Effect of W/C Ratio on Durability and Porosity in Cement Mortar with Constant Cement Amount

Water is often added to concrete placing for easy workability and finishability in construction site. The additional mixing water can help easy mixing and workability but causes increased porosity, which yields degradation of durability and structural performances. In this paper, cement mortar sampl...

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Main Authors: Yun-Yong Kim, Kwang-Myung Lee, Jin-Wook Bang, Seung-Jun Kwon
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/273460
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description Water is often added to concrete placing for easy workability and finishability in construction site. The additional mixing water can help easy mixing and workability but causes increased porosity, which yields degradation of durability and structural performances. In this paper, cement mortar samples with 0.45 of W/C (water to cement) ratio are prepared for control case and durability performances are evaluated with additional water from 0.45 to 0.60 of W/C. Several durability tests including strength, chloride diffusion, air permeability, saturation, and moisture diffusion are performed, and they are analyzed with changed porosity. The changing ratios and patterns of durability performance are evaluated considering pore size distribution, total porosity, and additional water content.
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spelling doaj-art-726e3c0d173a47caba23a98400fc96082025-08-20T03:33:45ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422014-01-01201410.1155/2014/273460273460Effect of W/C Ratio on Durability and Porosity in Cement Mortar with Constant Cement AmountYun-Yong Kim0Kwang-Myung Lee1Jin-Wook Bang2Seung-Jun Kwon3Department of Civil Engineering, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Civil Engineering, Chungnam National University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hannam University, 99 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-764, Republic of KoreaWater is often added to concrete placing for easy workability and finishability in construction site. The additional mixing water can help easy mixing and workability but causes increased porosity, which yields degradation of durability and structural performances. In this paper, cement mortar samples with 0.45 of W/C (water to cement) ratio are prepared for control case and durability performances are evaluated with additional water from 0.45 to 0.60 of W/C. Several durability tests including strength, chloride diffusion, air permeability, saturation, and moisture diffusion are performed, and they are analyzed with changed porosity. The changing ratios and patterns of durability performance are evaluated considering pore size distribution, total porosity, and additional water content.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/273460
spellingShingle Yun-Yong Kim
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Effect of W/C Ratio on Durability and Porosity in Cement Mortar with Constant Cement Amount
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
title Effect of W/C Ratio on Durability and Porosity in Cement Mortar with Constant Cement Amount
title_full Effect of W/C Ratio on Durability and Porosity in Cement Mortar with Constant Cement Amount
title_fullStr Effect of W/C Ratio on Durability and Porosity in Cement Mortar with Constant Cement Amount
title_full_unstemmed Effect of W/C Ratio on Durability and Porosity in Cement Mortar with Constant Cement Amount
title_short Effect of W/C Ratio on Durability and Porosity in Cement Mortar with Constant Cement Amount
title_sort effect of w c ratio on durability and porosity in cement mortar with constant cement amount
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/273460
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