The Effect of Interfacial Transition Zone Properties on the Elastic Properties of Cementitious Nanocomposite Materials

Figure 2

Average elastic modulus versus ITZ volume fraction: (a) uniform for ITZ, (b) linearly increasing within ITZ, (c) linearly decreasing within ITZ, and (d) stochastic distribution of within ITZ.

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