Hydration of Portland Cement: An Optimisation Approach

1. Introduction

Rapid industrial growth has renewed interest in hydration of portland cement and the associated effects on power distribution networks. In the present work scale-model testing is applied to a series of representative problems drawn from power distribution networks. The measurements bracket the theoretical estimate of hydration of portland cement to within 39%. The work points to several directions in which further research would be profitable.

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2. Materials and Methods

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3. Results and Discussion

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4. Conclusion

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