The influence of calcium chloride deicing salt on phase changes and damage development in cementitious materials

Y Farnam, S Dick, A Wiese, J Davis, D Bentz… - Cement and Concrete …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The conventional CaCl 2–H 2 O phase diagram is often used to describe how
calcium chloride behaves when it is used on a concrete pavement undergoing freeze-thaw …

Graphene oxide impact on hardened cement expressed in enhanced freeze–thaw resistance

A Mohammed, JG Sanjayan, WH Duan… - Journal of Materials in …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
Graphene oxide (GO) is a newly invented material with extraordinary properties. This paper
presents the effect of graphene oxide addition on freeze–thaw resistance in hardened …

Acoustic emission waveform characterization of crack origin and mode in fractured and ASR damaged concrete

Y Farnam, MR Geiker, D Bentz, J Weiss - Cement and Concrete …, 2015 - Elsevier
Different constituents of concrete can have cracking behavior that varies in terms of the
acoustic waveform that is generated. Understanding the waveform may provide insight into …

An overview of joint deterioration in concrete pavement: Mechanisms, solution properties, and sealers

W Jones, Y Farnam, P Imbrock, J Spiro, C Villani… - 2013 - docs.lib.purdue.edu
Concrete pavements represent a large portion of the transportation infrastructure. While the
vast majority of concrete pavements provide excellent long-term performance, a portion of …

Damage development in cementitious materials exposed to magnesium chloride deicing salt

Y Farnam, A Wiese, D Bentz, J Davis, J Weiss - Construction and Building …, 2015 - Elsevier
Magnesium chloride (MgCl 2) is used in deicing applications due to its capability to depress
freezing temperatures to a lower point than other salts such as sodium chloride (NaCl). The …

Evaluating the use of phase change materials in concrete pavement to melt ice and snow

Y Farnam, M Krafcik, L Liston… - Journal of Materials in …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
This paper investigates the potential use of phase change materials (PCM) in concrete
pavements to store heat, which can be used to reduce ice formation and snow accumulation …

Electrical response of mortar with different degrees of saturation and deicing salt solutions during freezing and thawing

Y Farnam, H Todak, R Spragg, J Weiss - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper discusses a series of electrical measurements made on cementitious mortars
containing water–NaCl solutions (0–23.3% concentration by mass) over temperatures in the …

Acoustic emission and low-temperature calorimetry study of freeze and thaw behavior in cementitious materials exposed to sodium chloride salt

Y Farnam, D Bentz, A Hampton… - Transportation …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper describes a series of experiments that were performed to assess the freeze–thaw
behavior of mortar specimens exposed to sodium chloride (NaCl) solutions. A low …

Numerical simulation of the freeze–thaw behavior of mortar containing deicing salt solution

HS Esmaeeli, Y Farnam, DP Bentz, PD Zavattieri… - Materials and …, 2017 - Springer
This paper presents a one-dimensional finite difference model that is developed to describe
the freeze–thaw behavior of an air-entrained mortar containing deicing salt solution. A …

Preparation of MgAlFe-LDHs as a deicer corrosion inhibitor to reduce corrosion of chloride ions in deicing salts

D Wang, Q Zhu, Y Su, J Li, A Wang, Z Xing - … and environmental safety, 2019 - Elsevier
This material consists of a double hydroxide consisting of Mg, Al, Fe in a 9: 2: 1 M ratios,
which was synthesised by hydrothermal method under constant pH conditions. The products …