Study of the influential factors on the rheological behavior of adhesive mortar available in the market

Rheology studies the deformation and flow of matter and seeks to describe the deformations of material depending on the time they are exposed to mechanical actions. This paper proposes to understand the behavior of fresh mortar adhesives in Squeeze Flow tests based on rheological characterization of different commercial compositions. In the tests, flow of material results from the application of a compressive load on the sample in the fresh state which causes displacement due to stresses generated during radial shear flow. We performed further physical characterizations of mortars and viscosity on material passing the through a sieve with a 0.075 mm sieve opening with the objective of basing the analysis of the results obtained from Squeeze Flow tests. It was observed that the mortars studied showed differences in rheological behavior, probably resulting from synergistic action of some of the composition parameters, especially the particle size distribution and particle morphology.