Title:
Early-Age Shrinkage Behavior of Portland Limestone Cement
Author(s):
Barrett, Timothy; Sun, Hongfang; Villani, Chiara; Barcelo, Laurent; and Weiss, Jason
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
36
Issue:
2
Appears on pages(s):
51-57
Keywords:
cracking, fineness, stress, tensile strength
DOI:
Date:
2/1/2014
Abstract:
This article summarizes the results of a study on the shrinkage behavior of an ordinary portland cement (OPC), a portland-limestone cement (PLC), and a PLC-Slag cement. The results show that the OPC, PLC, and PLC-Slag systems have similar early-age shrinkage, stress development, and cracking behavior, despite the higher fineness of the PLC. Eliminating the largest cement particles during the grinding/separation process used in the production of the PLC allows PLC mixtures to have pore size distributions that are similar to those for OPC mixtures.