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The Country That Becomes a Racetrack
Each year, a country that’s smaller than New York’s Central Park, builds a world-class street circuit that spans a third of its length and sees its population grow by more than 500% overnight.The Monaco Grand Prix is an event that turns an entire country on its head....
Investigation of Alkali-Silica Reactivity in Sustainable Ultrahigh Performance Concrete
Author(s) Safeer Abbas 1,Wasim Abbass, Moncef L. NehdiA li Ahmed and Muhammad Yousaf Abstract Considering its superior engineering properties, ultrahigh performance concrete (UHPC) has emerged as a strong contender to replace normal strength concrete (NSC) in...
Deterioration of modern concrete structures and asphalt pavements by respiratory action and trace quantities of organic matter
Author(s) kihiro Moriyoshi ,Eiji Shibata ,Masahito Natsuhara ,Kiyoshi Sakai ,Takashi Kondo ,Akihiko Kasahara Abstract In concrete structures (concrete), damage from cracks, deterioration, amorphization, and delamination occur in some structures, causing...
fect of Recycled Coarse Aggregate and Bagasse Ash on Two-Stage Concrete
Author(s) Muhammad Faisal Javed, Afaq Ahmad Durrani, Sardar Kashif Ur Rehman, Fahid Aslam, Hisham Alabduljabbar and Amir Mosavi Abstract Numerous research studies have been conducted to improve the weak properties of recycled aggregate as a construction...
Japanese Construction Technology for Tackling with Earthquake
The World’s Best Subway is Built in Tokyo
NEW YORK's subway, London’s underground and Seoul’s metro all have things in common.They’re bigger than the subway system in Tokyo - they all have more stations and extend over greater distances. But Tokyo is far and away the world’s largest city. It dwarfs the others...
Long-Term Numerical Analysis of Subsurface Delamination Detection in Concrete Slabs via Infrared Thermography
Author(s) Sandra Pozzer, Francisco Dalla Rosa, Zacarias Martinb, Chamberlain Pravia, Ehsan Rezazadeh Azar and Xavier Maldagu Abstract One of the concerns about the use of passive Infrared Thermography (IRT) for structural health monitoring (SHM) is the...
Asphalt-Cement Concretes with Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement and Rubber Powder from Recycled Tire
Author(s) Jerzy Kukiełka, Wojciech Bańkowski and Krzysztof Mirski Abstract The goal of the work was to describe properties of asphalt-cement concrete (ACC) with reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), Portland cement, sand, and rubber powder (RP), as a material to...
Identifying Spatial and Temporal Variations in Concrete Bridges with Ground Penetrating Radar Attributes
Author(s) Vivek Kumar, Isabel M. Morris, Santiago A. Lopez and Branko Glisic Abstract Estimating variations in material properties over space and time is essential for the purposes of structural health monitoring (SHM), mandated inspection, and insurance of...