TY - JOUR A1 - Cunningham, P. R. A1 - Mezhov, Alexander A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - Revealing Value from Bioderived Polymers: Effects of Locally Sourced Polysaccharides on the Rheology of Limestone Mixtures JF - Bio-Based Building Materials N2 - Admixtures are important constituents to enhance the performance of concrete. They allow for more efficient use of binders which can mitigate negative environmental impacts from producing cement-based materials. Commonly used rheology modifying agents like polycarboxylate ethers or cellulose ethers are synthetic or semi-synthetic, respectively. This requires additional energy consumption for their production and global supply chains particularly for many developing regions, which will be large consumers of concrete in the future. However, many locally available bio-based polysaccharides could be effectively used instead. These polymers are often overlooked by engineers and scientists due to their limited distribution and inherent complexity, yet they represent an underleveraged source of precursors for admixtures. This study investigates the action mechanisms of some bio-based rheology modifying agents, i.e., acacia gum and miscanthus gum, and provides a comparison to a conventionally modified starch. The results show that the mechanism of action of these polymers is closely related to the composition of the mixture, mixing regime, and the composition of the aqueous phase. Depending on the agent, either plasticizing or stabilizing effects on rheology can be revealed. T2 - ICBBM: International Conference on Bio-Based Building Materials CY - Vienna, Austria DA - 21.06.2023 KW - Polysaccharides KW - Superplasticizers KW - Hydration KW - Cement PY - 2023 DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33465-8_60 SN - 2211-0852 VL - 45 SP - 782 EP - 792 PB - Springer Nature Switzerland AG CY - Switzerland AN - OPUS4-58726 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ji, Y. A1 - Becker, S. A1 - Lu, Z. A1 - Mezhov, Alexander A1 - von Klitzing, R. A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram A1 - Stephan, D. T1 - Effect of resting time on rheological properties of glass bead suspensions: Depletion and bridging force among particles JF - Journal of the American Ceramic Society N2 - The effect of resting time on the rheological properties of cement suspensions is generally explained by early formed structure and overconsumption of polycarboxylate superplasticizers (PCEs). In this paper, we propose that the influence of resting time on the rheological properties is closely related to size variation of non-absorbed PCE. To identify this, glass bead suspensions were prepared with various amounts of PCE and ionic solution, and their rheological properties were evaluated at various times. We found that the yield stress increases with time at higher PCE concentrations and higher ionic strength solutions. Adsorbed PCE during resting tends to bridge the particles rather than disperse them. In addition, it was found that hydrodynamic radius of PCE increased with resting time, and depletion forces resulting from non-absorbed PCE size changes correlate well with the increased yield stress. KW - Depletion force KW - Ionic stregth KW - PCE KW - Rheology KW - Resting time PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-587193 DO - https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.19469 SN - 0002-7820 SP - 1 EP - 16 PB - Wiley online library CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-58719 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Zhang, K. A1 - Mezhov, Alexander A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram T1 - Effect of Polycarboxylate Superplasticizer in Ordinary Portland Cement and Sulfate Resistant Cement JF - Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering N2 - Polycarboxylate superplasticizers (PCE) are the most widely used admixtures in today’s cementitious construction materials. The molecular structure has a decisive influence on the effectiveness of PCE, which also can be tailored to serve in a different cementitious system. The current study investigates the influence of the backbone charge density of PCE on the rheology, hydration kinetics, and adsorption behavior of ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and sulfate-resistant cement (SRC). The results indicate that regardless of the PCE type, OPC requires a higher amount of PCE to be adsorbed to induce changing of rheological parameters and hydration kinetics. Regardless of the cement type, the PCE with a higher charge density exhibits higher adsorption behavior, corresponding to lower viscosity measurement. Compared to OPC, SRC is more sensitive to the introduction of both PCEs and has a lower saturation dosage, indicating that SRC generally provides better workability properties regardless of the PCE. KW - Polycarboxylate superplasticizers (PCE) KW - Sulfate resistant cement (SRC) KW - Rheological KW - Adsorption KW - Cement hydration PY - 2023 DO - https://doi.org/10.1061/JMCEE7.MTENG-15033 SN - 0899-1561 VL - 35 IS - 6 SP - 1 EP - 12 PB - ASCE Libary AN - OPUS4-58244 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Robens-Radermacher, Annika A1 - Unger, Jörg F. A1 - Mezhov, Alexander A1 - Schmidt, Wolfram ED - Biondini, F. ED - Frangopo, D. M. T1 - Temperature dependent modelling approach for early age behavior of printable mortars T2 - Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems N2 - Structural build-up describes the stability and early-age strength development of fresh mortar used in 3D printing. lt is influenced by several factors, i.e. the composition of the print­ able material, the printing regime, and the ambient conditions. The existing modelling approaches for structural build-up usually define the model parameters for a specific material composition with­ out considering the influence of the ambient conditions. The goal of this contribution is to explicitly include the temperature dependency in the modelling approach. Temperature changes have signifi­ cant impact on the structural build-up process: an increase of the temperature leads to a faster dissol­ ution of cement phases and accelerates hydration. The proposed extended model includes temperature dependency using the Arrhenius theory. The new model parameters are successfully calibrated based on Viskomat measurement data using Bayesian inference. Furthermore, a higher impact of the temperature in the re-flocculation as in the structuration stage is observed. T2 - The Eighth International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE 2023) CY - Milano, Italien DA - 02.07.2023 KW - 3D concrete printing KW - Material characterization KW - Structural build-up KW - Thixotropy KW - Model calibration PY - 2023 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-582175 SN - 978-1-003-32302-0 DO - https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003323020-146 SN - 978-1-003-32302-0 VL - 1st Edition SP - 1193 EP - 1200 PB - CRC Press AN - OPUS4-58217 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -