Engineering hydration model for ordinary Portland cement based on heat flow calorimetry data

Abstract

The reaction kinetic of Portland cement was characterized by heat flow calorimetry, with the experiments conducted at different, constant, curing temperatures. With these data at hand, Ulm and Coussy’s classical rate law is extended toward a variable activation energy, reflecting that several sub-reactions take place in parallel/subsequently, what, finally, gives access to an engineering model for hydration kinetics suitable for application in thermochemical analyses of concrete structures at an early age.