Daha Shehu Aliyu
Developing a heat resistant cement paste.
- Email: d.s.aliyu2@ncl.ac.uk
Supervisors
Project description
This research will produce cement paste. The paste will resist high temperatures by adding UV pre-treated polypropylene in the form of powder and fibre to the cement paste. I will use cement paste of cylinder size of 40mm in diameter and 80mm in height.
I will quantify compressive strength, stiffness, transient thermal creep, and creep recovery. I will use the results to optimise or to come up with new and better material.
The research will develop a detailed understanding of how the new materials work. I will consider the microstructure and micro-mechanism. These can be:
- melting of polypropylene
- interface between polypropylene and cement paste at high temperature
- pore size and permeability
Interests
Structural engineering