Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering: Recent submissions
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Soil Stabilization Using Bottom Ash and Areca Fiber: Experimental Investigations and Reliability Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The rapid development of urban areas and the increase in construction activities have resulted in a scarcity of land with favorable soil conditions, necessitating the use of locally available weak soils for construction ... -
Geotechnical Properties of Fibrous and Amorphous Peats for the Construction of Road Embankments
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Peat deposits cover large areas in Northern Canada. Peat in the study area in Northern Manitoba has an average thickness of 4 m, with the upper half classified as fibrous and the lower half as amorphous with strong ... -
Bond-Slip Behavior of Corroded Rebar Embedded in Ultrahigh Toughness Cementitious Composite
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Corroded reinforced concrete (RC) members are repaired using ultrahigh toughness cementitious composite (UHTCC), and the bonding between corroded rebar and UHTCC has a significant effect on the mechanical properties of ... -
Design and Operation of a Real-Scale Electromagnetic Shielding Evaluation System for Reinforced Composite Construction Materials
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Electromagnetic noise due to undesirable interferences from electronic devices, infrastructures inherent to smart homes, buildings or cities, computer networks, or medical diagnostics has become a serious concern for the ... -
Acid-Resistant Geopolymer Based on Fly Ash–Calcium Aluminate Cement
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)This paper focuses on the production of high-strength geopolymer binder by alkali activation of binary mix of fly ash and calcium aluminate cement (CAC). The fly ash was partially replaced with CAC (8, 16, and 24%) to ... -
Density and Shear Strength of Particulate Rubber Mixed with Sand and Fly Ash
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The present study examines the behavior of particulate rubber–sand mixtures (PRSM) due to the replacement of sand with fly ash. Particulate rubber (PR) of different gravimetric proportions (, 1, 3, 5, and 1%) is mixed with ... -
Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Fatigue in Base-Rendering Mortar Used in Façades Undergoing Thermal Cycles
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Ceramic tile coating systems are widely used on building façades. Such façades generally consist of a few layers of materials such as rough cast, base-rendering mortar, adhesive layer for tiles, ceramic tiles, and grout ... -
Comparison of Industrial Waste Mixtures for Use in Subbase Course of Flexible Pavements
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The generation of huge quantities of waste materials from industries like iron, steel, thermal power plants, etc., is resulting in shortage of disposal areas and causing serious environmental pollution. In this paper, a ... -
Evaluating the Effects of Sugarcane-Bagasse Ash and Rice-Husk Ash on the Mechanical and Durability Properties of Mortar
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The influence of sugarcane-bagasse ash (SCBA) and rice-husk ash (RHA) as cement replacement materials on the mechanical and durability properties of mortars was investigated in this study. Portland cement was replaced by ... -
Sodium Sulfate Resistance of Mortars Containing Combined Nanosilica and Microsilica
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)In this study, the effect of combined nanosilica (nS) and microsilica (mS) on sulfate resistance of portland cement mortars was compared with cement-only control mortars and mixtures with equivalent contents of only one ... -
Ability of Nanomaterials to Effectively Disperse in Asphalt Binders for Use as a Modifier
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Several studies have investigated the use of nanomaterials to modify asphalt binders and achieve improved properties. It is possible that in some cases nanomaterials do not disperse and agglomerate within the asphalt binder. ... -
Performance Evaluation of RAP Concrete in Aggressive Environment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)In this study, the feasibility of coarse (RC) and fine (RF) reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) inclusive concrete for sulfuric acid and hydrochloric acid environments is assessed. Moreover, the efficacy of mineral admixtures ... -
Minimum Virgin Binder Content Needed in Recycled Superpave Mixtures to Resist Fatigue Cracking and Moisture Damage
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Use of recycled materials such as recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) and recycled asphalt shingle (RAS) in hot-mix asphalt (HMA) is common now due to their economy and sustainability. However, the effects of RAP and RAS on ... -
Calcium Leaching of Cement Asphalt Paste and Its Effects on Dynamic Mechanical Properties
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)Calcium leaching is an important durability issue of cement asphalt (CA) mortar used in high-speed rails. Calcium leaching affects CA mortar’s mechanical properties, which are critical for its structural performance. In ... -
Comparing Artificial Neural Networks with Regression Models for Hot-Mix Asphalt Dynamic Modulus Prediction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The hot-mix asphalt (HMA) dynamic modulus (E*) is a fundamental mechanistic property that defines the strain response of asphalt concrete mixtures as a function of loading rate and temperature. It is one of the HMA primary ... -
Toward the Development of Sustainable Concretes with Recycled Concrete Aggregates: Comprehensive Review of Studies on Mechanical Properties
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)In recent years, the increased rate of urbanization has led to the generation and release of large amounts of construction and demolition (C&D) waste. From the viewpoint of environmental preservation and effective ... -
Fired-Clay Bricks Incorporating Biosolids: Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)A comparative life-cycle assessment (LCA) is undertaken to evaluate the environmental impacts of fired-clay bricks incorporating biosolids from Melbourne Water’s Victorian Eastern Treatment Plant (ETP) and Western Treatment ... -
Formulation of Traffic Inputs Required for the Implementation of the M-E PDG in Data-Scarce Regions: Lebanon Case Study
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The implementation of the Mechanistic-Empirical Pavement Design Guide (M-E PDG) in regions outside the United States and Canada, such as the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), is still in its early stages due to ... -
Testing of Rheological Properties of Concrete Mixtures Using a Special Vibroviscometer
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)The rheological properties of concrete mixtures are presently important when new technologies for transporting, handling, placing, and compacting concrete are used in new concrete construction technologies. A new methodology ... -
Determination of the Optimum Conditions for Gilsonite and Glass Fiber in HMA under Mixed Mode I/III Loading in Fracture Tests
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2018)This study used the Taguchi method to determine optimum conditions for Gilsonite and glass fibers as modifier materials in hot mix asphalt (HMA) by conducting the mixed Mode I/III fracture test. These modifier materials ...