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Display Surface Durability Testing
This chapter provides a detailed description of the various methods necessary for testing the durability of displays, displays surfaces and... -
Innovative Durability Tests on Construction Materials
Innovation in structures and construction materials demands a more accurate performance analysis during the life cycle. In addition, climatic changes... -
Durability of Steel-Polypropylene Hybrid Fiber Concrete
Formation of micro-cracks due to shrinkage, lower tensile strength and higher brittleness results in reduced durability. Literature suggests that... -
Durability Assessment of Concrete Structures Using RCPT and RCMT
Durability of the concrete is its ability to resist weathering, chemical attack, and abrasion without reduction in strength for the entire lifespan... -
Assessing durability properties of ultra-high performance concrete-class materials
Ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) is a class of concrete materials that has received significant attention from the infrastructure community due...
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Testing Durability on Construction Materials
The durability of construction materials is a key concern and can be related to different actions such as weathering conditions outdoors enhanced by... -
Analysis of Extensive Durability Test Data for Validating 120-Year Design Life of the Thames TidewayTunnel
Thames Tideway Tunnel, the biggest infrastructure project ever undertaken by the UK water industry, has been designed to upgrade London’s... -
Durability
This Chapter is related to durability issues. Physical effects are considered first, referring to the consequences of water introduced in masonry by... -
Durability Performance of Soil Stabilized with Nano Additive’s: A Review
Naturally occurring phenomenon such as freeze and thaw, wetting and drying, frost heave can significantly compromise the durability and...
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Enhancing Durability of Concrete in Saline Soil with Nano-CaCO3 Modification: Investigation and Reliability Analysis
In this study, the effect of nano-CaCO 3 on the durability of concrete was investigated by simulating the attack of semi-buried concrete structures in...
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Effect of Ternary Blends on Mechanical Strength, Durability and Microstructural Properties of Geopolymer Concrete
In this article Fly ash, GGBS and Metakaolin incorporated geopolymer concrete are investigated concerning the mechanical and durability...
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Effect of Chemical Stabilisation in Clayey Soil for Strength and Durability Characteristics
The use of locally available materials plays an important role in reducing the cost and environmental benefits. It can be such as wastes from... -
Durability of self-healing cementitious systems with encapsulated polyurethane evaluated with a new pre-standard test method
This work reports on the self-healing capabilities of mortar specimens with polyurethane encapsulated in two types of cementitious macro-capsules, by...
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Biological Durability of Bamboo Bio-Concretes
Studies on bio-based building materials are promising due to their insulating characteristics, low density and good hygrothermal performance.... -
Operational Durability of Facade Systems
Plaster coatings applied to facade surfaces using reinforcing meshes can be considered as a kind of textile reinforced concrete, a material... -
Assessment of Concrete Durability by Surface Resistivity and Initial Surface Absorption
Performance-based durability design has gained considerable attention in the construction industry for the service life-based designs of new... -
Engineering experimental study on mechanical and durability properties of banana leaves ash as partial cement replacement in hollow concrete blocks
This engineering study investigates the mechanical properties and durability of Hollow Concrete Blocks (HCBs) made with banana leave-ash-replaced...
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Durability Properties of Fibre-Reinforced Reactive Powder Concrete
Concrete used for sewer lines, piers and deck slabs of bridges, highways and nuclear power plants are prone to acid attacks. Hence it is required to... -
Investigation on Durability Conditions of Electric Drive System Based on Real-Vehicle Operational Data
The research on the characteristics of the durability conditions in electric drive system (EDS) based on real vehicle operational data is a... -
The effect of lathe steel scrap in the geopolymer concrete and its durability aspects
The present paper highlights on the geopolymer concrete (GPC) incorporated in the industrial waste of lathe steel scrap and its strength and...