Concrete Hydration

Parent Category: Features

If you want to make a thermal analysis by using simulation then our meshless CFD simulation software NOGRID points is a great choice. Based on the geometrical model which can either be imported from your CAD or created with our CAD pre-processor Compass you can generate a computer model of a specific geometry in a very short time (compared to meshbased methods) and see its thermal characteristics in advance.

NOGRID points shows how the heat is transferred either by heat conduction, heat radiation or by convection means by the flow of a fluid. You can couple also all kinds of heat transfer mechanisms. In the example below you can see the temperature evolution during a concrete hydration process. The reaction with water is termed "hydration". This involves many different reactions, often occurring at the same time. As the reactions proceed, the products of the hydration process gradually bond together the individual sand and gravel particles, and other components of the concrete, to form a solid mass.


Figure 1: Temperature distribution concrete hydration

In this simulation we used a time dependent heat source and the temperature evolution is shown in Figure 2. The initial and the ambient temperature was set to 15 °C.

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Figure 2: Maximum temperature within the concrete brick as function of time

This model can give you a better understanding of the concrete hydration process and helps to improve your design regarding efficiency and costs. If something should be missing in for your purposes, please let us know, we can easily implement additional requirements.

NOGRID points can perfectly be used for designing and problem solving of all kind of thermal processes. The thermal homogenizing, the temperature gradients and the cooling/heating rate can be predicted. NOGRID points helps to understand the flow by visualization of the mass, momentum and heat transfer of single and multiple phases. You receive integral quantities which you can use to analyze the heat fluxes efficiency.

Experts in thermal analysis

For the solving your thermal cases NOGRID offers beside excellent simulation software also expert services. Our service employees are highly qualified and are experts in modeling of all kind processes. They know the complex physics of multiphase flows and can help you to be more successful by finding out how your processes can be improved.



1. Construct or import a geometrical model by using our pre-processor CAD tool Compass

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3. Perform a CFD simulation

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