Pastes, mortar and concrete are reactive suspensions whose consistency is modified over time, especially by cement performance. They present a non- Newtonian fluid behavior and exhibit viscosity that varies with the applied stress. Based on alternative techniques, the behavior and rheological properties of mortars and concretes were determined, analyzed and compared from the experimental measurements of slump, yield stress calculation, with and without addition of admixtures, and viscosity values. The alternative techniques used were the cylinder of Pashias and the modified slump test for mortars and concretes, respectively. The rheometric parameter values obtained by the alternative techniques for mortars and concretes were compared with the results from tests performed with a rheometer, indicating the alternative techniques’ good acceptance and lower costs to determine the rheological parameters of cementitious materials. It could even be inferred that the Bingham rheological model, with two rheological parameters (yield stress and viscosity), proved to be a necessary and sufficient condition to represent the behavior of the mixtures tested in this paper.
mortar; concrete; rheology; slump test; yield stress