Abstract: An experimental campaign supports a model named TransChlor for bringing liquid water moved by capillary suction and chloride ions into concrete. The principal objective of the experimental campaign is to represent conventional ...

Abstract: Results of an investigation aimed at determining bending moments and shear forces, required to design skewed concrete slab bridges using the equivalent-beam method are presented in this paper. Straight and skewed slab ...

Abstract: The durability of structures is greatly affected by their level of exposure to environmental and climatic conditions. In the case of northern structures, a major factor of deterioration is the corrosion of reinforcing steel ...

Abstract: The use of locally available industrial by-products as supplementary cementitious materials and mineral fillers is vital for reducing the embodied carbon of modern concretes. Spent pot lining (SPL), a by-product of the ...

Abstract: Ultrahigh-performance fiber-reinforced concrete (UHPFRC) is endowed with outstanding durability. The first results of accelerated migration tests with an adapted procedure highlighted a very low chloride permeability ...