This page was established to disseminate information on modeling fresh cement paste rheology.  Rheology is the study of flow properties.  Cement paste is a complex suspension of particles in water and frequently various additives, both organic or mineral which modify the flow behavior, i.e. the rheology, of the fresh paste.

Roussel’s Model for Thixotropic Behavior of Fresh Cement Paste (MatLab Model Download – Click on link then open zip folder, move files to a folder of your choice and run models.) Also see: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01005987/document.

Example of Fitting a Typical Flow Curve (Excel Model Download – Click on link then open zip folder, move file to a folder of your choice and open.