1. A hydrated cementitious blend comprising:
a dry cementitious blend comprising the following, based on the total weight of the dry cementitious blend:
aggregate comprising less than 3 wt. % calcium, based on the total weight of the aggregate;
from about 75 wt. % to 82 wt. % pozzolonic material comprising improved ash comprising particles meeting the ASTM C 989-2010 testing protocol for grade 100 slag quality or higher, the ash being selected from the group consisting of fly ash, calcined or uncalcined volcanic ash, rice hull ash, and combinations thereof;
a catalytically effective quantity of catalyst selected from the group consisting of alkali-containing zeolite, alkali-containing feldspathoid, and combinations thereof; and,
an amount of water reducing component;
the hydrated cementitious blend further comprising an amount of water producing a ratio of water to cementitious blend of from about 0.20 to about 0.30 and a slump of 6 or more;
the hydrated cementitious blend producing a product cement exhibiting a compressive strength of 4000 psi or more after curing for 28 days at 75\xb0 F. or more.
2. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 1 exhibiting a slump of from 8 to 12.
3. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 2 exhibiting a slump of 10 or less.
4. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 1 wherein the dry cementitious blend comprises 80 wt. % or less of the pozzolonic material.
5. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 1 wherein the dry cementitious blend comprises 78 wt. % or less of the pozzolonic material.
6. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 1 wherein said catalyst is alkali-containing zeolite.
7. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 5 wherein said catalyst is alkali-containing zeolite.
8. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 1 wherein:
the water-reducing component is a polycarboxylate water-reducing component; and,
the amount of the polycarboxylate water-reducing component is from about 0.3 wt. % to about 1 wt. %, based on the total weight of the dry cementitious blend.
9. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 7 wherein:
the water-reducing component is a polycarboxylate water-reducing component; and,
the amount of the polycarboxylate water-reducing component is from about 0.3 wt. % to about 1 wt. %, based on the total weight of the dry cementitious blend.
10. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 1 wherein the improved ash is improved fly ash.
11. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 9 wherein the improved ash is improved fly ash.
12. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 1 wherein the improved ash comprises particles meeting the ASTM C 989-2010 testing protocol for grade 120 slag quality or higher
13. A hydrated cementitious blend comprising:
a dry cementitious blend comprising the following, based on the total weight of the dry cementitious blend:
aggregate comprising less than 3 wt. % calcium, based on the total weight of the aggregate;
from about 75 wt. % to 82 wt. % pozzolonic material comprising improved fly ash comprising particles meeting the ASTM C 989-(2010) testing protocol for grade 100 slag quality or higher;
a catalytically effective quantity of catalyst selected from the group consisting of alkali-containing zeolite, alkali-containing feldspathoid, and combinations thereof; and,
an amount of water-reducing component;
the hydrated cementitious blend further comprising an amount of water producing a ratio of water to cementitious blend of from about 0.20 to about 0.30 and a slump of from 6 to 12;
the hydrated cementitious blend producing a product cement exhibiting a compressive strength of 4000 psi or more after curing for 28 days at 75\xb0 F. or more.
14. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 13 exhibiting a slump of from 8 to 12.
15. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 14 exhibiting a slump of 10 or less.
16. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 14 wherein the catalyst is sodium zeolite.
17. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 13 wherein the improved fly ash is improved Class F fly ash.
18. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 15 wherein the improved fly ash is improved Class F fly ash.
19. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 16 wherein the fly ash is improved Class F fly ash.
20. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 13 wherein:
the water-reducing component is a polycarboxylate water-reducing component; and,
the amount of the polycarboxylate water-reducing component is from about 0.3 wt. % to about 1 wt. %, based on the total weight of the dry cementitious blend.
21. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 19 wherein:
the water-reducing component is a polycarboxylate water-reducing component; and,
the amount of the polycarboxylate water-reducing component is from about 0.3 wt. % to about 1 wt. %, based on the total weight of the dry cementitious blend.
22. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 13 wherein the dry cementitious blend comprises from about 75 wt. % to about 78 wt. % of the pozzolonic material.
23. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 21 wherein the dry cementitious blend comprises from about 75 wt. % to about 78 wt. % of the pozzolonic material.
