List of Figures

• Figure 1. Main menu for the Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory.
• Figure 2. Form to select a cement from the cement images database.
• Figure 3. First half of page from cements image database for Cement 135.
• Figure 4. Second half of page from cements image database for Cement 135.
• Figure 5. Form to specify and store a PSD.
• Figure 6. Form to create a starting 3-D particle microstructure.
• Figure 7. Form to create a starting 3-D particle microstructure (continued).
• Figure 8. Form to create a starting 3-D particle microstructure (continued).
• Figure 9. Form to specify inputs to be used in distributing phases amongst cement particles.
• Figure 10. Form to specify inputs to be used in filtering a 3-D microstructure.
• Figure 11. Results from spatial statistics analysis of an initial 3-D microstructure.
• Figure 12. Form to specify inputs to be used in "sintering" a 3-D microstructure.
• Figure 13. Form to specify inputs to be used in distributing the phases amongst the fly ash particles.
• Figure 14. Form to specify the temperature history to be used in curing a microstructure during hydration.
• Figure 15. Form to hydrate a starting 3-D microstructure.
• Figure 16. Form to hydrate a starting 3-D microstructure (continued).
• Figure 17. Form to hydrate a starting 3-D microstructure (continued).
• Figure 18. Form to specify inputs for leaching CH/cement from a hydrated 3-D microstructure.
• Figure 19. Results for percolation of capillary porosity in microstructure cem133wc030n1f.img.
• Figure 20. Form for selecting files to plot or for which to enter experimental data.
• Figure 21. Example of results available for plotting via Menu Section 17.
• Figure 22. Form to specify inputs for predicting chloride ion diffusivity of a concrete based on mixture parameters.
• Figure 23. 2-D slice from 3-D starting microstructure for Cement 135, w/c=0.25, with no cement replacement by inert fillers.
• Figure 24. 2-D slice from 3-D starting microstructure for Cement 135, w/c=0.25, with 30.8 % cement replacement by inert fillers.
• Figure 25. 2-D slice from 3-D hydrated microstructure for Cement 135, w/c=0.25, with no cement replacement by inert fillers.
• Figure 26. 2-D slice from 3-D hydrated microstructure for Cement 135, w/c=0.25, with 30.8 % cement replacement by inert fillers.
• Figure 27. Predicted degree of hydration and compressive strength development for base w/c=0.25 system and system with coarsest 20.5 % of cement particles replaced by inert filler. Solid line is original system and dotted line is system with 20.5 % replacement.
• Figure 28. Predicted degree of hydration and compressive strength development for base w/c=0.25 system and system with coarsest 30.8 % of cement particles replaced by inert filler. Solid line is original system and dotted line is system with 30.8 % replacement.
• Figure 29. Predicted reduction in compressive strength due to coarse cement particle replacement for Cement 135 with w/s=0.25. Solid line is reduction with 20.5 % replacement level and dotted line is reduction with replacement level of 30.8 %.
• Figure 30. Predicted increase in hydration and compressive strength due to "seeding" microstructure with 1 µm C-S-H particles.