Abstract: As a determining factor for cement-based materials, water cement ratio (W/C) plays a crucial part in controlling their mechanical strength as well as durability. Whereas once solidified, the ...

During its service life, reinforced concrete may interact with its environment and suffer from various types of degradation, such as chloride-induced corrosion of reinforcing steel, carbonation and so ...

Abstract: Cement is a crucial construction material, and its physical properties are determined by the evolution process of its microstructure. It would be of great significance to establish an ...

"When researchers think of nanomaterial reinforcements for concrete, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) come as first option," Andres Ayuela, a research scientist at the Centro de Física de Materiales in San ...

The global steelmaking industry generates significant amounts of byproducts, with steel slag alone representing around 15% of the total global crude steel production each year (Bilim and Atiş, 2012; ...

Concrete may be what humans use to construct safe places to live and work when we go to the Moon or Mars to stay When humans go to the Moon or Mars to stay, they will need to construct safe places in ...