Service-life of concrete in freeze-thaw environments: Critical degree of saturation and calcium oxychloride formation

SH Smith, C Qiao, P Suraneni, KE Kurtis… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
Advancements in service-life prediction of concrete in freeze-thaw environments are
reviewed to help inform concrete design, specification, and future areas of research. Critical …

Calcium oxychloride: A critical review of the literature surrounding the formation, deterioration, testing procedures, and recommended mitigation techniques

C Jones, S Ramanathan, P Suraneni… - Cement and Concrete …, 2020 - Elsevier
Deicing salts have long been known to cause deterioration in concrete pavements.
Freeze/thaw, surface scaling, and reinforcement corrosion are well documented …

Chloride binding of cement pastes with fly ash exposed to CaCl2 solutions at 5 and 23° C

C Qiao, P Suraneni, TNW Ying, A Choudhary… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
In cementitious materials exposed to solutions containing chloride, chloride binding typically
results from the chemical reactions between chloride ions and aluminate phases to form …

Predicting pore volume, compressive strength, pore connectivity, and formation factor in cementitious pastes containing fly ash

K Bharadwaj, RM Ghantous, F Sahan, OB Isgor… - Cement and Concrete …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper describes the use of thermodynamic modeling to predict the reaction products
and properties of cementitious pastes containing fly ash. A pore partitioning model is used to …

Toward the prediction of pore volumes and freeze-thaw performance of concrete using thermodynamic modelling

K Bharadwaj, D Glosser, MK Moradllo, OB Isgor… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
Many properties of concrete are related to its pore volume and pore structure. This paper
describes an approach to predict gel and capillary pore volumes and other hardened …

Durability evaluation of reinforced concrete with surface treatment of soy methyl ester-polystyrene under freeze-thaw cycles and calcium chloride

J He, C Qiao, Y Farnam - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2023 - Elsevier
This study provides an advanced understanding of the durability performance of reinforced
concrete (RC) with the surface treatment of soy methyl ester-polystyrene blend (SME-PS) …

Surface abrasion resistance of high-volume fly ash concrete modified by graphene oxide: Macro-and micro-perspectives

S Du, Y Jiang, J Zhong, Y Ge, X Shi - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent studies have demonstrated that graphene oxide (GO) can be used as a promising
nano-sized additive to improve the mechanical properties and durability performances of …

Flexural strength reduction of cement pastes exposed to CaCl2 solutions

C Qiao, P Suraneni, J Weiss - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2018 - Elsevier
Calcium chloride (CaCl 2) can react with calcium hydroxide (Ca (OH) 2) to form calcium
oxychloride which can reduce flexural strength and damage concrete. This paper aims to …

[PDF][PDF] Supplementary cementitious materials in Portland-limestone cements

K Bharadwaj, OB Isgor, WJ Weiss - ACI Materials Journal, 2022 - par.nsf.gov
For Peer Review Only Page 1 For Peer Review Only Supplementary Cementitious Materials in
Portland Limestone Cements Journal: ACI Structural and Materials Journals Manuscript ID …

Calcium oxychloride formation in pastes containing supplementary cementitious materials: Thoughts on the role of cement and supplementary cementitious materials …

P Suraneni, VJ Azad, BO Isgor, WJ Weiss - RILEM Technical Letters, 2016 - letters.rilem.net
Over the last decade many concrete pavements in North America have begun to show
excessive damage at the joints. This damage appears to be due to two primary causes …