Effect of Material Ion Exchanges on the Mechanical Stiffness Properties and Shear Deformation of Hydrated Cement Material Chemistry Structure C-S-H Jennit - A Computational Modeling Study.

摘要

Material properties and performance are governed by material molecular chemistry structures and molecular level interactions. Methods to understand relationships between the material properties and performance and their correlation to the molecular level chemistry and morphology, and thus find ways of manipulating and adjusting matters at the atomistic level in order to improve material performance are required. A computational material modeling methodology is investigated and demonstrated for a key cement hydrated component material chemistry structure of Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate (C-S-H) Jennite in this work. The effect of material ion exchanges on the mechanical stiffness properties and shear deformation behavior of hydrated cement material chemistry structure of Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C-S-H) Jennite was studied. Calcium ions were replaced with Magnesium ions in Jennite structure of the C-S-H gel. Different level of substitution of the ions was used. The traditional Jennite structure was obtained from the American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database and super cells of the structures were created using a Molecular Dynamics Analyzer and Visualizer Material Studio. Molecular dynamics parameters used in the modeling analysis were determined by carrying out initial dynamic studies. 64 unit cell of C-S-H Jennite was used in material modeling analysis studies based on convergence results obtained from the elastic modulus and total energies. NVT forcite dynamics using compass force field based on 200 ps dynamics time was used to determine mechanical modulus of the traditional C-S-H gel and the Magnesium ion modified structures. NVT Discover dynamics and COMPASS forcefield was used in the material modeling studies to investigate the influence of ionic exchange on the shear deformation of the associated material chemistry structures.