A review of X-ray computed tomography of concrete and asphalt construction materials

A du Plessis, WP Boshoff - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
The microstructural details of concrete and asphalt construction materials are crucial in
understanding and improving their material properties for structural applications in civil …

A review of microstructure characterization of asphalt mixtures using computed tomography imaging: Prospects for properties and phase determination

J Taheri-Shakib, A Al-Mayah - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The analysis of microstructural characteristics and evolution of asphalt mixtures is essential
due to their impact on the macroscopic performance of the pavement. X-ray Computed …

Steel fibres reinforced 3D printed concrete: Influence of fibre sizes on mechanical performance

L Pham, P Tran, J Sanjayan - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Mechanical properties of high-performance printing concrete reinforced with steel fibres with
different lengths (3 and 6 mm) at different fibre volume contents (0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75% and …

Mechanical and fracture properties of concrete reinforced with recycled and industrial steel fibers using Digital Image Correlation technique and X-ray micro computed …

Ł Skarżyński, J Suchorzewski - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Paper presents investigation of fracture phenomenon in plain concrete and in concrete
reinforced with both recycled steel fibers (RSF) and industrial steel fibers (ISF). The wedge …

Effects of concrete flow on the distribution and orientation of fibers and flexural behavior of steel fiber-reinforced self-compacting concrete beams

RA Raju, S Lim, M Akiyama, T Kageyama - Construction and Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
Several parameters during the fabrication process cause segregation and poor orientation
of the fibers in steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) members. With its high flowability and …

3D meso-scale modelling of foamed concrete based on X-ray Computed Tomography

T Nguyen, A Ghazlan, A Kashani, S Bordas… - Construction and Building …, 2018 - Elsevier
Foamed concrete has been widely used in infrastructure construction and poses new
challenges to design and modelling. This paper investigates the behaviour of foamed …

Quasi-static and dynamic mechanical properties of eco-friendly ultra-high-performance concrete containing aeolian sand

J Jiang, T Feng, H Chu, Y Wu, F Wang, W Zhou… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019 - Elsevier
Currently, researchers have been studying ways to reduce the raw materials costs and
energy consumption of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) production. Therefore, the …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of the tensile fracture properties of ultra-high-strength fiber-reinforced concrete with different types of steel fibers by X-ray tomography

JD Ríos, C Leiva, MP Ariza, S Seitl, H Cifuentes - Materials & Design, 2019 - Elsevier
This study is concerned with the analysis of the tensile properties of an ultra-high-strength
fiber-reinforced concrete manufactured with short and long steel fibers. The analysis involve …

Mechanical and radiation shielding properties of concrete reinforced with boron-basalt fibers using Digital Image Correlation and X-ray micro-computed tomography

Ł Skarżyński - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The paper presents experimental investigations of the radiation shielding, mechanical and
fracture properties of concrete reinforced with 5 kg/m 3 of novel basalt fibers infused with …

Computed tomography scanning of the internal microstructure, crack mechanisms, and structural behavior of fiber-reinforced concrete under static and cyclic bending …

MA Vicente, J Mínguez, DC González - International Journal of Fatigue, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC), its behavior, and the effects of cyclic loading on its
internal microstructure are studied in this paper. Particular attention is given to the evolution …