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Autonomous cementitious materials formulation for critical infrastructure repair

January 17, 2024
Author(s)
Howie Joress, Rachel Cook, Austin McDannald, Mark Kozdras, Jason hattrick-simpers, Aron Newman, Scott Jones
Despite the long history of cement and concrete, there are still large gaps in fundamental knowledge of their properties development. The dire need for improved cementitious repair materials, requires a revolution in the way they are formulated and tested

3D printing using concrete extrusion: a roadmap for research

June 14, 2018
Author(s)
Scott Z. Jones, Richard Buswell, Wilson Leal de Silva, Justin Dirrenberger
Large-scale additive manufacturing processes for construction utilise computer controlled placement of extruded cement-based mortar to create physical objects layer-by-layer. Demonstrated applications include component manufacture and placement of in-situ

Relating the Electrical Resistance of Fresh Concrete to Mixture Proportions

March 5, 2018
Author(s)
K H. Obla, Rongjin Hong, Stuart Sherman, Dale P. Bentz, Scott Jones
Characterization of fresh concrete is critical for assuring the quality of our nation's constructed infrastructure. While fresh concrete arriving at a job site in a ready-mixed concrete truck is typically characterized by measuring temperature, slump, unit

Influence of Substrate Moisture State and Roughness on Interface Microstructure and Bond Strength: Slant Shear vs. Direct Tension Testing

December 8, 2017
Author(s)
Dale P. Bentz, Igor de la Varga, Jose Munoz, Robert Spragg, Benjamin Graybeal, Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson, Scott Z. Jones, Jacob M. LaManna
There are conflicting views in the literature concerning the optimum moisture state for an existing substrate prior to the application of a repair material. Both saturated-surface-dry (SSD) and dry substrates have been found to be preferable to the other

Measurement and Modeling of the Ability of Crack Fillers to Prevent Chloride Ingress into Mortar

August 1, 2017
Author(s)
Scott Z. Jones, Dale P. Bentz, Jeffrey Davis, Daniel S. Hussey, David L. Jacobson, John L. Molloy, John R. Sieber
One of the most common repair procedures applied to damaged concrete is the filling of cracks by the application (injection) of an organic polymer. This operation is performed to increase the service life of the concrete by removing a preferential pathway

Influence of Aggregate Characteristics on Concrete Performance

May 16, 2017
Author(s)
Dale P. Bentz, Scott Z. Jones, Paul E. Stutzman, Joshua Arnold, Michael Boisclair, Paul Rothfeld, Jussara Tanesi, Haejin Kim, Jose Munoz, Mengesha Beyene
While the influence of paste properties on concrete performance has been extensively studied and in many cases reduced to quantitative relationships, that between aggregate characteristics and concrete performance has not been investigated in detail. Based

Cements in the 21st Century: Challenges, Perspectives, and Opportunities

April 21, 2017
Author(s)
Joseph J. Biernacki, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Gaurav Sant, Nemkumar Banthia, Frederik P. Glasser, Scott Jones, Tyler Ley, Richard A Livingston, Luc Nicoleau, Jan Olek, Florence Sanchez, Rouzbeh Shahsavari, Paul E. Stutzman, Sobolev Konstantin, Tracie Prater
In a book published in 1906, Richard Meade outlined the history of portland cement up to that point1. Since then there has been great progress in portland cement-based construction materials technologies brought about by advances in the materials science

Leaching of Conductive Species: Implications to Measurements of Electrical Resistivity

February 20, 2017
Author(s)
Robert Spragg, Scott Jones, Yiwen Bu, Yang Lu, Dale P. Bentz, Kenneth A. Snyder, Jason Weiss
Electrical tests have been used to characterize the microstructure of porous materials, the measured electrical response being determined by the contribution of the microstructure (porosity and tortuosity) and the electrical properties of the solution

Limestone and Silica Powder Replacements for Cement: Early-Age Performance

January 5, 2017
Author(s)
Dale P. Bentz, Chiara F. Ferraris, Scott Z. Jones, Didier Lootens, Franco Zunino
Developing functional concrete mixtures with less ordinary portland cement (OPC) has been one of the key objectives of the 21st century sustainability movement. While the supply of many alternatives to OPC (such as fly ash or slag) may be limited, those of

Modeling and Measuring Chloride Ingress into Cracked Mortar

August 7, 2016
Author(s)
Scott Jones, Jeffery Davis, John L. Molloy, John R. Sieber, Dale P. Bentz
Chloride ingress into reinforced concrete structures is responsible for initiating corrosion of steel embedded into concrete. To aide in the prediction of concrete service life, a chloride ingress model that includes chloride binding to the cement matrix

Mitigation of autogenous shrinkage in repair mortars via internal curing

October 22, 2015
Author(s)
Dale P. Bentz, Scott Z. Jones, Max A. Peltz, Paul E. Stutzman
Repair mortars are being used with increasing frequency to maintain the aging US infrastructure. Durability is a key concern for such repair materials and both their volume stability and bond to the existing concrete are key attributes, the former to avoid

Multi-Scale Investigation of the Performance of Limestone in Concrete

December 1, 2014
Author(s)
Dale P. Bentz, Ahmad Ardani, Tim Barrett, Scott Z. Jones, Didier Lootens, Max A. Peltz, Taijiro Sato, Paul E. Stutzman, Jussara Tanesi, Jason Weiss
Limestone (calcium carbonate) has long been a critical component of concrete, whether as the primary raw material for cement production, a fine powder added to the binder component, or a source of fine and/or coarse aggregate. This paper focuses on the