The construction and demolition waste can be used as an alternative with a lower
environmental impact compared to the use of natural aggregates in the concrete and mortar …

Moisture-related defects hinder long-term building durability and must be prevented. Non-
destructive techniques that measure the surface temperature of building materials have …

The high demand for natural resources and increased industrial activity is driving the
construction sector to search for new, more environmentally friendly materials. This research …

Featured Application This work aims to emphasize the possible applications of construction
and demolition waste, performing an experimental analysis on cement mortars made with …

Achieving sustainable management and efficient use of natural resources stands out as one
of the goals included in the Goals for Sustainable Development in the 2030 Agenda. The …

High moisture content is a recurrent problem in masonry and can jeopardize durability.
Therefore, precise and easy-to-use techniques are welcome both to evaluate the state of …

Today's society is increasingly aware of the conservation of architectural heritage and, at the
same time, is committed to the use of new technologies in construction and the use of more …

In this work, two alternative methods are presented to evaluate the absorption of water by
capillarity in masonry mortars. For this, two different types of sensors of our design have …

Abstract End-of-Life Tires (ELT) have posed severe environmental problems for the
European Union due to their slow degradation and the difficulties in recycling elastomers …

In the present study, we attempted to trace the imbibition fronts and paths in concrete by
controlling specimen dimensions and imbibition liquids in transmission microfocus X-ray …