Construction Materials, Volume 5, Issue 2

The Palma Cathedral, a landmark of Mediterranean Gothic architecture, features some of the most structurally daring slender piers in European ecclesiastical design. This study examines the role of marés stone—a local marine calcarenite&m...

Iraq’s extreme summer temperatures pose critical challenges to pavement durability, as conventional asphalt mixtures often fail under prolonged thermal stress. This paper provides a comparative evaluation of the high-temperature performance of...

Incorporation of plastic waste into concrete mitigates harm to the environment through encapsulation of plastics in concrete. This study presents a comprehensive investigation of the effects of using six commonly used plastic materials (i.e., polyeth...

This scientific research presents the most significant aspects of the structural analysis and verification of the main steel railway bridges in Peru in accordance with the American standard. To this end, linear and finite element analyses (FEMs) were...

Nanomaterials have emerged as versatile components revolutionizing diverse industries, yet their environmental and health impacts remain insufficiently explored. This paper delves into the latent hazards accompanying their evolution and integration,...

Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is widely used for assessing the deterioration of concrete bridge decks. GPR surveys generate large amounts of data in the form of B-scan images, which display rebar traces as hyperbolas. Accurate analysis of the GPR sc...

Ferrochrome (FeCr) slag is a by-product of high-carbon ferrochromium, which is used in the manufacturing of stainless steel. In this study, FeCr was evaluated as a replacement for natural aggregates in hot-mix asphalt (HMA) bituminous base and wearin...

The use of tunnel kiln firing in clay brick production offers a promising approach for disposing of Cl-containing solid waste, with lower chlorine (Cl) and heavy metal volatilization compared to cement kiln processes. However, the effects of Cl salts...

This study investigates the long-term corrosion behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) under accelerated chloride exposure for about 1600 days, using electrochemical methods like galvanostatic pulse (GP) testing. Two concrete mixes (T1 and T2), incorpo...

This paper presents a new approach for modeling macrocrack propagation in reinforced concrete structures under both static and dynamic loading conditions. The numerical modeling is based on (1) the use of a probabilistic semi-explicit cracking (PSEC)...