Life cycle sustainability assessment for multi-criteria decision making in bridge design: A review

IJ Navarro, V Penadés-Plà, D Martínez-Muñoz… - 2020 - books.google.com
Sustainable design of infrastructures has become a major matter of study since the recent
establishment of the Agenda 2030. This paper provides a systematic literature review on the …

Degradation Models and Maintenance Strategies for Reinforced Concrete Structures in Coastal Environments under Climate Change: A Review

LF Rincon, YM Moscoso, AEA Hamami, JC Matos… - Buildings, 2024 - mdpi.com
Modern engineering faces challenges in ensuring technical standards for service, durability,
and sustainability. Political, administrative, and budgetary factors, coupled with climate …

Towards sustainable construction: Machine learning based predictive models for strength and durability characteristics of blended cement concrete

M Khan, MF Javed - Materials Today Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) are widely utilized in concrete mixtures,
either substituting a part of the cement content or replacing a portion of clinker in cement …

[HTML][HTML] Data-driven optimization tool for the functional, economic, and environmental properties of blended cement concrete using supplementary cementitious …

H Hafez, A Teirelbar, N Tošić, T Ikumi… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
The need to produce more sustainable concrete is proving imminent given the rising
environmental concerns facing the industry. Blended cement concrete, based on any of the …

An optimized neuro-bee algorithm approach to predict the FRP-concrete bond strength of RC beams

A Kumar, HC Arora, MA Mohammed, K Kumar… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the world, there is growing worry about the corrosion of reinforced concrete structures.
Structure repair, rehabilitation, replacement, and new structures all require cost-effective and …

Social life cycle assessment of concrete bridge decks exposed to aggressive environments

IJ Navarro, V Yepes, JV Martí - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2018 - Elsevier
Sustainable design of structures includes environmental and economic aspects; social
aspects throughout the life cycle of the structure, however, are not always adequately …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of FRCM–concrete bond strength with machine learning approach

A Kumar, HC Arora, K Kumar, MA Mohammed… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fibre-reinforced cement mortar (FRCM) has been widely utilised for the repair and
restoration of building structures. The bond strength between FRCM and concrete typically …

Life cycle assessment of a railway tracks substructures: Comparison of ballast and ballastless rail tracks

JJ Pons, IV Sanchis, RI Franco, V Yepes - … Impact Assessment Review, 2020 - Elsevier
The increase of train speed and axle load is an essential goal to make the railway transport
more and more competitive for passengers and freights. On this basis, the unevenness of …

Comparative life cycle assessment between imported and recovered fly ash for blended cement concrete in the UK

H Hafez, R Kurda, WM Cheung… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
A UK government report released in 2017 indicated that fly ash (FA) production locally is
expected to seize after 2021. This means that for the construction industry to meet its …

Reliability-based maintenance optimization of corrosion preventive designs under a life cycle perspective

IJ Navarro, JV Martí, V Yepes - Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2019 - Elsevier
Sustainability is of paramount importance when facing the design of long lasting,
maintenance demanding structures. In particular, a sustainable life cycle design for concrete …