Gypsum was widely used in the production of composite materials in Cyprus in the past, due to its abundance on the island. However, the study of local historic gypsum mor [...]

Civil infrastructure around the world is in a state of utter disrepair and significant efforts are needed on the part of all stakeholders to render our failing infrastruc [...]

In the present paper a parametric study is conducted based on an existing finite element based model. The influence of cover layer, reinforcement diameter and water-to-ce [...]

Design and production of industrial components and materials are nowadays a compromise between the required performances and the environmental impact. In the case of stru [...]

The study aims at using Shirasu, which is a pyroclastic flow deposit like volcanic ash, as one of the binders in mortar or concrete. It is one of the unused natural resou [...]

Chloride induced corrosion was recognized as one of the major cause of degradation of reinforced concrete structures, layered double hydroxides (LDHs) materials could be [...]

Cracking behavior of lime mortar renders subjected to shrinkage is numerically investigated by the finite element method (FEM). The render materials selected for the stud [...]

Limited sources of material and energy rapidly affected a demand for lightweight, efficient and low cost structures, what secondly influenced the developing of new design [...]

Multi-functioning and multi-optimization in the biomechanics of laminated wood vs carbon fiber composites are treated in present paper. Multi-functioning is one of the ke [...]

The present study deals with the use of calcareous diatomites, a naturally occurring amorphous silica- and calcite-rich raw material, for the production of C2S-rich clink [...]

The first author of the project is the engineering director of a Temple reconstruction project in Turkey. In attempt to produce mortar similar in composition to that foun [...]

According to recent publications, from 2005 to 2008 there were more than 13000 terrorist attacks around the world which took more than 73000 human lives. The attacks were [...]

This study investigates performance of slag as an alternative cementitious binder against ordinary Portland cement (OPC), fly ash (FA) and palm oil fuel ash (POFA). To ac [...]

In our contribution we will show how the Trefftz Radial Basis Functions (TRBF), i.e. RBF satisfying the governing equations can be used to increase the efficiency of mode [...]

An existing analytical model is extended to simulate the attack of supercritical CO2 on cementitious materials. First, the existing carbonation model was modified by impl [...]

Consolidation is a conservation treatment with good potential to be applied to ancient renders, provided that the alterations in the properties of the original mortars re [...]

To provide passive heat storage in buildings, materials exhibiting a phase-change within building operating temperature can be incorporated into the envelope material. Th [...]

Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) can improve not only mechanical properties but also durability due to reduced crack width by fiber bridging effect. From the view point of [...]

The main purpose of this paper is to introduce mechanical properties of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) and to describe the tensile testing method used at the Fa [...]

This paper reports the potential reuse of incineration fly ash (IFA) as cement supplements in the production of engineered cementitious composites (ECC), a unique class o [...]

This paper reports the effect of bacterial calcium carbonate precipitation on sorption of engineered cementitious composites (ECC), a high performance fiber-reinforced ce [...]