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Effects of microstructure on compressive strength of silica sand-enhanced oil well cement at a wide temperature range

Journal

ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE
Volume 9, Issue 8, Pages -

Publisher

ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.220150

Keywords

fractal dimension; compressive strength; silica sand-enhanced cement; temperature; curing time; pore size distribution

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  1. Shandong Social Science Planning Research Project [21DWYJ20]

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This study investigates the relationship between the microstructure complexity of silica-enhanced cement and its compressive strength, using scanning electron microscope and image processing methods. The results show that curing time and temperature directly and indirectly affect the complexity of cement microstructure and compressive strength, respectively. Moreover, pore size distribution is found to be the most important factor influencing the complexity of cement matrix and compressive strength of silica-enhanced cement.
The influence of microstructure of silica-enhanced cement on the mechanical performance of cement is difficult to describe. In this study, we used the scanning electron microscope and image processing method to investigate the relationship between the complicity of cement microstructure and compressive strength under various temperatures and curing times. Fractal dimension was applied to describe the complicity of silica-enhanced cement. The relationships among compressive strength, fractal dimension, temperature, curing time and pore structure of cement were identified. The results show that curing time directly controls the complicity of microstructure of silica-enhanced cement and compressive strength by altering the pore orientation and macropore ratio in silica-enhanced cement. The curing temperature affects the complicity of cement microstructure and compressive strength indirectly by changing the ratio of micropore and small pore. The fractal dimension of silica-enhanced cement shows good correlation with compressive strength. Pore size distribution is the most important factor that influences the complicity of cement matrix and compressive strength of silica-enhanced cement. When building up the macroscopic mechanical performance model of silica-enhanced cement, we should consider the influence of pore size distribution in cement under different curing temperatures and times on the complicity of cement microstructure.

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