Modelling the Relations of Rheological Characteristics with Composition of Plaster Mortar.

Khrystyna Moskalova,Aleksej Aniskin,Tatiana Lyashenko

doi:10.3390/ma15010371

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Abstract

The rheological properties of fresh plaster mortars, with varied contents of porous fillers and polymer admixtures, have been studied. The quantities of fine limestone and expanded perlite, and dosages of methyl hydroxy ethyl cellulose and ethylene vinyl acetate were varied in the experiment. Effective viscosity (at a shear rate from 0.045 to 5.705 s−1) and the thixotropy of the mixes were determined with rotational viscometer for 18 compositions (according to the design of the experiment). Each of the 18 viscosity curves were described with the Ostwald–de-Waele equation. The Experimental–Statistical models describing the dependencies of the parameters of the rheological model and of mix thixotropy on the composition factors were built on the obtained data. ES-models have allowed the individual and synergetic effects of mix components on the rheological characteristics to be evaluated. The expanded perlite powder can increase the viscosity by two times, probably due to its pozzolanic effect increasing the content of the CSH phase during cement hydration. The thixotropy can be increased by the quantity of limestone. The computational experiments with ES-models have made it possible for the information set, without a noticeable interrelation between rheological characteristics, to be stratified into subsets, in which such interrelations differ significantly.

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The developments in building material science, with advances in building physics, and new design methods have changed the attitude towards plaster materials
Effective viscosity and the thixotropy of the mixes were determined with rotational viscometer for 18 compositions
The Experimental–Statistical models describing the dependencies of the parameters of the rheological model and of mix thixotropy on the composition factors were built on the obtained data

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The developments in building material science, with advances in building physics, and new design methods have changed the attitude towards plaster materials. These changes have contributed to the expansion of requirements for the properties of building materials, and the compositions of modern plaster materials have become much more complicated. The quality of the building materials is certainly dependent on the ingredients used in the building mix. The properties of the finished products are dependent on the rheological behaviour of the fresh mixes [1]. All the properties of fresh mixes, as well as of the finished products, are certainly defined by the composition of the mix

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