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Additively manufactured steel reinforcement for small scale reinforced concrete modeling: Tensile and bond behavior

Christian Leinenbach

Small scale (1:30-1:40) Reinforced Concrete is useful for centrifuge testing. However, manufacturing the reinforcing cages by hand at this scale is practically difficult. This paper suggests that small scale reinforcement can be manufactured using a metal ...

Elsevier Sci Ltd2024

Effect of ZnO on the reactivity of cementitious systems

Andrea Eloisa Teixeira Pita

One of the biggest driving forces in cement research today is the mitigation of the CO2 emissions caused by its production. A potential solution to reduce the environmental impact is to replace cement with supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). This ...

EPFL2022

Carbonation of low carbon binders

Wioletta Soja

To reduce the impact of the embodied energy and of the carbon dioxide emissions of concrete, the use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in the cement industry has become a common practice. However, the practical experience on such cements is li ...

EPFL2019

Modeling the kinetics of the main peak and later age of alite hydration

Alexandre Reda Constantin William Caleb Ouzia

The aim of this thesis is to understand the mechanisms underlying the main hydration peak and later ages of alite hydration; it proposes new mechanistic models for these two stages. Alite is the main constituent of Portland Cement (PC), and is responsible ...

EPFL2019

The needle model: A new model for the main hydration peak of alite

Karen Scrivener, Alexandre Reda Constantin William Caleb Ouzia

This article presents a new model for the main hydration peaks of tricalcium silicate and alite on the assumption that C-S-H nucleates and grows as needles. The model relies only on directly observable quantities and reproduces the transition from the acce ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2019

Next generation UHPFRC for sustainable structural applications

Emmanuel Denarié, Amir Hajiesmaeili

Over the last few decades, ever-increasing demands of society to the built environment have continually increased consumption of energy and materials for the construction and maintenance of structures. Meanwhile, Strain Hardening Ultra High-Performance Fib ...

2018

Eco-efficient cements: Potential economically viable solutions for a low-CO2 cement-based materials industry

Karen Scrivener

The main conclusions of an analysis of low-CO2, eco-efficient cement-based materials, carried out by a multi-stakeholder working group initiated by the United Nations Environment Program Sustainable Building and Climate Initiative (UNEP-SBCI) are presented ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2018

The influence of sodium salts and gypsum on alite hydration

Karen Scrivener, Berta Mota Gassó

This work aims to clarify the impact of alkali and sulfate on the hydration kinetics and microstructural development of alite. The plain alite system is compared to systems with addition of: i) gypsum, ii) Na2SO4, iii) NaOH plus gypsum and iv) NaOH. In all ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2015

Effect of accelerated carbonation on AOD stainless steel slag for its valorisation as a CO2-sequestering construction material

Ruben Anton Snellings

Non-stabilized Argon Oxygen Decarburisation (AODNS) slag in powdered form was examined for its carbon dioxide sequestration capacity and for its potential utilisation in the fabrication of high value building materials. The curing of the sample was carried ...

Elsevier Science Sa2014

Recommended Practice for Daylighting Buildings

Marilyne Andersen, Joppe Willem Bos

This Recommended Practice conveniently gathers the basic data and techniques which help those concerned with the design of buildings and lighting systems understand and appreciate the opportunities and constraints inherent in daylighting. Daylighted buildi ...

IES - Illuminating Engineering Society2013

Interactions between alite and C(3)A-gypsum hydrations in model cements

Karen Scrivener, Alexandra Quennoz

This paper focuses on the interactions that occur between cement phases during early hydration, especially between the hydration of alite and C(3)A-gypsum. This study shows that alite reaction is accelerated in the presence of gypsum. This acceleration was ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2013

Studying nucleation and growth kinetics of alite hydration using μic

Karen Scrivener

This paper investigates the applicability of nucleation and growth mechanisms to the hydration of alite. Various possible mechanisms of nucleation and growth were simulated using the recently-developed microstructural modelling platform mu ic. Comparison w ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2009