Nanoscale origins of creep in calcium silicate hydrates

A. Morshedifard; S. Masoumi; M. J. Abdolhosseini Qomi

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04174-z

Nature Communications (May 2018)

Nanoscale origins of creep in calcium silicate hydrates

A. Morshedifard,
S. Masoumi,
M. J. Abdolhosseini Qomi

Affiliations

A. Morshedifard: Advanced Infrastructure Materials for Sustainability Laboratory (AIMS Lab), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, E4130 Engineering Gateway, University of California, Irvine
S. Masoumi: Centre for Infrastructure Engineering and Safety (CIES), School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UNSW Australia, UNSW Sydney
M. J. Abdolhosseini Qomi: Advanced Infrastructure Materials for Sustainability Laboratory (AIMS Lab), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Henry Samueli School of Engineering, E4130 Engineering Gateway, University of California, Irvine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04174-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The nanoscale mechanisms behind the creep of calcium-silicate-hydrates remain difficult to model over long periods of time. Here, the authors use a three-staged incremental stress-marching technique to tie atomistic simulations and nanomechanical experimental measurements together.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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