INVESTIGATION ON THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF CNTREINFORCED CALCIUM SILICATE HYDRATE THROUGH ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS

In this research, mechanical properties of Calcium Silicate Hydrate (C–S–H) reinforced by embedding carbon nanotube (CNT) is obtained by series of molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The results indicate that addition of CNT to the C-S-H can increase the tensile strength of CNT-reinforced C–S– H. The results of the tensile loading reveal that CNT can efficiently bridge the two sides of cracked C–S–H and this results can later be used for simulation of cohesive crack propagation at the macro scale.