Cracking is a common problem in concrete structures in real-life service conditions. In fact,
crack-free concrete structures are very rare to find in real world. Concrete can undergo early …

Cement-based materials, such as concrete and mortars, are used in extremely large
amounts. For instance, in 2009 concrete production was superior to 10 billion tons. Cement …

Cement-based materials are widely used as building materials in practice. However, the
deformations caused by changes in temperature and humidity are large and can easily …

Early-age cracking of base plate may result in safety and durability problems for slab
ballastless track. However, very limited studies are available on the mechanisms of early …

Mass foundation slabs represent unique structures because of the considerable thermal
effects generated by the exothermic reactions of cement hydration that occur during concrete …

Concrete is a composite material whose stress history assumes relevance since the early
ages. Soon after concrete casting important exothermic cement hydration reactions take …

In this study, a new method to measure strain distribution and detect cracking with pulse pre-
pump Brillouin optical time domain analysis (PPP-BOTDA) is proposed. A mortar cylinder …

In this study, the feasibility of using telecommunication single-mode optical fiber (SMF) as a
distributed fiber optic strain and crack sensor was evaluated in concrete pavement …

High-performance concrete easily generates early-age cracks due to its sharp and large
temperature and relative humidity (RH) changes. The temperature and RH with and without …

The evolution of low-heat concrete thermal properties is controlled by microstructure growth
and affects the early-age mass concrete structure cracking under real curing conditions from …