Zhigang Zhao , Yining Hu , Zhifang Zhao , Yanming Liu , Chengzhuo Xie , Zhuojun Hu
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Abstract
The curing temperature is an important reason for the cracking of rock-fill dam face slab concrete (FSC) at early age. This paper established a Krstulovic-Dabic hydration kinetics model through XRD experiments and isothermal calorimetry (IC) experiments, and investigated the effects of curing temperature and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the hydration process of FSC at ultra-early age within 24 h. The results indicated that the K-D model was helpful in analyzing the hydration mechanism of FSC. The increase of curing temperature significantly accelerated the hydration reaction rate of FSC during the ultra-early age period. The addition of CNTs was beneficial for changing the crystal phase of calcium hydroxide (CH), increasing the crystallinity of CH, promoting the nucleation and growth of hydration products, and thereby improving the microstructure of FSC to enhance its cracking resistance.
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