24. The hydrated cementitious blend of claim 13 wherein the improved ash comprises particles meeting the ASTM C 989-2010 testing protocol for grade 120 slag quality or higher
25. A method comprising:
providing a dry cementitious blend comprising the following, based on the total weight of the dry cementitious blend:
aggregate comprising 3 wt. % or less calcium, based on the total weight of the aggregate;
from about 75 wt. % to 82 wt. % pozzolonic material comprising improved ash comprising particles meeting the ASTM C 989-2010 testing protocol for grade 100 slag quality or higher, the improved ash being selected from the group consisting of fly ash, calcined or uncalcined volcanic ash, rice hull ash, and combinations thereof; and,
catalyst selected from the group consisting of alkali-containing zeolite, alkali-containing feldspathoid, and combinations thereof; and,
an amount of water reducing component;
blending the dry cementitious blend with an amount of water producing a hydrated cementitious blend exhibiting a ratio of water to cementitious blend of from about 0.20 to about 0.30 and a slump of from 6 to 12 inches; and,
curing the hydrated cementitious blend at a temperature of 75\xb0 F. or more for 28 hours or more, producing a cementitious product having a compressive strength of 4000 psi or more.
26. The method of claim 25 wherein the blending produces a hydrated cementitious blend exhibiting a slump of from 8 to 10.
27. The method of claim 23 wherein:
the water-reducing component is a polycarboxylate water-reducing component; and,
the amount of the polycarboxylate water-reducing component is from about 0.3 wt. % to about 1 wt. %, based on the total weight of the dry cementitious blend.
28. The method of claim 24 wherein the improved ash comprises particles meeting the ASTM C 989-2010 testing protocol for grade 120 slag quality or higher
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of loading a design into a hardware emulator, comprising:
storing faults, associated with components on an emulator board, in memory on the emulator board;
compiling the design to be emulated by avoiding use of components with the faults; and
loading the compiled design into the emulator.
2. The method of claim 1, further including storing the faults external to the emulator board and wherein compiling further includes reading the faults stored external to the emulator board or the faults stored in the memory on the emulator board.
3. The method of claim 2, further including comparing the faults stored external to the emulator board to the faults in the memory and issuing an indication if they are different.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the memory is non-volatile memory and wherein storing faults on the emulator board includes running diagnostics on the emulator board to determine components with faults and wherein storing includes storing results of the diagnostics in the non-volatile memory on the emulator board.
5. The method of claim 1, further including reading a fault avoidance type and wherein compiling includes determining components that are available for compilation using the faults and the fault avoidance type.
6. The method of claim 1, further including combining faults across multiple emulator boards and compiling the design based on the combined faults.
7. The method of claim 1, further including combining faults across multiple emulators and compiling the design based on the combined faults so that the design can run on any one of the emulators.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein storing faults on the emulator board includes running diagnostics on the emulator board and storing results of the diagnostics in a non-volatile memory on the emulator board and also storing the results in a database located externally of the emulator board.
9. The method of claim 8, further including comparing the faults stored in the database to the faults stored in the non-volatile memory and issuing an error indication if they are different.
10. The method of claim 1, further including storing a board serial number on the board and checking the board serial number prior to downloading the compiled design to the board.
11. An emulator for emulating a user design, comprising:
multiple printed circuit boards having programmable logic thereon for emulating the user design in hardware;
at least one non-volatile memory located on one of the printed circuit boards in the emulator for storing faults locally on the circuit board;
wherein the faults indicate malfunctioning components on the circuit board.
12. The emulator of claim 11, further including a resource server coupled to the multiple circuit boards and a database, the resource server coupled to retrieve faults from the different circuit boards and store the faults in the database.
13. The emulator of claim 11, further including a compiler that uses the stored faults in order to compile the design.
14. The emulator of claim 11, wherein the non-volatile memory is flash memory.
15. The emulator of claim 11, further including a resource server coupled to the multiple circuit boards, the resource server checking a serial number of a printed circuit board prior to downloading a design to the circuit board to ensure that the design is loaded on the correct circuit board.
16. An emulator comprising:
means for storing faults associated with components on an emulator board in the emulator; and
means for compiling the design to be emulated by reading the stored faults and avoiding the use of components with the faults.
17. The emulator of claim 16, further including means for running diagnostics on the emulator board and storing the results in a non-volatile memory on the emulator board.
18. The emulator of claim 16, further including means for combining faults across multiple emulator boards and compiling the design based on the combined faults so that the design can run on any of the boards.
19.-22. (canceled)