title: The influence of shrinkage-cracking on the drying behaviour of White Portland cement using Single-Point Imaging (SPI).
abstract: The removal of water from pores in hardened cement paste smaller than 50 nm results in cracking of the cement matrix due to the tensile stresses induced by drying shrinkage. Cracks in the matrix fundamentally alter the permeability of the material, and therefore directly affect the drying behaviour. Using Single-Point Imaging (SPI), we obtain one-dimensional moisture profiles of hydrated White Portland cement cylinders as a function of drying time. The drying behaviour of White Portland cement, is distinctly different from the drying behaviour of related concrete materials containing aggregates.
authors.affiliation: MRI Centre, Department of Physics, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Beyea
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Balcom
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Bremner
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Prado
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Grattan-Bellew
mesh_terms: D003252:Construction Materials; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy