Smart casting of concrete structures by active control of rheology

Project Information

SmartCast

Grant agreement ID: 693755

DOI

10.3030/693755

Project closed

EC signature date 8 April 2016

Start date 1 October 2016

End date 30 September 2022

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 498 750,00

EU contribution

€ 2 498 750,00

Coordinated by

UNIVERSITEIT GENT
Belgium

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (23)

Quantitative assessment of the influence of external magnetic field on clustering of nano-Fe3O4 particles in cementitious paste

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao, Karel Lesage, Mert Yucel Yardimci, Khadija EL CHEIKH, Caijun Shi, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Cement and Concrete Research, Issue 142, 2021, Page(s) 106345, ISSN 0008-8846
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2020.106345

Pumping of concrete: Understanding a common placement method with lots of challenges

Author(s): D. Feys, G. De Schutter, S. Fataei, N.S. Martys, V. Mechtcherine
Published in: Cement and Concrete Research, 2022, ISSN 0008-8846
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2022.106720

Rheological Properties of Cement Paste with Nano-Fe3O4 under Magnetic Field: Flow Curve and Nanoparticle Agglomeration

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao, Karel Lesage, Mert Yucel Yardimci, Khadija El Cheikh, Caijun Shi, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Materials, Issue 13/22, 2020, Page(s) 5164, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma13225164

Insights in thixotropic concrete pumping by a Poiseuille flow extension

Author(s): Robin De Schryver, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Applied Rheology, Issue 30/1, 2020, Page(s) 77-101, ISSN 1617-8106
Publisher: De Gruyter Open
DOI: 10.1515/arh-2020-0103

Structural evolution of cement paste with nano-Fe3O4 under magnetic field - Effect of concentration and particle size of nano-Fe3O4

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao, Karel Lesage, Mert Yucel Yardimci, Khadija El Cheikh, Caijun Shi, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Cement and Concrete Composites, Issue 120, 2021, Page(s) 104036, ISSN 0958-9465
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2021.104036

Magneto-responsive structural build-up of highly flowable cementitious paste in the presence of PCE superplasticizer

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao, Caijun Shi, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Construction and Building Materials, 2022, ISSN 0950-0618
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.126925

Magneto-rheology control in 3D concrete printing: A rheological attempt

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao, Caijun Shi, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Materials Letters, 2022, ISSN 0167-577X
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2021.131374

Thixotropic structural build-up of cement-based materials: A state-of-the-art review

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao, Robin De Schryver, Caijun Shi, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Cement and Concrete Composites, Issue 122, 2021, Page(s) 104152, ISSN 0958-9465
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2021.104152

Numerical Reliability Study Based on Rheological Input for Bingham Paste Pumping Using a Finite Volume Approach in OpenFOAM

Author(s): Robin De Schryver, Khadija El Cheikh, Karel Lesage, Mert Yücel Yardimci, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Materials, Issue 14/17, 2021, Page(s) 5011, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma14175011

Pumping of Fresh Concrete: Insights and Challenges

Author(s): Geert De Schutter, Dimitri Feys
Published in: RILEM Technical Letters, Issue 1, 2016, Page(s) 76, ISSN 2518-0231
Publisher: RILEM
DOI: 10.21809/rilemtechlett.2016.15

Effect of polycarboxylate ether superplasticizer (PCE) on dynamic yield stress, thixotropy and flocculation state of fresh cement pastes in consideration of the Critical Micelle Concentration (CMC)

Author(s): Ye Qian, Karel Lesage, Khadija El Cheikh, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Cement and Concrete Research, Issue 107, 2018, Page(s) 75-84, ISSN 0008-8846
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2018.02.019

Different Effects of NSF and PCE Superplasticizer on Adsorption, Dynamic Yield Stress and Thixotropy of Cement Pastes

Author(s): Ye Qian, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Materials, Issue 11/5, 2018, Page(s) 695, ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher: MDPI Open Access Publishing
DOI: 10.3390/ma11050695

Effects of rotational shearing on rheological behavior of fresh mortar with short glass fiber

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao, Caijun Shi, Qiang Yuan, Deju Zhu, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Construction and Building Materials, Issue 203, 2019, Page(s) 314-321, ISSN 0950-0618
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.01.133

Enhancing thixotropy of fresh cement pastes with nanoclay in presence of polycarboxylate ether superplasticizer (PCE)

Author(s): Ye Qian, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Cement and Concrete Research, Issue 111, 2018, Page(s) 15-22, ISSN 0008-8846
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2018.06.013

Active control of properties of concrete: a (p)review

Author(s): Geert De Schutter, Karel Lesage
Published in: Materials and Structures, Issue 51/5, 2018, ISSN 1359-5997
Publisher: R I L E M Publications S. A. R. L.
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-018-1256-2

Vision of 3D printing with concrete — Technical, economic and environmental potentials

Author(s): Geert De Schutter, Karel Lesage, Viktor Mechtcherine, Venkatesh Naidu Nerella, Guillaume Habert, Isolda Agusti-Juan
Published in: Cement and Concrete Research, Issue 112, 2018, Page(s) 25-36, ISSN 0008-8846
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2018.06.001

Structure-property relationships for polycarboxylate ether superplasticizers by means of RAFT polymerization

Author(s): Metwally Ezzat, Xiaowen Xu, Khadija El Cheikh, Karel Lesage, Richard Hoogenboom, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Issue 553, 2019, Page(s) 788-797, ISSN 0021-9797
Publisher: Academic Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2019.06.088

Structural build-up of cementitious paste with nano-Fe3O4 under time-varying magnetic fields

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao, Khadija El Cheikh, Caijun Shi, Karel Lesage, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Cement and Concrete Research, Issue 124, 2019, Page(s) 105857, ISSN 0008-8846
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconres.2019.105857

Flow behavior of cementitious-like suspension with nano-Fe3O4 particles under external magnetic field

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao, Karel Lesage, Mert Yücel Yardimci, Caijun Shi, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Materials and Structures, Issue 54/6, 2021, ISSN 1359-5997
Publisher: R I L E M Publications S. A. R. L.
DOI: 10.1617/s11527-021-01801-y

Rheological behavior of cement paste with nano-Fe3O4 under magnetic field: Magneto-rheological responses and conceptual calculations

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao, Karel Lesage, Mert Yucel Yardimci, Khadija El Cheikh, Caijun Shi, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Cement and Concrete Composites, Issue 120, 2021, Page(s) 104035, ISSN 0958-9465
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2021.104035

Active stiffening control by magnetically induced blocking in confined flow of fly ash pastes

Author(s): Chizya Chibulu, Mert Y. Yardimci, Dengwu Jiao, Robin De Schryver, Karel Lesage, Geert De Schutter
Published in: Construction and Building Materials, 2021, ISSN 0950-0618
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.125485

Possibilities of fly ash as responsive additive in magneto-rheology control of cementitious materials

Author(s): D. Jiao, K. Lesage, M. Yardimci, C. Shi, G. De Schutter
Published in: Construction and Building Materials, Issue 296, 2021, Page(s) 123656, ISSN 0950-0618
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.123656

Effect of solid volume fraction on the magnetorheological response of nano-Fe3O4 incorporated cementitious paste

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao, Mert Y. Yardimci, Robin De Schryver, Karel Lesage, Caijun Shi, Geert De Schutter
Published in: ASCE J. Mat. Civ. Eng, 2022, ISSN 0899-1561
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
DOI: 10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0004440

Monographic books (1)

Active Rheology Control of Cementitious Materials

Author(s): Geert De Schutter, Karel Lesage
Published in: 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Thesis and dissertations (1)

Active Rheology Control of Cementitious Materials Using Magnetic Field

Author(s): Dengwu Jiao
Published in: 2021, ISBN 978-94-6355-456-5
Publisher: Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University

Conference proceedings (12)

Thixotropic effects during large-scale concrete pump test on site

Author(s): Geert De Schutter
Published in: 71st RILEM Annual Week & ICACMS 2017, Issue RILEM Proceedings PRO 118, Vol.2, 2017, Page(s) 1-7, ISBN 978-2-35158-191-9
Publisher: RILEM Publications

Numerical approach for thixotropic behaviour of concrete – current status

Author(s): DE SCHRYVER Robin, LESAGE Karel, EL CHEIKH Khadija, DE SCHUTTER Geert
Published in: 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Issue RILEM Proceedings PRO 107, 2017, Page(s) 253-254, ISBN 978-2-35158-159-9
Publisher: RILEM Publications

Adjusting concrete rheology through mix design – short overview

Author(s): EL CHEIKH Khadija, LESAGE Karel, DE SCHUTTER Geert
Published in: 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Issue RILEM Proceedings PRO 107, 2017, Page(s) 255-256, ISBN 978-2-35158-159-9
Publisher: RILEM Publications

3D Printing of cementitious materials

Author(s): EL CHEIKH Khadija, LESAGE Karel, VAN DER PUTTEN Jolien, VAN TITTELBOOM Kim, DE SCHUTTER Geert
Published in: 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Issue RILEM Proceedings PRO 107, 2017, Page(s) 263-264, ISBN 978-2-35158-159-9
Publisher: RILEM Publications

