Interlaboratory study on rheological properties of cement pastes and reference substances: comparability of measurements performed with different rheometers and measurement geometries

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Contributors

  • Michael Haist - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Author)
  • Julian Link - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Author)
  • David Nicia - , Technical University of Braunschweig (Author)
  • Sarah Leinitz - , Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Berlin (Author)
  • Christian Baumert - , University of Stuttgart (Author)
  • Tabea von Bronk - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) (Author)
  • Dario Cotardo - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) (Author)
  • Mahmoud Eslami Pirharati - , Technical University of Braunschweig (Author)
  • Shirin Fataei - , Chair of Construction Materials (Author)
  • Harald Garrecht - , University of Stuttgart (Author)
  • Christoph Gehlen - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Inga Hauschildt - , Heidelberg Cement AG (Author)
  • Irina Ivanova - , Chair of Construction Materials (Author)
  • Steffen Jesinghausen - , Paderborn University (Author)
  • Christopher Klein - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Author)
  • Hans W. Krauss - , Technical University of Braunschweig (Author)
  • Ludger Lohaus - , Leibniz University Hannover (LUH) (Author)
  • Dirk Lowke - , Technical University of Braunschweig (Author)
  • Oliver Mazanec - , BASF (Author)
  • Sebastian Pawelczyk - , Paderborn University (Author)
  • Ursula Pott - , Technical University of Berlin (Author)
  • Nonkululeko W. Radebe - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Author)
  • Joachim Jürgen Riedmiller - , BASF (Author)
  • Hans Joachim Schmid - , Paderborn University (Author)
  • Wolfram Schmidt - , Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing Berlin (Author)
  • Egor Secrieru - , Chair of Construction Materials (Author)
  • Dietmar Stephan - , Technical University of Berlin (Author)
  • Mareike Thiedeitz - , Technical University of Munich (Author)
  • Manfred Wilhelm - , Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Author)
  • Viktor Mechtcherine - , Chair of Construction Materials (Author)

Abstract

This paper presents the results of an interlaboratory study of the rheological properties of cement paste and ultrasound gel as reference substance. The goal was to quantify the comparability and reproducibility of measurements of the Bingham parameters yield stress and plastic viscosity when measured on one specific paste composition and one particular ultrasound gel in different laboratories using different rheometers and measurement geometries. The procedures for both in preparing the cement paste and carrying out the rheological measurements on cement paste and ultrasound gel were carefully defined for all of the study’s participants. Different conversion schemes for comparing the results obtained with the different measurement setups are presented here and critically discussed. The procedure proposed in this paper ensured a reasonable comparability of the results with a coefficient of variation for the yield stress of 27% and for the plastic viscosity of 24%, despite the individual measurement series’ having been performed in different labs with different rheometers and measurement geometries.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number92
JournalMaterials and Structures/Materiaux et Constructions
Volume53
Issue number4
Publication statusPublished - 1 Aug 2020
Peer-reviewedYes

Keywords

Keywords

  • Cement paste, Interlaboratory test, Rheology, Rheometry, Test setup, Testing procedure, Ultrasound gel

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