Prediction of Elastic Modulus of Cement-Based Materials Based on Power’s Volume Model

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The hydrated products, unhydrated cement and water (capillary pores) in the cement paste are seen as matrix, inclusion, Equivalent medium respectively, We used the micromechanics theories and Power’s Volume model to develop a multi-phase micromechanics model capable of simulating the elastic properties of cement-based materials, and the evolution of elastic properties in the hydration process was calculated at different water-cement ratio. The final experimental results show that this model can be used to predict the elastic properties of cement-based materials.

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