The design philosophy and methodology of civil engineering structures have been
constantly evolving, from the early strength-based to more recent performance-based design …

Water penetration can cause severe performance deterioration and even failure of concrete
constructions through various degradation mechanisms, such as chemical erosion, dry-wet …

Magnesium oxysulfate (MOS) cement is a typical eco-friendly cementitious material, which
presents excellent performances. In this work, a novel multiscale modeling strategy is …

The intensive development of construction in recent years and the increasing demands on
the durability and service life of buildings have increasingly caused construction scientists to …

The feasibility of using agricultural waste of rice husk to prepare highly reactive rice husk
ash for sustainable cement-based material was explored through five sets of procedures …

The use of recycled fine aggregates (RFA) from construction and demolition (C&D) waste in
concrete gaining importance from past decades. The presence of excessive fines and old …

Transportation agencies in cold regions often suffer each year economically due to a partial
shutdown of their transportation networks during winter storms. Traditional passive ice and …

Shotcrete is often used for the construction and stabilization of tunnels and other
underground structures, where it is susceptible to different forms of physical and chemical …

This paper is aimed to investigate the passivation and depassivation properties of the Cr–
Mo corrosion resistance (CR) steel in the simulated concrete pore solution (SCPS) …

Accurate service-life prediction of structures is vital for taking appropriate measures in a time-
and cost-effective manner. However, the conventional prediction models rely on simplified …