This modelling study investigated the physicochemical and kinetic controls of the
mineralogical evolutions of cementitious materials subject to accelerated atmospheric …

Durability of concrete exposed to an external sulfate attack is a great concern for the long-
term reliability of nuclear waste containment. This paper presents experimental results …

In many aquifers around the world, there exists the issue of abnormal concentrations of Fe
and Mn in groundwater. Although it has been recognized that the main source of this issue is …

Chemical reactions can lead to the expansion of the geomaterial because of the strong
precipitation of minerals in the pores of the medium. The quantity and the variability of these …

Numerical simulations of reactive transport in fractured porous media require the solution of
coupled physical and chemical processes that depend on the fractures. Such coupled …

Reactive transport modeling has become widely used to help improve understanding of
hydrogeochemical processes from the pore scale to the watershed scale. In recent years …

Abstract External Sulfate Attack (ESA) is a chemical degradation process that may affect
concrete structures exposed to sulfate-rich environments. The ingress of sulfate ions causes …

Abstract Coupled Thermal-Hydraulic-Mechanical-Chemical (THMC) approaches may be
important for assessing the long-term durability of cementitious materials. We present a …

The assessment of the durability of civil engineering structures subjected to several
chemical attacks requires the development of chemo-poromechanical models. The …

This paper shows 2D simulations of crack propagation in mode I and mixed mode (I and II)
in a cementitious material at the material scale (known as local scale). There are two types …