Abstract: This paper addresses a user-friendly test method to measure as-received aggregate coefficient of thermal expansion (CoTE) using dilatometery. A dilatometer can accommodate materials of different size, shape, and density ...

Abstract: Studies since the early 1990s have been conducted in Texas to gain a better understanding of mechanisms, material properties, and construction practices related to early-age delamination in continuously reinforced concrete ...

Abstract: Ensuring sufficient water availability in hydrating concrete is a key to achieving quality curing that protects the fresh concrete in the short term and develops the potential properties of the mixture for long-term ...