Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering: Recent submissions
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Physical–Mineralogical–Chemical Characterization of Carbide Lime: An Environment-Friendly Chemical Additive for Soil Stabilization
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Increased use of industrial residues for soil stabilization is a necessary practice for sustainable geotechnics. The present study investigates carbide lime, the residue resulting from the production of acetylene gas, for ... -
Empirical Relationships with Unconfined Compressive Strength and Split Tensile Strength for the Long Term of a Lime-Treated Silty Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Fine-grained soils have a low load-bearing capacity that hinders their use in pavement construction, slope protection, or foundation support. Therefore, the chemical stabilization of a soil with the addition of lime is a ... -
Compression-Resilience Responses of Commonly Used Membrane Materials in Spiral Case Structures of Hydroelectric Power Plants: Experimental Investigation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The compressive behavior of membrane materials used in spiral case structures (SCSs) is of interest because, to a large extent, it determines the structural performance of SCSs. Unfortunately, it has not been dealt with ... -
Use of a Waste-Based Binder for High Water Content Soil Treatment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)In recent years, roads in Singapore have had to be constructed on reclaimed land using marine clay as fill materials. Improving the engineering properties of the high water content, soft clayey soil in the reclaimed land ... -
Laboratory Evaluation of Biobased Epoxy Asphalt Binder for Asphalt Pavement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)In recent years, concerns about the depletion of nonrenewable resources, infrastructure sustainability, and environmental impact in pavement engineering have led to substituting petroleum-based paving materials with their ... -
Characterization of a Recycling Agent for Restoring Aged Bitumen
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)High reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) content mixes are likely to be susceptible to pavement distress such as fatigue cracking and raveling because of aged bitumen. In this study, the potential of recycling agents to restore ... -
Prediction of Brickwork Failure Using Discrete-Element Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)In this study, a discrete element approach is used to simulate brickwork. Bricks are represented by blocks with Mohr-Coulomb plasticity and strain softening. The mortar consists of elastic Voronoi blocks connected by ... -
Evaluation of Concrete Elements with X-Ray Computed Tomography
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Nowadays X-ray computed tomography (CT) imaging is being applied in the field of structural engineering. Scanning a concrete specimen by using X-ray tomography provides an insight into the inner structure without the need ... -
Effect of Curing Temperature on Hydration of Calcium Aluminate Cement–Calcium Sulfate–Limestone System
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The effect of curing temperature on hydration of a ternary blend of calcium aluminate cement (CAC), calcium sulfate (C$), and limestone (Cc) was examined. Compressive strength was evaluated at 1, 7, and 28 days. ... -
Impact and Improvement of Crushed Tuff Sand on Sulfate Resistance of Cement Concrete at Low Temperature
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Experimental tests were conducted to study the thaumasite formation of sulfate attack (TSA) erosion resistance of cement concrete made with crushed tuff sand. Different specimens made with either crushed tuff sand or river ... -
Applicability of the Porosity/Binder Index to Nonhomogeneous Mixtures of Fine-Grained Soil with Lignite Fly Ash
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Soil treatment using binders is an important method to enhance the strength, stiffness, and durability of soils. The porosity/binder concept has been developed to help with the mixture design for soil stabilization measures ... -
Significance of Corrections and Impact of Saline Pore Fluid on Kaolin
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Engineering behavior of fine-grained porous media, predominantly encountered in dredged sediments from ports, tailings from mining operations, and geoenvironmental barrier systems, are dictated by their microstructural ... -
Flexural Tensile Fracture Behavior of Pervious Concrete under Static Preloading
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)It is of importance to study the dynamic flexural tensile fracture behavior of pervious pavement concrete under static preloading. In this study, semicircular pervious concrete specimens with pre-cracks were subjected to ... -
External Factors Affecting Determination of Mineral Powder Contact Angle with Capillary Rise Method
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The difficulty of standardizing the test conditions for the contact angle (CA) of a mineral powder (MP) leads to results with poor repeatability. To solve this issue, external factors that influence the CA test of a MP ... -
Thermal Resistant Stone Mastic Asphalt Surface and Its Antirutting Performance
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The influence of refractory gravel amount and thermal resistance performance on a stone mastic asphalt-13 (SMA-13) road was studied through an indoor simulated light test. Thermal resistance friction course-13 (TRFC-13) ... -
Application of a Biomodifier as Fog Sealants to Delay Ultraviolet Aging of Bituminous Materials
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)This study examines the merits of applying a biomodifier (Bio-binder, Sustainable Infrastructure Material Lab, NC A&T State University, Greensboro, North Carolina) as a fog sealant on the surface of bituminous materials ... -
Evaluation of Susceptibility of High-Temperature Performance of Asphalt Mixture to Morphological Feature of Aggregates by Fractal Theory
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Morphological characteristics of aggregates have been regarded as a significant factor related to the high-temperature performance of asphalt mixtures. Fractal theory was used to calculate the fractal dimension to evaluate ... -
Effect of Lime Treatment on Static Liquefaction Behavior of Sand–Bentonite Mixtures
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)This research investigated the effect of lime treatment on the static liquefaction behavior of sand–bentonite (SB) mixture by conducting a series of undrained monotonic triaxial compression tests. The effects of two bentonite ...