Abstract: This study presents the findings from a research investigation conducted to characterize the toughness/abrasion resistance and soundness of aggregates from 23 sources using the micro-Deval, Los Angeles (LA) abrasion, sodium ...

Abstract: Recent studies have shown that potassium acetate based deicers are capable of triggering deleterious expansion and cracking in concrete specimens containing alkali–silica reactive (ASR) aggregates. This paper presents the ...

Abstract: Existing test methods to assess alkali-silica reactivity of aggregates such as the accelerated mortar bar test (AMBT) has been shown to be less than satisfactory due to excessive false-positive and false-negative test ...

Abstract: Due to the availability of a wide variety of repair materials in the industry with a wide range of physical and mechanical properties, it is important to determine the compatibility of a repair material with the substrate ...

Abstract: In this study, a low-carbon rice husk ash (RHA) was used as a supplementary cementing material in cement mortars to evaluate its sulfate resistance in sodium and magnesium sulfate solutions. The sulfate resistance of these ...

Abstract: In this study, quantitative analysis of the combined effects of fly ash and lithium admixture in mitigating alkali-silica reaction (ASR) in portland cement mortars prepared with Spratt limestone was investigated. The results ...