Topic: Deformation, cracking and moisture distribution in cementitious materials at early ages
Speaker: Prof. Pietro Lura, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Time: 10:00 a.m., Oct. 28, 2016
Venue: Conference Room 205, Building 14, Wushan Campus
Abstract:
In this presentation, causes and mechanisms of early-age deformation in cementitious materials, including plastic shrinkage, drying shrinkage, thermal deformation and autogenous deformation will be introduced.
For each of those, recent developments in measuring techniques and analysis approaches by the speaker and his research group will be illustrated. Special emphasis will be on methods to reduce early-age deformation and mitigate the cracking risk of concrete structures at early-ages, as well as on methods to study moisture distribution in cementitious materials at early ages (neutron tomography and multi-contrast X-ray tomography).