Construction and Building Materials articles from April 2006

Construction and Building Materials archives from April 2006

Durability study of stabilized earth concrete under both laboratory and climatic conditions exposure.
April 1, 2006... Abstract The strength and durability of the earth can be improved considerably by the addition of different stabilizers. In this work, four stabilizers have been used: cement, lime, cement plus lime and cement plus resin and then evaluated...

Erosive resistibility of low cement high performance concrete.
April 1, 2006... Abstract High performance concrete with less cement content named as low cement high performance concrete (LcHPC) was used to form the top layer of a check dam to take the advantage of the low hydration heat in concrete. A full-scale field...

Strength and ductility of concrete cylinders confined with FRP composites.
April 1, 2006... Abstract Based on results from more than 300 specimens of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) confined concrete cylinders covering a wide range of parameters, the confinement effect and failure mechanisms are analyzed. Special attention is...

Effect of reducing coarse aggregates on concrete strength.
April 1, 2006... Abstract This paper reports the results of experimental investigation carried out on the effect of reducing coarse aggregate (CA) quantity in mix proportions on the compressive strength of concrete. It also presents empirical formulas...

Modelling of sewerage systems strengthened with composites plates.
April 1, 2006... Abstract Sewerage systems undergo a wide variety of structural damage. It is estimated that 10% of French sewer length is in need of renovation. This paper is concerned with restructuring by carbon-fibre plates. The finite-element method...

A strut-and-tie model for ultimate loads of precast concrete joints with loop connections in tension.
April 1, 2006... Abstract The authors propose a strut-and-tie model to calculate the ultimate tensile loads of precast concrete joints with two to one loop connections subjected to static uniaxial tensile loading. The width of the struts was derived...

Bond strength modeling for corroded reinforcements.
April 1, 2006... Abstract Bond strength of corroded reinforcements is theoretically modeled. First, corrosion pressures before and after corrosion cracking are calculated. Influence of reinforcement corrosion on concrete cover is considered and effective...

Torsional response of fibrous reinforced concrete members: effect of single type of reinforcement.
April 1, 2006... Abstract Studies on the torsional behaviour of reinforced concrete members in general and fiber reinforced members in particular are of interest to several researchers as torsional rigidity, torsional stiffness and torsional toughness of...

Determination of thermal properties of some supplementary cementing materials used in cement and concrete.
April 1, 2006... Abstract Use of the fly ash, ground granular blast furnace slag and silica fume, as supplementary cementing materials (SCMs), in cement and concrete for improving their quality has been in practice for a long period. The quality of blended...

Calendar.(Calendar)
April 1, 2006... Calendar Event Date and venue 2006 EURO-C 2006 27-30 March 2006 Computational Mayrhofen, Tyrol, Modelling of Austria Concrete Structures Structures...