Cement-SCM blends employ particle packing principles to increase particle packing density and reduce interstitial spacing between the cement and SCM particles. Particle packing reduces the amount of water required to obtain a cement paste having a desired flow, lowers the water-cementitious material ratio (w/cm), and increases early and long-term strengths. This may be accomplished by providing a hydraulic cement fraction having a narrow PSD and at least one SCM fraction having a mean particle size that differs from the mean particle size of the narrow PSD cement by a multiple of 3.0 or more to yield a cement-SCM blend having a particle packing density of at least 57.0%.

Cement-SCM blends employ particle packing principles to increase particle packing density and reduce interstitial spacing between the cement and SCM particles. Particle packing reduces the amount of water required to obtain a cement paste having a desired flow, lowers the water-cementitious material ratio (w/cm), and increases early and long-term strengths. This may be accomplished by providing a hydraulic cement fraction having a narrow PSD and at least one SCM fraction having a mean particle size that differs from the mean particle size of the narrow PSD cement by a multiple of 3.0 or more to yield a cement-SCM blend having a particle packing density of at least 57.0%.

A method may include comprising: defining engineering parameters of a proposed cement slurry, the engineering parameters comprising at least a compressive strength requirement, a density requirement, a storage time requirement, and a thickening time requirement; selecting, based at least in part on a model of compressive strength, a model of storage time, and the density requirement, at least a cement and mass fraction thereof, at least one supplementary cementitious material and mass fraction thereof, and a water and mass fraction thereof, such that a set cement formed from the cement, the at least one supplementary cementitious material, and the water meets or exceeds the compressive strength requirement and the density requirement; selecting, based at least in part on a model of thickening time, an accelerator and mass fraction thereof; and preparing a cement slurry comprising the cement and mass fraction thereof, the at least one supplementary cementitious material and mass fraction thereof, the water and mass fraction thereof, and the cement retarder and mass fraction thereof.

A method may include comprising: defining engineering parameters of a proposed cement slurry, the engineering parameters comprising at least a compressive strength requirement, a density requirement, a storage time requirement, and a thickening time requirement; selecting, based at least in part on a model of compressive strength, a model of storage time, and the density requirement, at least a cement and mass fraction thereof, at least one supplementary cementitious material and mass fraction thereof, and a water and mass fraction thereof, such that a set cement formed from the cement, the at least one supplementary cementitious material, and the water meets or exceeds the compressive strength requirement and the density requirement; selecting, based at least in part on a model of thickening time, an accelerator and mass fraction thereof; and preparing a cement slurry comprising the cement and mass fraction thereof, the at least one supplementary cementitious material and mass fraction thereof, the water and mass fraction thereof, and the cement retarder and mass fraction thereof.

A low-density, high-strength concrete composition that is lightweight and self-compacting or non-self-compacting, with a low weight-fraction of aggregate to total dry raw materials, and a highly-homogenous distribution of a non-absorptive and closed-cell lightweight aggregate such as glass microspheres or copolymer polymer beads or a combination thereof, and the steps of providing the composition or components. Lightweight concretes formed therefrom have low density, high strength-to-weight ratios, and high R-value. The concrete has strength similar to that ordinarily found in structural lightweight concrete but at a lower density, such as an oven-dried density as low as 40 lbs./cu.ft. Such strength-to-density ratios range approximately from above 30 cu.ft/sq.in. to above 110 cu.ft/sq.in., with a 28-day compressive strength ranging from about 3400 to 8000 psi.

A low-density, high-strength concrete composition that is lightweight and self-compacting or non-self-compacting, with a low weight-fraction of aggregate to total dry raw materials, and a highly-homogenous distribution of a non-absorptive and closed-cell lightweight aggregate such as glass microspheres or copolymer polymer beads or a combination thereof, and the steps of providing the composition or components. Lightweight concretes formed therefrom have low density, high strength-to-weight ratios, and high R-value. The concrete has strength similar to that ordinarily found in structural lightweight concrete but at a lower density, such as an oven-dried density as low as 40 lbs./cu.ft. Such strength-to-density ratios range approximately from above 30 cu.ft/sq.in. to above 110 cu.ft/sq.in., with a 28-day compressive strength ranging from about 3400 to 8000 psi.

A hydraulic composition for the construction of pavements, and in particular for the repair of pavements, includes a hydraulic binder including a cement, 0.18% to 0.35% of a superplasticiser, where the percentage is expressed by dry weight compared to the cement, and where the superplasticiser includes a branched polymer including at least one pendant chain, with a terminal function of the phosphonate or phosphate type, and 0.25% to 2% of a setting accelerator, where the percentage is expressed by dry weight compared to the cement, where the setting accelerator includes a calcium salt, where the hydraulic composition has a Water/Cement ratio higher than 0.38 and strictly less than 0.45.

A hydraulic composition for the construction of pavements, and in particular for the repair of pavements, includes a hydraulic binder including a cement, 0.18% to 0.35% of a superplasticiser, where the percentage is expressed by dry weight compared to the cement, and where the superplasticiser includes a branched polymer including at least one pendant chain, with a terminal function of the phosphonate or phosphate type, and 0.25% to 2% of a setting accelerator, where the percentage is expressed by dry weight compared to the cement, where the setting accelerator includes a calcium salt, where the hydraulic composition has a Water/Cement ratio higher than 0.38 and strictly less than 0.45.

The invention relates to mortar or concrete produced with a hydraulic binder, comprising aggregates from cinders from the bottom of municipal waste incinerators and/or from slurry from wastewater treatment plants, or other natural or artificial aggregates, of different particle sizes depending of the use thereof as mortar or concrete, and a binder consisting of: glass and/or other pozzolans; pure Portland clinker with gypsum or plaster of Paris, or the resulting cements following the grinding thereof; and/or optionally lime, depending on the quantity of glass and/or pozzolans; all of the materials forming the base of the binder being ground and mixed together until a binder is obtained, together with the aggregates, with cementing mineral neoformations and a strong pozzolanic character.

The invention relates to mortar or concrete produced with a hydraulic binder, comprising aggregates from cinders from the bottom of municipal waste incinerators and/or from slurry from wastewater treatment plants, or other natural or artificial aggregates, of different particle sizes depending of the use thereof as mortar or concrete, and a binder consisting of: glass and/or other pozzolans; pure Portland clinker with gypsum or plaster of Paris, or the resulting cements following the grinding thereof; and/or optionally lime, depending on the quantity of glass and/or pozzolans; all of the materials forming the base of the binder being ground and mixed together until a binder is obtained, together with the aggregates, with cementing mineral neoformations and a strong pozzolanic character.