This paper presents the experimental results of the investigation of various properties related to the durability and longterm performance of mortars made of Fly Ash blended cement, FA and Ordinary Portland cement, OPC. The properties that were investigated in an experimental program include; equilibration of specimen in different relative humidity, determination of total porosity, compressive ...

*Correspondence: Xun Yu, Department of Mechanical and Energy Engineering, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203, USA e-mail: [email protected] Sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and sodium dodecylbenzene sulfonate (NaDDBS) were used as surfactants to disperse multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWNT) in cement mortar and fabricate pressure-sensitive carbon nanotubes filled cement mortar composites. The...

We consider a second order elliptic problem with a heterogeneous coefficient written in mixed form. The nonoverlapping mortar domain decomposition method is efficient in parallel if the mortar interface coupling space has a restricted number of degrees of freedom. In the heterogeneous case, we define a new multiscale mortar space that incorporates purely local information from homogenization th...

Mixtures of mineral aggregate and modified sulfur, wherein the modified sulfur functions as a binder, are termed sulfur concretes or sulfur mortars depending on the form of the mineral aggregate. Molten sulfur reacted with olefinic additive, at 130-140 ºC, and then mixed with preheated filler and aggregates. Sulfur mortar samples were prepared by mixing 32 % molten sulfur, 10 % filler and 5...

Stone pavement structures (SPS), also known as stone roads or stone-paved roads, are road pavements constructed using stones the primary surface material. Different types of SPS exist; historically, irregular-shaped with downward protrusions have been often exploited since regular-shaped were difficult to be produced. More recently, regular cuboid can used. Accordingly, in new construction and ...

A corrosion sensor for monitoring the corrosion state of cover mortar was developed. The sensor was tested in cement mortar, with and without the addition of chloride to simulate the adverse effects of chloride-contaminated environmental conditions on concrete structures. In brief, a linear polarization resistance method combined with an embeddable reference electrode was utilized to measure th...

In this study, an artificial neural networks study was carried out to predict the quantity of ammonia gas (NH3) of Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GBFS) cement mortar. A data set of a laboratory work, in which a total of 4 mortars were produced, was utilized in the Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) study. The mortar mixture parameters were four different GBFS ratios (0%, 20%, 40% and 60%). Measu...

Steel embedded in cement mortar in the uniaxial compressive stress direction was found to decrease by 80% the compressive longitudinal strain at a given stress and increase by 300% the tensile transverse strain at a given longitudinal strain. The former effect is due to longitudinal confinement of mortar by steel. The latter is due to debonding at the steel-mortar interface. © 1999 Elsevier Sci...

The mechanism of corrosion of reinforcing steel in concrete is discussed based on electrochemical and electron microscopy observations. The importance of calcium hydroxide precipitation on the steel surf ace in the steel/mortar interface is evaluated by placing filter paper around reinforcing steel bar specimens prior to casting in mortar, thus preventing direct contact between steel and mortar...

Abstract This paper focuses on the in-plane behaviour of rubble stone masonry with lime mortar strengthened different solutions. For that, 12 wall specimens, construction features typical ancient historic buildings Southern Portugal and Mediterranean countries, were subjected to quasi-static cyclic tests. The applied retrofit solutions are specific for buildings, such as injection FRCM systems,...