures on the early performance of differently composed SCC mixtures are investigated, with emphasis on changes in rheology, early deformations, heat evolution and setting. Focus is placed on the study of the influence of the polycarboxylate ether molecule type as well as different viscositymodifying agents on the temperature robustness. Effects on the relevance for practical concrete applications are evaluated, which will provide a reliable framework of possible actions on the appropriate use of admixtures for SCC. T2 - SCC 2010 - 6th International RILEM Symposium on self-compacting concrete / 4th North American conference on the design and use of SCC - Desgin, Production and Placement of self-consolidating concrete CY - Montreal, Canada DA - 2010-09-26 KW - Polycarboxylate KW - Modified starch KW - Rheology KW - Self-compacting concrete KW - Temperature KW - Yield stress KW - Viscosity PY - 2010 SN - 978-90-481-9663-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9664-7_6 N1 - Serientitel: RILEM bookseries – Series title: RILEM bookseries VL - 1 IS - 2 SP - 65 EP - 77 PB - Springer AN - OPUS4-22126 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Brouwers, H.J.H. A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Meng, Birgit T1 - Influence of environmental temperatures on the performance of polymeric stabilising agent in fresh cementitious materials N2 - Stabilising admixtures are commonly used additives in repair mortars and grouts. Beyond this, such type of admixture is increasingly used in concrete and other cementitious materials. In particular when fresh mortar or concrete properties have to be adjusted reliably, stabilising agents can be beneficially used to improve workability and robustness of the mixture. The mode of operation of these admixtures varies, rather affecting either the liquid phase or the solid particles in the dispersion, both causing strong interactions with the mortar or concrete system, and significant changes in their rheological behaviour. Furthermore, these are strongly affected by the environmental temperature during the casting process. In the paper the effect of temperature on the performance of stabilising agents in cementitious systems is presented and how performance changes affect fresh and hardening mortar or concrete properties. Particular attention is placed on interactions between stabilising agents and superplasticizers. Results are discussed with special focus on self-compacting concrete. KW - Biopolymers KW - Cementitious materials KW - Polycarboxylate ether KW - Rheology KW - Setting KW - Stabilising agent KW - Starch ether KW - Self-compacting concrete KW - Superplasticizer PY - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.466.97 SN - 1013-9826 VL - 466 SP - 97 EP - 104 PB - Trans Tech Publ. CY - Aedermannsdorf AN - OPUS4-22853 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Priebe, Nsesheye Susan A1 - Uzoegbo, H. C. A1 - Makunza, J. K. ED - Malhotra, V. M. ED - Gupta, P. R. ED - Holland, T. C. T1 - Admixture concepts for the Sub-Saharan African environment with indigenous raw materials N2 - The economic use of chemical admixtures depends on supply chains. Therefore, in most regions ins sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the use of admixtures is not common practice. This amplifies the unfavorable framework for concrete construction such as fragmentary supply chains, high local cement prices, and unfavorable construction site facilities in this region significantly. The use of superplasticizer (SP) and stabilizing agents (STA) can enhance the concrete technology in SSA, since they can disassociate the concrete quality from external boundary influences. After providing a general overview of the peculiarities of the SSA boundary framework, economic concepts are provided, how existing material solutions can be significantly improved by the use of SPs and STAs based on locally available materials such as lignosulphonates and cassava starch. Finally a three step optimization process is described that helps developing flowable concrete based on materials that can be accessed in most locations in SSA. T2 - 11th International Conference on Superplasticizers and Other Chemical Admixtures in Concrete CY - Ottawa, Canada DA - 12.07.2015 KW - Lignosulfonate KW - Polycarboxylate ether KW - Robustness KW - Self-compacting concrete KW - Sub-Saharan Africa PY - 2015 SN - 9781942727224 N1 - Geburtsname von Priebe, Nsesheye Susan: Msinjili, N. S. - Birth name of Priebe, Nsesheye Susan: Msinjili, N. S. SP - SP-302-37, 491 EP - 505 AN - OPUS4-36860 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 - Weimann, Christiane A1 - Chaves Weba, Luciana ED - Schmidt, Wolfram ED - Priebe, Nsesheye Susan T1 - Influences of hydration effects on the flow phenomena of concrete with admixtures N2 - Chemical admixtures like superplasticisers or stabilising agents are of ever increasing importance for modern concrete technology. They liberate the workability of concrete from its dependency on water content, and thus, open the gate towards innovative and future oriented concrete technologies such as self-compacting concrete. Today, admixture