This paper presents a discussion on the subject of fracture energy of concrete and effective
parameters. Therefore, it serves as an overview of the available approaches in determining …

The effects of silica fume as an admixture in cement-based materials are reviewed in terms
of the mechanical properties, vibration damping capacity, freeze-thaw durability, abrasion …

The compressive, flexural and splitting tensile strength of cement mortar has been measured
and interpreted in terms of its porosity. The authors first reviewed the existing porosity …

The permeability of cement pastes depends on their pore structures. In this paper, various
indirect and direct methods were used to comprehensively reveal the microstructures; then …

Graphene nanoplatelet (GNP) is a cheap impermeable carbon-based nanoplatelet with
large surface-to-volume ratio and has been exploited in polymer materials to improve their …

Mercury intrusion porosimetry (MIP) has been widely used to investigate the pore structure
of cement based materials for many years. The purpose of this paper is to present views of …

Pore Structure of Cement-Based Materials provides a thorough treatment of the
experimental techniques used to characterize the pore structure of materials. The text …

Drawing together a multinational team of authors, this second edition of Structure and
Performance of Cements highlights the latest global advances in the field of cement …

The improvements in the overall performances of concrete with blended materials were
often ascribed to the modification of its hardened paste in general. In this paper, the effects …

A recurrent problem in materials science is the prediction of the percolation threshold of
suspensions and composites containing complex-shaped constituents. We consider an …