{"title":"Determination of Lubrication Layer Thickness and Its Effect on Concrete Pumping Pressure.","authors":"Rong Deng, Tong Ye, Zhiwei Ye","doi":"10.3390/ma17205136","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The flow of six kinds of fresh concrete under different flow rates and lubrication layer thickness (T<sub>LL</sub>) values in the horizontal pipe was numerically simulated. The influence of the T<sub>LL</sub> on the pressure per unit length (P<sub>L</sub>) was analyzed. It was determined that the formation of the lubrication layer (LL) significantly reduces the P<sub>L</sub> in concrete pumping. As the T<sub>LL</sub> increased, the P<sub>L</sub> decreased. However, the degree of reduction in the P<sub>L</sub> gradually decreased as the T<sub>LL</sub> increased. Relating the simulated P<sub>L</sub> with the experimental P<sub>L</sub>, the size of the T<sub>LL</sub> was obtained, which was between 1 and 3 mm. The minimum and maximum were 1.23 and 2.58 mm, respectively, and the average value was 1.97 mm. The strength (S24, S50), the size of the aggregate (A10, A20, A25), and the flow rate of pumping all affected the T<sub>LL</sub>. The type of fresh concrete and the flow rate of pumping significantly affected the P<sub>L</sub>, which impacted the T<sub>LL</sub>. However, the T<sub>LL</sub> also impacted the P<sub>L</sub>. Finally, this made the T<sub>LL</sub> change within a certain range. When P<sub>L</sub> > 14,000 Pa/m, 2 mm < T<sub>LL</sub>< 3 mm; on the other hand, 1 mm < T<sub>LL</sub>< 2 mm. Therefore, we can use CFD to simulate the flow of all types of concrete in the actual pumping pipeline with a T<sub>LL</sub> of 2 mm to obtain their pumping pressure and guide the actual construction.</p>","PeriodicalId":18281,"journal":{"name":"Materials","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.1000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11509578/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Materials","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17205136","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The flow of six kinds of fresh concrete under different flow rates and lubrication layer thickness (TLL) values in the horizontal pipe was numerically simulated. The influence of the TLL on the pressure per unit length (PL) was analyzed. It was determined that the formation of the lubrication layer (LL) significantly reduces the PL in concrete pumping. As the TLL increased, the PL decreased. However, the degree of reduction in the PL gradually decreased as the TLL increased. Relating the simulated PL with the experimental PL, the size of the TLL was obtained, which was between 1 and 3 mm. The minimum and maximum were 1.23 and 2.58 mm, respectively, and the average value was 1.97 mm. The strength (S24, S50), the size of the aggregate (A10, A20, A25), and the flow rate of pumping all affected the TLL. The type of fresh concrete and the flow rate of pumping significantly affected the PL, which impacted the TLL. However, the TLL also impacted the PL. Finally, this made the TLL change within a certain range. When PL > 14,000 Pa/m, 2 mm < TLL< 3 mm; on the other hand, 1 mm < TLL< 2 mm. Therefore, we can use CFD to simulate the flow of all types of concrete in the actual pumping pipeline with a TLL of 2 mm to obtain their pumping pressure and guide the actual construction.
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Materials (ISSN 1996-1944) is an open access journal of related scientific research and technology development. It publishes reviews, regular research papers (articles) and short communications. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, there is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Materials provides a forum for publishing papers which advance the in-depth understanding of the relationship between the structure, the properties or the functions of all kinds of materials. Chemical syntheses, chemical structures and mechanical, chemical, electronic, magnetic and optical properties and various applications will be considered.