Mechanical testing: Shrinkage Channel (Schleibinger Geräte GmbH)
- Stainless steel shrinkage channel (effective standard length 100 cm x 6 cm x 4 cm)
- Inlet and outlet for tempering fluid.
- Neoprene flow to prevent wall friction of the sample or mechanical jamming
- Sensor for detecting the change in length over a range of max. 5 mm, with a resolution of 0.3 µm.
- Thermocouple (K-type), moisture meter and data logger for digital recording of measurement data
- Determination of the shrinkage/expansion behaviour during setting and hardening of various mortar formulations, also under defined temperatures.
- Quantification of the shrinkage and expansion behaviour
- Visualisation of short-term drift phenomena, such as lime drift
- Recipe optimisation of low-shrinkage to slightly expansive cements
- Simulation of temperature changes and freeze/thaw (salt) effects
- Effect on repair mortar and cement mortar for road concrete
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