Articles
Bonding Performance of Steel Rebar Coated with Ultra-High-Performance Concrete
Author(s) by In-Hyeok Eom 1,Sang-Keun Oh 2ORCID andByoungil Kim 2,* Abstract In this study, to improve the bond performance of reinforcing bars fixed inside concrete, a pullout test using ultra high-performance concrete (UHPC) and structural steel fibers was...
A Step towards Sustainable Concrete with Substitution of Plastic Waste in Concrete: Overview on Mechanical, Durability and Microstructure Analysis
Author(s) Jawad Ahmad, Ali Majdi, Ahmed Babeker Elhag 3,Ahmed Farouk Deifalla, Mahfooz Soomro 5ORCID,Haytham F. Isleem andShaker Qaidi Abstract Plastics have become an essential part of our daily lives, and global plastic production has increased dramatically...
A New Method for Structural Safety and Reliability Analysis of Offshore Wind Turbines
Author(s) Yingguang Wang, PhD Abstract With the motivation to overcome the shortcomings of the Rosenblatt inverse-first-order reliability environmental contour method (IFORM), in this study, the use of bivariate kernel density estimation with smoothed...
Laboratory Investigation of the Permeability Properties of Cement Mortar with Different Sand–Cement Ratios
Author(s) Liangliang Lu Shuyun Zhu Zhibin Liu Abstract The influences of the sand–cement (s/c) ratio and microstructure on the water permeability of cement mortar were examined. Laboratory experiments were carried out to study the influence of the s/c ratio on...
Chemical Deformation and Mass Change of Metakaolin-Based Geopolymer Grouting Material in Sulfate Environments
Author(s) Leping Liu Hainan Liu Yue Xu Maojia Xie Yan He Abstract Metakaolin (MK) and waterglass (WG) with a modulus of 1.3 were mixed to prepare MK-based geopolymer grouting materials (MKGPGM) with different alkalinity (concentration of sodium oxide in...
Flexural Performance of Pretensioned Spun Concrete Piles Reinforced with Steel Strands
Author(s) Xuwei Zhang Shunfeng Gong Quanbiao Xu Gang Gan Xiaodong Yu Yong Lu Abstract The application of pretensioned spun high-strength concrete (PHC) piles in high-intensity seismic areas has been limited by insufficient horizontal load resistance and poor...
Interface Behaviour of Carbon-fabric-reinforced Cementitious Matrix Composites with ICCP Technique
Author(s) Ran Feng Jingzhou Zhang Yanwen Li Ji-Hua Zhu Abstract This paper studies the interface bonding performance of carbon-fabric-reinforced cementitious matrix (C-FRCM) composites with the impressed current cathodic protection (ICCP) technique. Single...
Wonena and Engineering: One woman’s Journey to Engineering
Episode Info In this episode, and in honor of National Women in Engineering Day, I talk to Marsia Geldert-Murphey, P.E., F. ASCE, Regional Director of Lochmueller Group, who was recently elected as the ASCE President Elect for 2023. Marsia is also the author of a book...
Concrete Durability after Load Damage and Salt Freeze–Thaw Cycles
Author(s) y Jiguo Zhou 1,*ORCID,Guihua Wang 1,Peng Liu 1,Xuefeng Guo Abstract To determine how the performance of concrete changes after initial load damage and salt freezing, concrete samples were first subjected to loading and unloading, and were then put...