The Range Values for the Design Parameters of Nanoengineered Concrete Components. Characteristics, Properties, Amounts and Effects on the Concrete Behaviour

Abstract:

The nanometric scale researches results can be found, in present, in every industry domains, due to the effects of the new products, obtained on the basis of this researches. In the concrete industry, the research goal at this level is to obtain, finally, a material with new features, whose structural behavior to be considerably better than of the current one. Basically, it aims to achieve, using nanotechnologies, a new structural material for constructions, starting from the current concrete advantages (good compressive strength, durability, etc.), eliminating the disadvantages (low tensile resistance, cracks, etc.), and controlling, in the same time, the costs. Thus, in this paper are presented the required parameters in order to obtain this kind of material, by highlighting the nanocomponents characteristics and the quantities that are used to achieve the expected quality requirements. The real time influence of these nanocomponents on the quality of the studied material can be observed using a dedicated software, specially developed for this purpose.

• Periodical: Advanced Engineering Forum (Volumes 8-9)
• Pages: 277-284
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AEF.8-9.277
• Online since: June 2013
• Authors: Olar Radu, Traian Onet
• Keywords: Concrete, Design Parameter, Nanoengineering, Structural Behaviour

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