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oapen-20.500.12657-760232024-03-28T09:43:02Z Active Rheology Control of Cementitious Materials De Schutter, Geert Lesage, Karel Concrete rheology cementitious materials concrete admixtures concrete contractor concrete mix concrete pumping ERC SmartCast fresh concrete SCC Self-compacting concrete Self-consolidating concrete This book reports on cutting-edge research within the new field of active rheology control of cementitious materials, presenting new ideas developed within the ERC Advanced Grant Project, SmartCast (hosted at Ghent University), which extend the possibilities of admixtures and additions beyond current options. The research presented here develops a new method of actively controlling the rheology of fresh concrete during casting operations by incorporating specially designed responsive components. This results in real-time changes to the rheological behaviour of the cementitious material, allowing the user to intervene actively after the cementitious material has left the mixing phase. This newly gained agility contributes to increased processing speed and placement reliability in the case of traditional casting methods and can also facilitate advanced 3D concrete printing. The different routes followed to achieve this Active Rheology Control are explained within. The book suits researchers and innovative practitioners and is the first comprehensive text to present these new findings. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. 2023-08-31T10:27:09Z 2023-08-31T10:27:09Z 2023 book ONIX_20230831_9781000844146_2 9781000844146 9781032266909 9781003289463 9781032266916 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/76023 eng Modern Concrete Technology application/pdf n/a 9781000844146.pdf Taylor & Francis CRC Press 10.1201/9781003289463 10.1201/9781003289463 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 178e65b9-dd53-4922-b85c-0aaa74fce079 9781000844146 9781032266909 9781003289463 9781032266916 European Research Council (ERC) CRC Press 23 298 755504 H2020 European Research Council H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council open access
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This book reports on cutting-edge research within the new field of active rheology control of cementitious materials, presenting new ideas developed within the ERC Advanced Grant Project, SmartCast (hosted at Ghent University), which extend the possibilities of admixtures and additions beyond current options. The research presented here develops a new method of actively controlling the rheology of fresh concrete during casting operations by incorporating specially designed responsive components. This results in real-time changes to the rheological behaviour of the cementitious material, allowing the user to intervene actively after the cementitious material has left the mixing phase. This newly gained agility contributes to increased processing speed and placement reliability in the case of traditional casting methods and can also facilitate advanced 3D concrete printing. The different routes followed to achieve this Active Rheology Control are explained within. The book suits researchers and innovative practitioners and is the first comprehensive text to present these new findings. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.
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