Evaluation of tire rubber surface pre-treatment and silica fume on physical-mechanical behavior and microstructural properties of concrete

CM Copetti, PM Borges, JZ Squiavon… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing accumulation of tire waste has become a social environmental and public
health problem because rubber degradation is extremely difficult to achieve and time …

Quantitative relationship between pore size distribution and compressive strength of cementitious materials

S Jin, J Zhou, X Zhao, L Sun - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Cementitious materials have complex pore structure, which has a significant impact on
material properties. The present paper aims to determine the quantitative relationship …

[HTML][HTML] Relationship between the mechanical properties and carbonation of concretes with construction and demolition waste

SR da Silva, FN Cimadon, PM Borges… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of construction and demolition waste in the construction industry has been a
constant issue for several years due to the amount of waste generated as well as the need to …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of thermal damages of concrete subjected to high temperatures using recurrent neural networks for ultrasonic pulse waves

MDE Candelaria, SH Kee - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to propose the use of deep learning methods to classify the thermal damage
of concrete cylinder specimens based on ultrasonic pulse wave data. Data are collected …

Effects of MgO expansive agent and steel fiber on crack resistance of a bridge deck

F Jiang, M Deng, L Mo, W Wu - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
To prevent cracks caused by shrinkage of the deck of the Xiaoqing River Bridge, MgO
concrete (MC) and steel fiber reinforced MgO concrete (SMC) were used. The deformation …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of curing time on the fire performance of solid reinforced concrete plates

GC Manica, FL Bolina, BF Tutikian, M Oliveira… - Journal of Materials …, 2020 - Elsevier
When reinforced concrete elements are subjected to high temperatures, such as in a fire,
they are susceptible to physical and chemical changes that cause spalling, thereby …

Ecoefficient Cementitious Materials with High Levels of Portland Cement Replacement Using Blast Furnace Slag

AA Gonçalves Junior, EI Jussiani… - Journal of Materials in …, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
The portland cement (PC) industry is responsible for approximately 7% of all carbon dioxide
(CO 2) emissions in the world. Blast furnace slag (BFS) has been increasingly used as a …

[PDF][PDF] Effects of Different Coatings on Concrete Elements Due to Chloride Ion Penetration

G Menegussi Portela, F Pacheco, HZ Ehrenbring… - Coatings, 2025 - researchgate.net
Reinforced concrete structures are susceptible to chloride ion a ack under different
conditions, such as water reservoirs, coastal regions, and industrial locations. The physical …

Verification of the influence of loading and mortar coating thickness on resistance to high temperatures due to fire on load-bearing masonries with clay tiles

RP de Souza, F Pacheco, GL Prager, AM Gil, R Christ… - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Masonry has been widely used as a construction method. However, there is a lack of
information on its fire behavior due to the multitude of variables that could influence this …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of concrete self-healing by encapsulated sodium metasilicate in perlite and expanded clay

F Pacheco, CH Boscaini, TN Gauto, V Müller… - Revista IBRACON de …, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
Investigating the behavior of self-healing cementitious composites is necessary to know
alternatives that can be applied in structures increasing their life service. Therefore, this …