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Arjun Poudel, Seungwon Kim, Byoung Hooi Cho and Janghwan Kim
Composite bridges are typically exposed to temperature variations due to heat radiation, conduction, and convection. Temperature affects the modal parameters of bridges, hindering the application of damage detection methods based on the dynamic propertie...
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Matija Zvonaric, Mirta Ben?ic, Ivana Bari?ic and Tihomir Dok?anovic
The high stiffness of cement-bound aggregate (CBA) is recognized as its main drawback. The stiffness is described by the modulus of elasticity, which is difficult to determine precisely in CBA. Incorporating rubber in these mixtures reduces their stiffne...
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Rodrigo Scoczynski Ribeiro, Marc Arnela, Manuel Teixeira Braz-César, Rúbia Mara Bosse, Laura Silvestro, Gustavo de Miranda Saleme Gidrão, Mariane Kempka, Dyorgge Alves Silva and Marcela Maier Farias Czap
In Brazil, there is a shortage of approximately 5.80 million residences, a challenge that intensified during the pandemic. Since 2013, there has been a mandate to implement specific performance criteria in residential constructions. However, many constru...
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Xinshan Zhuang and Jinze Zhao
With the increasing demand and use of highways, railways and tunnels in China, the phenomena of foundation settlement, uneven deformation and ground cracking caused by the cyclic loading by traffic are becoming increasingly significant. There is now an e...
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Ana Luiza Rodrigues, Caio Falcão and R. Christopher Williams
Crosslinking agents, notably sulfur, are used in asphalt binder modification to facilitate chemical bonding between polymer chains and the asphalt binder. Despite some prior research indicating the benefits of sulfur crosslinking in enhancing polymer-mod...
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Yingwei Liang, Assaad Taoum, Nathan Kotlarewski, Andrew Chan and Damien Holloway
In this study, the preliminary serviceability performance of cross-laminated timber (CLT) panels constructed from fibre-managed Eucalyptus nitens (E. nitens) was investigated via bending and vibration tests. Linear four-point bending tests were performed...
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Kangning Liu, Sheliang Wang, Xiaoyi Quan, Jing Wu, Jin Xu, Nan Zhao and Bo Liu
In this study, iron ore tailings (IOTs) are used as aggregates to prepare iron-ore-tailing-engineered cementitious composites (IOT-ECCs) to achieve clean production. Some mechanical indexes, such as compressive strength (fcu), four-point flexural strengt...
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Ana Lourenço, Luís Silva, Vera Fernandes and Pedro Sequeira
The impact that construction has on sustainability as a relevant consumer of materials is well known, especially with regard to cement, which contributes to high CO2 emissions. It is well known that in tile adhesives, cement add positive technical contri...
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Fernando A. N. Silva, João M. P. Q. Delgado, António C. Azevedo, Tahlaiti Mahfoud, Abdelhafid Khelidj, Nicole Nascimento and António G. B. Lima
Early deterioration of reinforced concrete foundations has been often reported in recent years. This process is usually characterized by an extensive mapping cracking process on concrete surfaces that results from several types of Internal Swelling React...
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Koichi Kobayashi and Wataru Koyanagi
This study was conducted on concrete using sewage sludge ash (SSA) with the aim to establish an efficient use of SSA as a cement replacement material. Concrete specimens with three degrees of strength were made from two different SSAs and exposed in temp...
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