1st Edition

Active Rheology Control of Cementitious Materials

By Geert De Schutter, Karel Lesage Copyright 2023
298 Pages 154 Color & 23 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

298 Pages 154 Color & 23 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

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... Read more

1. Introduction to Active Rheology Control of Cementitious Materials. 

2. Rheology and Processing of Cementitious Materials. 

3. Active Rheology Control of Cementitious Materials with Responsive Mineral Particles. 

4. Active Rheology Control of Cementitious Materials with Responsive Polymers. 

5. Application of Active Rheology Control to Pumping of Cementitious Materials. 

6. Application of Active Rheology Control to Concrete Formwork Leakage. 

7. Application of Active Rheology Control to 3D Printing of Cementitious Materials. 

8. Numerical Simulation of Active Rheology Control of Cementitious Materials. 

9. Overview and Remaining Challenges of Active Rheology Control of Cementitious Materials. 

Biography

Geert De Schutter is full professor of Concrete Technology and head of the Department of Structural Engineering and Building Materials, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Belgium.

Karel Lesage is a part-time professor at the Magnel-Vandepitte Laboratory at the Department of Structural Engineering and Building Materials at Ghent University in Belgium.