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Xianzheng Yu, Hua Liu, Xiaolin Fan, Liangyu Zhu, Chengqi Zhang and Shiyi Zhang
In marine environments, bridge piers and columns are prone to corrosion caused by harmful media, particularly chloride ions. This corrosion can lead to cracking of the steel bars in the protective layer of the bridge piers. To enhance the corrosion resis...
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Daniel Suarez-Riera, Luca Lavagna, Juan Felipe Carvajal, Jean-Marc Tulliani, Devid Falliano and Luciana Restuccia
Biochar, the solid sub-product of biomass pyrolysis, is widely considered an effective water retention material thanks to its porous microstructure and high specific surface area. This study investigates the possibility of improving both mechanical and r...
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Mohammad Sadegh Tale Masoule and Ali Ghahremaninezhad
This study investigates the hydration, microstructure, autogenous shrinkage, electrical resistivity, and mechanical properties of Portland cement pastes modified with PEG-PPG triblock copolymers with varied molecular weights. The early age properties inc...
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Xiaoyun Song, Heping Zheng, Lei Xu, Tingting Xu and Qiuyu Li
An investigation was carried out to study the influence of two types of anti-washout admixtures (AWAs) on the performance of underwater concrete, specifically, workability and washout resistance. The tested AWAs were hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) ...
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Svetlana V. Samchenko, Irina V. Kozlova and Andrey V. Korshunov
The reliability of concrete structures is closely related to the durability of the concrete materials stable under external environmental conditions. The present study is aimed at analysing the effect of a prospective hardening additive containing calciu...
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Junhao Ye, Songhui Liu, Jingrui Fang, Haibo Zhang, Jianping Zhu and Xuemao Guan
This study focused on the synthesis of aragonite whiskers through a synergistic wet carbonation technology utilizing waste magnesia slag (MS) and magnesium sulfate (MgSO4), aiming to improve the microstructure and mechanical properties of ordinary Portla...
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Nevena ?ivanovic, Marina A?krabic, Aleksandar Savic, Mi?a Stevic and Zoran Stevic
Infrared thermography is an advanced technique usually applied for the assessment of thermal losses through different elements of the building envelope, or as a method for detection of damage (cracks) in reinforced concrete elements, such as bridges. Use...
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Vinh Thi Hai Chu, Vinh Duc Bui and Tue Viet Nguyen
Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) improves the bearing capacity as well as the durability of structural concrete. This study aims to investigate the constituents of UHPC in both phases: aggregate and cementitious materials. The proper ratio of the m...
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Temple Chimuanya Odimegwu, A. B. M. A. Kaish, Maslina Jamil, M. F. M. Zain, Asset Turlanbekov and Ahmed W. Al Zand
This study evaluated the effect of alum sludge as an alternative to fly ash in fabricating geopolymer paste and mortar. The blending of this industrial waste (alum sludge and fly ash) is not only for the benefit of sustainable construction and disposal o...
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Sanaz Ramzi, Mohammad Javad Moradi and Hamzeh Hajiloo
In this study, an artificial neural network (ANN) model was developed to predict the compressive strength of concrete containing supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) at high temperatures. For this purpose, 500 experimental results were collected f...
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