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Aging of Polymeric Films used in Protective Glazing Systems

July 7, 2015
Author(s)
Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Kar T. Tan
The toughness of polymer and glass laminates or win-dow glazing, are used to protect buildings and occupants from shattered glass resulting from natural disasters (e.g., hurricanes, tornadoes, seismic events), and intentional events (e.g., robbery

Metrology Needs for Predicting Concrete Pumpability

June 22, 2015
Author(s)
Myoungsung Choi, Chiara C. Ferraris, Nicos Martys, Didier Lootens, Van Bui, Trey Hamilton
With the increasing use of pumping to place concrete, the development and refinement of the industry practice to ensure successful concrete pumping is becoming an important need for the concrete construction industry. To date, research on concrete pumping

Damage Development in Cementitious Materials Exposed to MgCl2 Deicing Salt

June 15, 2015
Author(s)
Yaghoob Farnam, Andrew Wiese, Dale P. Bentz, Jeffrey M. Davis, Jason Weiss
MgCl2 is used in deicing applications due to its capability to depress freezing temperatures to a lower point than other salts like NaCl. The constituents of concrete (i.e., pores solution, calcium hydroxide, aluminate phases, and calcium silicate hydrate

Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Effect of Cooling/Heating Rate on the Freeze-Thaw Behavior of Mortar Containing Deicing Salt Solution

June 3, 2015
Author(s)
Yaghoob Farnam, Hadi S. Esmaeeli, Dale P. Bentz, Pablo Zavattieri, Jason Weiss
In North America, some concrete pavements and sidewalks have shown severe damage during freezing. Research has been performed to better understand the cause of damage. A test method (called longitudinal guarded comparative calorimeter (LGCC)) has been

A real microstructural model for cement concrete modeling

May 24, 2015
Author(s)
Edward J. Garboczi, Yang Lu, Stephen Thomas
Existing concrete microstructural models of particles embedded in matrix materials are only represented by regular shape particles like spheres, ellipsoids, or multi-faceted polyhedrons. However, the real particle shapes are more complex and sometimes play

ELEVATED TEMPERATURE ADHESION TESTING OF SPRAY-APPLIED FIRE-RESISTIVE MATERIALS

May 13, 2015
Author(s)
Christopher C. White, Kar T. Tan, Donald L. Hunston, Walter E. Byrd
Effective fire protection of steel can be fully realized when spray-applied fire resistive materials (SFRMs) are bonded sufficiently to structural steel during the event of fire. The adhesion mechanisms and characterization at elevated temperatures

MECHANISMS OF CRITICALITY IN ENVIRONMENTAL ADHESION LOSS

May 13, 2015
Author(s)
Christopher C. White, Kar T. Tan, Donald L. Hunston, Kristen L. Steffens, Deborah S. Jacobs, Bulent Akgun, Vogt D. Bryan
Moisture attack on adhesive joints is a long-standing scientific and engineering problem. A particularly interesting observation is that when the moisture level in certain systems exceeds a critical concentration, the bonded joint shows a dramatic loss of

Prediction of Sealant Modulus Change due to Outdoor Weathering

May 13, 2015
Author(s)
Christopher C. White, Kar T. Tan, Donald L. Hunston, Adam L. Pintar, James J. Filliben
An empirically-based model has been created to predict the change in modulus for a sealant exposed to outdoor weathering. The underlying high precision data supporting this model was obtained using the NIST SPHERE (Simulated Photo degradation by High

Improved Model for Three-Dimensional Virtual Concrete: Anm Model

May 8, 2015
Author(s)
Edward J. Garboczi, Yang Lu, Stephen Thomas
Construction aggregate particles, fine or coarse, can be mathematically characterized using spherical harmonic series and used to simulate random parking of irregular aggregates to form a virtual mortar or concrete using the Anm model. Any other similar

D90: The strongest contributor to setting time in MTA and Portland Cement

April 15, 2015
Author(s)
William Ha, Dale P. Bentz, Wyatt Kahler, Laurence Walsh
Introduction: The setting times of commercial mineral trioxide aggregate (MTA) and Portland cements vary. It was hypothesized that much of this variation was due to differences in particle size distribution. Methods: Two gram samples from 11 MTA-type
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