TY - JOUR A1 - Steindl, Florian R. A1 - Mittermayr, Florian A1 - Sakoparnig, Marlene A1 - Juhart, Joachim A1 - Briendl, Lukas G. A1 - Lindlar, Benedikt A1 - Ukrainczyk, Neven A1 - Dietzel, Martin A1 - Kusterle, Wolfgang A1 - Galan, Isabel T1 - On the porosity of low-clinker shotcrete and accelerated pastes T2 - Construction and Building Materials N2 - Although the number and size of interconnected pores have been identified as the most important aspects of concrete microstructure, comprehensive datasets on shotcrete porosity and pore size distributions are still scarce and their key controls are poorly investigated. In this study we investigate the effects of the spraying process, setting accelerator addition and mix design on the microstructure of real-scale dry- and wet-mix shotcrete and hand-mixed and sprayed accelerated pastes. A newly proposed deconvolution analysis of the pore size distributions, measured by mercury intrusion porosimetry, offers increased precision in determining the critical and median pore diameter parameters. In total >50 samples were analysed. Results show that the dry-mix shotcrete exhibits a shift towards coarser pore sizes (∼100–1 μm) than wet-mix shotcrete. Combinations of different supplementary cementitious materials are favourable for producing wet-mix shotcretes with refined pore structures. The addition of setting accelerators, up to 10 wt-% of binder mass, and the spraying process cause systematic variations in the pore volume and pore structure of (sprayed) paste and shotcrete. KW - Porosity KW - Shotcrete KW - Mercury Intrusion KW - Durability KW - SCMs Y1 - 2023 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-oth-regensburg/frontdoor/index/index/docId/6117 SN - 0950-0618 VL - 368 PB - Elsevier CY - 14 ER -