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Linking Fresh Paste Microstructure, Rheology and Extrusion-Characteristics of Cementitious Binders for 3D Printing (2019-01)

10.1111/jace.16305

 Nair Sooraj, Alghamdi Hussam, Arora Aashay, Mehdipour Iman,  Sant Gaurav,  Neithalath Narayanan
Journal Article - Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 102, Iss. 7, pp. 3951-3964

Abstract

Cementitious binders amenable to extrusion‐based 3D printing are formulated by tailoring the fresh microstructure through the use of fine limestone powder or a combination of limestone powder and microsilica or metakaolin. Mixtures are proportioned with and without a superplasticizer to enable different particle packings at similar printability levels. A simple microstructural parameter, which implicitly accounts for the solid volume and inverse square dependence of particle size on yield stress can be used to select preliminary material combinations for printable binders. The influence of composition/microstructure on the response of pastes to extension or squeezing are also brought out. Extrusion rheology is used in conjunction with a phenomenological model to better understand the properties of significance in extrusion‐based printing of cementitious materials. The extrusion yield stress and die wall slip shear stress extracted from the model enables an understanding of their relationships with the fresh paste microstructure, which are crucial in selecting binders, extrusion geometry, and processing parameters for 3D printing.

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BibTeX 
@article{nair_algh_aror_mehd.2019.LFPMRaECoCBf3P,
  author            = "Sooraj Kumar A. O. Nair and Hussam Alghamdi and Aashay Arora and Iman Mehdipour and Gaurav Sant and Narayanan Neithalath",
  title             = "Linking Fresh Paste Microstructure, Rheology and Extrusion-Characteristics of Cementitious Binders for 3D Printing",
  doi               = "10.1111/jace.16305",
  year              = "2019",
  journal           = "Journal of the American Ceramic Society",
  volume            = "102",
  number            = "7",
  pages             = "3951--3964",
}
Formatted Citation

S. K. A. O. Nair, H. Alghamdi, A. Arora, I. Mehdipour, G. Sant and N. Neithalath, “Linking Fresh Paste Microstructure, Rheology and Extrusion-Characteristics of Cementitious Binders for 3D Printing”, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, vol. 102, no. 7, pp. 3951–3964, 2019, doi: 10.1111/jace.16305.

Nair, Sooraj Kumar A. O., Hussam Alghamdi, Aashay Arora, Iman Mehdipour, Gaurav Sant, and Narayanan Neithalath. “Linking Fresh Paste Microstructure, Rheology and Extrusion-Characteristics of Cementitious Binders for 3D Printing”. Journal of the American Ceramic Society 102, no. 7 (2019): 3951–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.16305.