Ageing of cementitious materials for storage of nuclear waste
Paper in proceeding, 2011

This paper presents an on-going research project dealing with ageing process of cementitious materials in a perspective of hundreds and thousands years. As it is risky to use empirical models for extrapolation of performance data from relatively short term experiments, a mechanism-based (chemo-mechanical coupled) model for safer prediction of longevity of concrete in storage facilities for nuclear waste is needed. The project work involves thermodynamic modeling, development of accelerated aging tests, physical, chemical and mineralogical characterization of young and aged cementitious materials, including mechanical, transport (diffusivity) properties, binding (adsorption) capacities and surface complexation (charging) behavior.

concrete

leaching

cement

nuclear waste

diffusion

Ageing

Author

Arezou Babaahmadi

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Building Technology

Luping Tang

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Building Technology

Zareen Abbas

University of Gothenburg

Gunnar Gustafson

Chalmers, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Geology and Geotechnics

Nordic Concrete Research

Vol. Publication No. 43 429-432

Areas of Advance

Building Futures (2010-2018)

Materials Science

Subject Categories

Other Materials Engineering

Building Technologies

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10/7/2017