3D Conditional Generation of Cement Paste Microstructure
This paper is extended from previous one on 2D unconditional generation of cement paste. We proposed a latent diffusion transformer for generating the 3D microstructure of cement paste with different Blaine values, wc ratios, and ages!!! Promising results show great potential of generative AI in replacing the expensive SEM/ CT tests!
Jul 11, 2025
Impact behavior of auxetic cementitious cellular composites (ACCCs) architected through additive manufacturing (AM) assisted casting: Experiment and modelling
Apr 1, 2025
Generative AI for cementitious microstructure synthesis
This paper presents my first attempt at using generative AI to synthesize microstructures of cementitious materials. A Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Model (DDPM) was employed to generate synthetic BSE images of OPC with a water-to-cement ratio (w/c) of 0.4. The generated images closely resemble real BSE images in both statistical and microstructural analyses. I have recently extended this work to the conditional generation of three-dimensional hydrating cementitious microstructures with varying w/c ratios, Blaine values, and curing ages. Stay tuned for further updates!
Mar 14, 2025
Quantifying the early-age viscoelastic properties of alkali activated slag concrete using repeated minutes-long creep tests
Feb 1, 2025
Real-time monitoring of static elastic modulus evolution in hardening concrete through longitudinal-wave velocity changes retrieved by the stretching technique
Nov 1, 2024
Efficiently assessing the early-age cracking risk of cementitious materials with a mini temperature stress testing machine
Oct 1, 2024
Tensile behavior of rebar-reinforced coarse aggregate ultra-high performance concrete (R-CA-UHPC) members: Experiments and restrained shrinkage creep effect
Aug 1, 2024
Autogenous shrinkage and sustainability assessment of alkali-activated slag incorporating steel slag
Aug 1, 2024
Stress Evolution in Early-Age Cementitious Materials Considering Autogenous Deformation and Creep: New experimental and modelling techniques
Jun 17, 2024
Experimentally informed modeling of the early‐age stress evolution in cementitious materials using exponential conversion from creep to relaxation
Jun 17, 2024