addition has become common practice in concrete technology, but the understanding of their highly complex mode of operation is extremely difficult and demands for understanding of processes within the range between nanometres and centimetres. Due to its complex time-dependent, multi-phase and multi-scale behaviour, flowable concrete systems are highly complicated and cannot be described comprehensively by simple models. It is therefore extremely challenging to identify the relevant parameters that predominantly control flow phenomena on different size scales, since these may occur on any scale between the nano scale (e.g. superplasticizer adsorption) and macro scale (e.g. grading of the aggregates). The present study discusses fundamental mechanisms at the interface between particle or hydrate surfaces and the fluid phase at a very early stage of concrete formation, and links these effects to macroscopic flow phenomena. Methods are discussed that appear promising interdisciplinary tools for enhancement of the understanding of the relevant interactions that are responsible for the macroscopic flow of flowable concrete. T2 - 2nd International Conference on Advances in Cement and Concrete Technology in Africa CY - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania DA - 27.01.2016 KW - Cement hydration KW - Polymer adsorption KW - Rheology KW - Superplasticizer KW - Self-compacting concrete 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 - 79 EP - 88 PB - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-36875 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - Potentials for savings in the production of self-compacting and high strength concrete for precast concrete elements N2 - Over the course of the last decades, concrete construction has significantly changed from mass application towards sophisticated more innovative, future oriented, and performance based materials technology. Today concrete no longer consists of cement, water, and aggregates, but can be enhanced significantly by using supplementary additions and chemical admixtures. Advancements in admixtures eventually facilitated the development of new concrete types such as self-compacting concrete (SCC) and high performance concrete (HPC) by uncoupling the workability from the water-cement ratio (w/c). While for traditional concrete types the major mixture parameter for the workability and strength were the w/c and the grading of the aggregates, for SCC and HPC the performance parameters are more complicated and the performance depends highly on the powder components. This makes the system more sophisticated and in parallel more prone to scatter during the production. The complexity and difficulty to predict the effects of changes in the process and mixture makes it very difficult to identify the right potentials for savings. T2 - ICCX Central Europe CY - Ossa, Poland DA - 11.02.2016 KW - Rheology KW - Self-compacting concrete KW - High strength concrete KW - Packing density KW - Superplasticizers PY - 2016 SP - 18 EP - 20 AN - OPUS4-36883 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Brouwers, H.J.H. A1 - Kühne, Hans-Carsten A1 - Meng, Birgit T1 - Influences of superplasticizer modification and mixture composition on the performance of self-compacting concrete at varied ambient temperatures N2 - The fresh behaviour of self-compacting concrete (SCC) at varying temperatures differs from that of normal vibrated concrete. This is because the rheology of SCC depends not only on degree of cement hydration, but also on the adsorption of superplasticizers – mostly polycarboxylate based polymers (PCE) -, which is affected by the time and hydration progress. Due to the variety of PCEs and mixture compositions for SCC a prediction of the rheology at varying temperatures is complicated. The charge densities of PCEs as well as the water to solid ratio in the paste are identified to be the main decisive parameters for robust fresh concrete properties. Rheometric concrete investigations with different SCC mixture compositions and varied anionic charge densities of the PCE were conducted. SCC which is rich in powder components showed robust performance at low temperatures while SCC with low powder content was favourable at high temperatures. High charge density PCE pointed out to be very robust at low temperatures but at high temperatures it significantly reduced the flow retention. Low charge density PCE could not generate self-compacting properties at low temperatures but retained the flow performance over sufficiently long time. Based on considerations about particle interactions and adsorption mechanisms of PCEs, the relevant processes are explained and options for the development of robust mixture compositions for individual temperature ranges are itemised. KW - Polycarboxylate ether KW - Temperature KW - Rheology KW - Mixture composition KW - Self-compacting concrete PY - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2013.12.004 SN - 0958-9465 SN - 1873-393X VL - 49 SP - 111 EP - 126 PB - Elsevier CY - Barking, Essex AN - OPUS4-30552 LA - eng 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 -