TY - JOUR
TI - A hydration model of aggregate-mortar transition zone considering pore-permeation coupling effect based on fractal theory
AU - Zuo Fan
AU - Liu Junqing
AU - Liu Chao
JN - Thermal Science
PY - 2022
VL - 26
IS - 3
SP - 2787
EP - 2796
PT - Article
AB - The high and non-uniform distributed porosity of the interfacial transition  zone affects the macroscopic properties and failure behavior of concrete  significantly, and it relies on the non-uniform water-cement ratio and  pore-permeation coupling effect during hydration. However, current hydration  models could not reveal the above facts. In this paper, water-cement  distribution is derived, pore-permeation coupling effect is introduced based  on fractal theory. Finally, a hydration model of the interfacial transition  zone is established. A good agreement between the porosity prediction of  interfacial transition zone and experimental data is found.