Casting concrete structures in a smarter way

Author(s): DE SCHUTTER Geert, LESAGE Karel, EL CHEIKH Khadija, DE SCHRYVER Robin, MUHAMMAD Metwally, CHIBULU Chizya
Published in: 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, Issue RILEM Proceedings PRO 107, 2017, Page(s) 251-252, ISBN 978-2-35158-159-9
Publisher: RILEM Publications

Effects of external magnetic field on structural evolution of cement paste with nano-Fe3O4

Author(s): Dengwu JIAO, Caijun SHI, Karel LESAGE, Khadija EI CHEIKH, Geert DE SCHUTTER
Published in: 2nd International Conference on UHPC Materials and Structures (UHPC2018-China), 2018, Page(s) 344-348, ISBN 978-2-35158-220-6
Publisher: RILEM Publications

CFD implementation of time-dependent behaviour – application for concrete pumping

Author(s): R. DE SCHRYVER, K. EL CHEIKH, K. LESAGE, G. DE SCHUTTER
Published in: Proceedings of the Symposium on Concrete Modelling – CONMOD2018, Issue RILEM Proceedings PRO 127, 2018, Page(s) 122-130, ISBN 978-2-35158-216-9
Publisher: RILEM Publications

Structural build-up of cementitious paste under external magnetic fields

Author(s): D. JIAO, K. EL CHEIKH, K. LESAGE, C. SHI, G. DE SCHUTTER
Published in: Rheology and Processing of Construction Materials, Eds. V. Mechtcherine, K. Khayat and E. Secrieru, Issue RILEM Bookseries, Volume 23, 2019, Page(s) 36-42, ISBN 978-3-030-22565-0
Publisher: Springer

Fresh concrete pumping arrest investigation for thixotropy by a CFD modelling approach

Author(s): R. DE SCHRYVER, K. EL CHEIKH, M.Y. YARDIMCI, K. LESAGE, G. DE SCHUTTER
Published in: Rheology and Processing of Construction Materials, Eds. V. Mechtcherine, K. Khayat and E. Secrieru, Issue RILEM Bookseries, Volume 23, 2019, Page(s) 580-587, ISBN 978-3-030-22565-0
Publisher: Springer

Experimental study of formwork tightness as a function of rheological properties of SCC

Author(s): C. CHIBULU, K. EL CHEIKH, M.Y. YARDIMCI, G. DE SCHUTTER
Published in: Rheology and Processing of Construction Materials, Eds. V. Mechtcherine, K. Khayat and E. Secrieru, Issue RILEM Bookseries, Volume 23, 2019, Page(s) 476-481, ISBN 978-3-030-22565-0
Publisher: Springer

Introduction to the concept of active rheology control in case of pumping of cementitious materials

Author(s): G. DE SCHUTTER, K. EL CHEIKH, R. DE SCHRYVER, C. CHIBULU, D. JIAO, M.Y. YARDIMCI, K. LESAGE
Published in: RheoCon2 & SCC9, Issue Supplementary papers, 2019, Page(s) 1-9
Publisher: TU Dresden

Will ortho-enriched water increase the durability of concrete?

Author(s): Kai Yang, Guang Ye, Geert De Schutter
Published in: 4th International RILEM Conference on Microstructure Relelated Durability of Cementitious Composites, 2021, Page(s) 713-720, ISBN 978-94-6366-422-6
Publisher: Delft University of Technology

Other (5)

Numerical approach for thixotropic behaviour of concrete – current status

Author(s): DE SCHRYVER Robin, LESAGE Karel, EL CHEIKH Khadija, DE SCHUTTER Geert
Published in: 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, 2017
Publisher: Poster publication

Adjusting concrete rheology through mix design – short overview

Author(s): EL CHEIKH Khadija, LESAGE Karel, DE SCHUTTER Geert
Published in: 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, 2017
Publisher: Poster publication

In search of active rheology control of SCC

Author(s): Geert De Schutter
Published in: ACI Spring Convention, Detroit, 2017
Publisher: American Concrete Institute

Casting concrete structures in a smarter way

Author(s): DE SCHUTTER Geert, LESAGE Karel, EL CHEIKH Khadija, DE SCHRYVER Robin, MUHAMMAD Metwally, CHIBULU Chizya
Published in: 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, 2017
Publisher: poster publication

3D Printing of cementitious materials

Author(s): EL CHEIKH Khadija, LESAGE Karel, VAN DER PUTTEN Jolien, VAN TITTELBOOM Kim, DE SCHUTTER Geert
Published in: 14th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components, 2017
Publisher: Poster publication

Intellectual Property Rights

Patent (1)

ADMIXTURE FOR A CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL TO INFLUENCE THE RHEOLOGY PROPERTIES OF THE CEMENTITIOUS MATERIAL

Application/Publication number: 20 19079129
Date: 2019-10-25
Applicant(s): UNIVERSITEIT GENT