Evaluation the effect of lime on the plastic and hardened properties of cement mortar and quantified using Vipulanandan model

Abstract

In this study, the effect of lime content (L %) on the plastic properties such as water-cement ratio (w/c), setting times, flowability, compressive, flexural and bond strengths of cement mortar were investigated. Based on the information in the literature the amount of lime varied between 0 to 45% (by weight of cement). The experimental results were compared with the data collected from different research studies and quantified using two different models. The plastic and hardened properties of the cement mortar modified with different percentage of lime were conducted according to the ASTM and BS standards. Based on the literature data the water to cement ratio (w/c) ranged between 0.3-0.74 percent, the w/c of 0.5 was selected in this study. The compressive and flexural strengths of cement mortar modified with lime up to 28 days of curing were ranged between 3 MPa to 65 MPa and 2 MPa to 12 MPa respectively. The compressive, flexural and bond strengths of the cement mortar decreased with increasing lime content. Vipulanandan correlation model was used to correlate the relationship between lime with consistency, setting times, flowability and compressive strength of cement mortar. Compressive and flexural strengths of cement mortar modified with lime were quantified very well as a function of w/c, lime content and curing time using nonlinear relationship.