Spherical Balls Settling Through a Quiescent Cement Paste Measured by X-ray Tomography: Influence of the Paste Thixotropy

Subhransu Dhar, Eduardo Machado-Charry, Robert Schennach +2

The settling of spherical balls in quiescent cement pastes of increasing age is studied. Metallic spheres with radii of 2, 2.5 and 3mm are dropped into the paste and allowed to set…