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An effective strategy for making a more "green" concrete is to replace the portland cement (the binding component with large energy and CO 2 footprints) with
In spite of advances in materials and construction technologies, our nation's civil infrastructure remains in a state of serious decay. The 2013 American
There is pressure on U.S. industry to develop innovative solutions to meet increasing customer and regulatory demands for sustainable manfactured materials
In certain regions of moderate seismicity, particularly in the central and eastern United States (CEUS), member sizes of the seismic force-resisting systems
Retrofit and repair of structures occur under differing circumstances but are both necessary to improve existing building stock and increase resilience of
Portlandite (calcium hydroxide: CH: Ca(OH)2) suspensions aggregate spontaneously and form percolated fractal aggregate networks when dispersed in water. As a
This tutorial is a guide on how to implement the NIST infiltration correlations (Ng et al., 2021) into EnergyPlus building energy simulation software for the US
Prediction is based on a one-dimensional finite difference solution of Fick's second law of diffusion, with a variable external chloride concentration and a two
(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software)
Accurate quantitative data on cement and clinker microstructure images can prove valuable for
(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) COST (Concrete Optimization Software Tool) is an online design/analysis system to assist concrete
(Return to Cement Hydration and Degradation Modeling Software) The 4SIGHT computer program was written to facilitate concrete performance prediction under
In the artificial ultraviolet (UV) weathering of materials, a need exists for weathering devices that can uniformly illuminate test specimens with a high level
The Large Aperture Scanner (LAS) scans a radar transceiver over a 5 meter by 20 meter aperture. Image reconstruction techniques enable a three-dimensional
The 1-meter guarded hot-plate apparatus measures thermal conductivity of building insulation. This facility provides for absolute measurement of thermal