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Zofia Szweda and Dominik Czachura
The consequences of the loss of the load-bearing capacity due to the corrosion of prestressing steel can be much more dangerous than in the case of reinforced concrete structures, since failure can occur quite rapidly and without warning. A very importan...
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Sina Nasiri, Rahmat Madandoust and Malek Mohammad Ranjbar
The impact of the calcination temperature and grinding time on the mechanical properties and durability of limestone-calcined clay concrete (LC3) is crucial. In this research, calcined clay was produced within the temperature range of 700 °C to 900 °C, a...
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Teng Zhao, Hongxiu Du and Linhao Wang
Experiments such as microbial activation culture, subculture selection, and fire damage repair of cement mortar specimens were conducted to investigate the repairing effect of Sporosarcina pasteurii as a repair agent for fire-damaged cracks in cement mor...
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José Marcos Ortega, Fernando G. Branco, Luís Pereira and Luís Marques
The use of lightweight aggregates in construction materials is a good solution for increasing the contribution to sustainability of civil engineering works, such as maritime ones. In this regard, the possibility of using cork granulates and expanded clay...
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Hongfei Cao, Zhao Liang, Xi Peng, Xin Cai, Kewei Wang, Hui Wang and Zhongda Lyu
Excessive emissions of carbon dioxide can lead to greenhouse effect thus destroying the ecological balance. Therefore, effective measures need to be taken to reduce the emission of carbon dioxide. In this study, the influence of carbon dioxide curing on ...
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Marva Angela Blankson, Savas Erdem and Ezgi Gürbüz
There are increasing research endeavours on the application of nanotechnology in the construction industry and lightweight composites. In this study, the influence of different percentage (1%, 2%, and 3% by weight of cement) colloidal nano-silica particl...
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Vera Correia, João Gomes Ferreira, Luping Tang and Anders Lindvall
Use of furnace slag for protecting concrete against deterioration caused by frost scaling cycles and against corrosion of steel rebars caused by chloride attack.
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Alexandra M. Afonso, Joana Gonçalves, Ângelo Luís, Eugenia Gallardo and Ana Paula Duarte
Honey and propolis are natural substances produced by Apis mellifera that contain flavonoids, phenolic acids, and several other phytochemicals. The aim of this study was to phytochemically characterize three different types of honey and propolis, both se...
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José Marcos Ortega, Marta Cabeza, Antonio José Tenza-Abril, Teresa Real-Herraiz, Miguel Ángel Climent and Isidro Sánchez
Recently, there has been a great effort to incorporate industrial waste into cement-based materials to reach a more sustainable cement industry. In this regard, the Bayer process of obtaining alumina from bauxite generates huge amounts of waste called re...
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Luis Ebensperger, Roberto Torrent
Pág. Page 371 - 382
The authors have been involved in the creation, preliminary tests and development of the ?Torrent Method?, which is intended to test air permeability in concrete. It?s been more than 15 years since such foundational research and, now, this paper presents...
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