<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Geopolymers are believed to become in the future an environmental friendly alternative for the concrete. The low CO<sub>2</sub> emission during the production process and the possibility of ecological management of the industrial wastes are mentioned as main advantages of geopolymers. The main drawback, causing problems with application of geopolymers as a building material is the lack of the theoretical material model. Indicated problem is being solved now by the group of scientists from the Silesian University of Technology. The series of laboratory tests are carried out within the European research project REMINE. The paper introduces the numerical analyses of tungsten mud waste geopolymer samples which have been performed in the Atena software on the basis of the laboratory tests. Numerical models of bended and compressed samples of different shapes are presented in the paper. The results obtained in Atena software were compared with results obtained in Abaqus and Mafem3D software.</p></abstract>

Geopolymers are believed to become in the future an environmental friendly alternative for the concrete. The low CO2 emission during the production process and the possibility of ecological management of the industrial wastes are mentioned as main advantages of geopolymers. The main drawback, causing problems with application of geopolymers as a building material is the lack of the theoretical material model. Indicated problem is being solved now by the group of scientists from the Silesian University of Technology. The series of laboratory tests are carried out within the European research project REMINE. The paper introduces the numerical analyses of tungsten mud waste geopolymer samples which have been performed in the Atena software on the basis of the laboratory tests. Numerical models of bended and compressed samples of different shapes are presented in the paper. The results obtained in Atena software were compared with results obtained in Abaqus and Mafem3D software.

Numerical simulation of mechanical properties tests of tungsten mud waste geopolymer

Civil Engineering Faculty, Department of Structural Engineering

Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering

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Geopolymers are believed to become in the future an environmental friendly alternative for the concrete. The low CO2 emission during the production process and...

Numerical simulation of mechanical properties tests of tungsten mud waste geopolymer

Published Online: Mar 30, 2018

Page range: 87 - 94

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sspjce-2018-0008

Keywords
geopolymers, material model, Atena software, tungsten mine waste

© 2018 Natalia Paszek et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Numerical simulation of mechanical properties tests of tungsten mud waste geopolymer

Published Online: Mar 30, 2018

Page range: 87 - 94

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sspjce-2018-0008

Keywordsgeopolymers, material model, Atena software, tungsten mine waste

© 2018 Natalia Paszek et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
geopolymers, material model, Atena software, tungsten mine waste