Research Article

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

Table 5

Elastic modulus for different interfacial strengths and different ITZ volume fractions (case 4: stochastic elastic modulus within ITZ with average of 22.5 GPa and standard deviation of 3.75 GPa).

Interfacial shear strengthITZ volume fraction (%)
0 (no ITZ)1105099.5

Perfectly bonded34.31234.2233.66331.39628.415
 MPa34.19334.10633.55431.27928.323
 MPa34.03333.95233.40631.12428.189
 MPa33.59833.52132.97530.66627.775
 MPa30.83630.75830.18527.7725.041