Abstract: Chloride-induced rebar corrosion is one primary cause of early cracking of reinforced concrete (RC). A model to accurately predict the time before steel corrosion and concrete cracking, with due consideration of the ...

Abstract: This paper presents findings of a research study focused on investigating influences of coarse aggregate morphologies on the strength and permanent deformation behavior of unbound aggregate materials. Angularity and surface ...

Abstract: Reinforcement corrosion owing to chemical attack could lead to premature steel-mortar debonding, concrete cracking, and catastrophic failure of structures if not well attended. In conventional design and maintenance ...

Abstract: Adequate damping capacity of concrete material is critical for concrete structures to resist impact loads. The effectiveness of styrene-butadiene latex as a polymer admixture for improving the vibration reduction capacity ...

Abstract: Oxidative hardening or aging of asphalt binder can lead to increase in viscosity, separation of components, loss of cohesion and adhesion, and eventually the degraded engineering performances. A common practice to minimize ...

Abstract: This paper defined a complete set of imaging based indices for different levels of coarse aggregate morphologies, i.e., the flat and elongated (FE) ratio, angularity index (AI), and surface texture (ST) index, and investigated ...

Abstract: This paper presents findings from a study directed at identifying key properties of ingredient materials that are influential on the early age cracking behavior of concrete, with an emphasis on the effects of aggregate ...