Reinforced concrete structures: A review of corrosion mechanisms and advances in electrical methods for corrosion monitoring

R Rodrigues, S Gaboreau, J Gance, I Ignatiadis… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Steel corrosion is the main cause of deterioration of reinforced concrete (RC) structures. We
provide an up-to-date review on corrosion mechanisms and recent advances in electrical …

Electrical tomography for characterizing transport properties in cement-based materials: A review

D Smyl - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The ability to spatially and temporally quantify the state and distribution of moisture and ions
is of central importance to understanding the durability of cement-based materials and …

[PDF][PDF] ASTM C618 fly ash specification: Comparison with other specifications, shortcomings, and solutions

P Suraneni, L Burris, CR Shearer, RD Hooton - ACI Mater. J, 2021 - researchgate.net
ASTM C618 and AASHTO M 295 specifications for fly ash represent the primary documents
used by US state and federal agencies to determine the suitability of a fly ash source for use …

Hydration, strength, and durability of cementitious materials incorporating untreated corn cob ash

M Shakouri, CL Exstrom, S Ramanathan… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Significant research is being conducted to identify alternative sources of supplementary
cementitious materials (SCM) worldwide. With the shortage of fly ash, due to the shut-down …

Surface scaling of CO2-cured concrete exposed to freeze-thaw cycles

D Zhang, Y Shao - Journal of CO2 Utilization, 2018 - Elsevier
Surface scaling of concrete is one of the major durability issues for cold-region concrete
materials. This study presents a solution of using CO 2 curing to mitigate the concrete …

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 …

Fresh and hardened properties of GGBS-contained cementitious composites using graphene and graphene oxide

C Bhojaraju, SS Mousavi, V Brial, M DiMare… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The addition of nanomaterials affects the workability of cementitious composites by reducing
the free water available within the mixtures. In order to address this issue, the present study …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Unravelling chloride transport/microstructure relationships for blended-cement pastes with the mini-migration method

W Wilson, F Georget, K Scrivener - Cement and Concrete Research, 2021 - Elsevier
A chloride mini-migration method is proposed to estimate effective diffusion coefficients at
the scale of the cement paste and to investigate mechanisms with complementary …

[PDF][PDF] Relating formation factor of concrete to water absorption

MK Moradllo, C Qiao, B Isgor, S Reese… - ACI Materials …, 2018 - researchgate.net
ACI member Chunyu Qiao is a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Oregon State University.
12 He received his PhD from University of Science and Technology Beijing. His research …