The presence of capillary pores and air voids influences concrete permeability to a large extent. Concrete density is inversely proportional to its porosity. The ingress of aggressive agents into the pore structure is responsible for various durability problems in concrete structures. Therefore, a durable concrete should have low permeability. Permeability of concrete increases with the increas...

Today concrete is most widely used construction material due to its good compressive strength and durability. Depending upon the nature of work the cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate and water are mixed in specific proportions to produce plain concrete. Plain concrete needs congenial atmosphere by providing moisture for a minimum period of 28 days for good hydration and to attain desired ...

The cementitious materials under consideration by Caltrans for rigid pavement construction may be classified into four categories: Portland cements and blends, calcium aluminate cements and blends, calcium sulfoaluminate cements, and fly ash-based cements. With the exception of Portland cements, most of the cementitious materials under consideration have not been extensively used for pavement c...

a Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310014, PR 5 China 6 b Concrete Durability Group, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, 7 SW7 2AZ, UK 8 9 ABSTRACT 10 11 In this study, the influence of the aggregate-cement paste interfacial transition zone (ITZ) on the steady-state 12 chloride diffusivity of morta...

This case study aimed to compare the differences in durability and prestress loss between normal-weight-concrete (NC) lightweight-aggregate-concrete (LWC) prestressed box girders, which were constructed at same time area, so as verify superiority of using synthetic lightweight aggregate (LWA) made from reservoir sediments bridges. For NCs LWCs used basic mechanical properties (compressive stren...

Pervious concrete has been reported as a viable solution to reduce stormwater run-off, the heat-island effect, road noise, and pavement flooding. Previous researchers have focused on analysing structural properties functionality of pervious concrete. However, relatively few studies conducted into addition supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), such calcined clay, in its effect long-term d...