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NIST Sustainable Infrastructure Material Program

March 17, 2010
Author(s)
Jonathan W. Martin, Xiaohong Gu, Tinh Nguyen, Joannie W. Chin
NIST has initiated a research program for improving the quality of the data input for making economic sustainability assessments of polymeric infrastructure materials through improvements in the measurement science for this data. Sustainability assessments

Little Things Mean a Lot: Water and the Adhesive Bond

February 21, 2010
Author(s)
Donald L. Hunston, Kar T. Tan, Bryan D. Vogt, Sushil K. Satija, Cyril Clerici, David E. White
The ability of water to dramatically weaken many types of adhesive bonds has been widely studied. One surprising result is the existence of a critical moisture level in the bond. Above this level the strength drops to very low values. Numerous studies have

Roles of Adhesive and Interfacial Properties on Humidity-induced Failure

February 21, 2010
Author(s)
Kar T. Tan, Christopher C. White, Donald L. Hunston, Kristen L. Steffens, Hatlee Timothy, Kristen Hamilton, Vogt D. Bryan
Adhesion loss due to moisture is a fundamental problem in a large diversity of industries ranging from microelectronics and automotive to aerospace. This study investigates the durability of model adhesive joints consisting of a homologous series of poly(n

Concrete nanoscience and nanotechnology: Definitions and applications

February 10, 2010
Author(s)
Edward Garboczi
There are many improvements needed in concrete, especially for use in renewal and expansion of the world's infrastructure, e.g. increased durability, decreased brittleness and increased tensile strength, and use of non-traditional materials like fly ash

Measurement of yield stress for concentrated suspensions using a plate device

January 1, 2010
Author(s)
Min-Hong Zhang, Chiara C. Ferraris, Huaning Zhu, Vincent Picandet, Max A. Peltz, Paul E. Stutzman, Daniel De Kee
Slump has often been correlated with the yield stress of concrete as defined by the Bingham model. The discussion is still open as to what the yield stress value actually is and how to measure the yield stress of a suspension in general and for a

Mineralogical and Microstructural Evolution Review

November 1, 2009
Author(s)
Kenneth A. Snyder
The mineralogical and microstructural changes that occur in cementitious systems during hydration are summarized. The discussion concentrates on changes that may occur in iso-thermal systems that do not interact with the environment. The discussion

HYDRATED PHASES IN BLENDED CEMENTITIOUS SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE

October 15, 2009
Author(s)
Kenneth A. Snyder, Paul E. Stutzman, Jacob Philip, David W. Esh
The hydration products of varying proportions of portland cement, fly ash, ground granulated blast furnace slag, and silica fume in blended systems were identified and quantified. The proportion of portland cement varied from 100 % down to 10 %. The

Virtual Testing of Concrete Transport Properties

October 1, 2009
Author(s)
Dale P. Bentz, Edward J. Garboczi, Nicos Martys, Kenneth A. Snyder, W. S. Guthrie, Konstantinos Kyritsis, Narayanan Neithalath
The transport properties of concrete are critical to its field performance. Commonly encountered degradation mechanisms are dependent on ionic diffusivity, sorptivity, and permeability. In this paper, virtual testing of two of these concrete transport

Water Absorption in Internally Cured Mortar Made with Water-Filled Lightweight Aggregate

October 1, 2009
Author(s)
Ryan Henkensiefken, Javier Castro, Dale P. Bentz, Tommy Nantung, Jason Weiss
The increased propensity for shrinkage cracking in low w/c concrete has spawned the development of new technologies that can reduce the risk of early-age cracking. One of these is internal curing. Internal curing uses saturated lightweight aggregate to

Contact and Stress Anisotropies in Start Up Flows of Collodial Suspensions

September 11, 2009
Author(s)
Nicos Martys, William L. George, Didier Lootens, Pascal Hebraud
Spatio-temporal correlations in start-up flows of attractive colloids are explored by numerical simulations. The suspension is first allowed to flocculate during a time tw, then the stress necessary to induce its flow is computed. Whereas at low volume

Internal Curing Improves Concrete Performance throughout its Life

September 1, 2009
Author(s)
Ryan Henkensiefken, Javier Castro, Haejin Kim, Dale P. Bentz, Jason Weiss
Internal curing (IC) provides a set of water reservoirs within the concrete to prevent self-desiccation and promote hydration. While early research in this area focused on reductions in early-age deformation and cracking, recent efforts have demonstrated
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