A review of X-ray computed tomography of concrete and asphalt construction materials

A du Plessis, WP Boshoff - Construction and Building Materials, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The microstructural details of concrete and asphalt construction materials are crucial in
understanding and improving their material properties for structural applications in civil …

Present status and future directions: Hydraulic materials for endodontic use

J Camilleri, A Atmeh, X Li… - International Endodontic …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Background Hydraulic materials are used in Endodontics due to their hydration
characteristics namely the formation of calcium hydroxide when mixing with water and also …

Multiscale X-ray tomography of cementitious materials: A review

S Brisard, M Serdar, PJM Monteiro - Cement and Concrete Research, 2020‏ - Elsevier
X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a non-destructive technique that offers a 3D insight into
the microstructure of thick (opaque) samples with virtually no preliminary sample …

Mechanisms dominating thixotropy in limestone calcined clay cement (LC3)

P Hou, TR Muzenda, Q Li, H Chen… - Cement and Concrete …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) is a green binder with great practical importance for
the cement industry. Growing application has increased the need to understand the …

Microstructural characteristics and their impact on mechanical properties of steel-PVA fiber reinforced concrete

F Liu, K Xu, W Ding, Y Qiao, L Wang - Cement and concrete composites, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Hybrid fiber reinforced concrete (HFRC) has been proposed to improve the mechanical
properties of concrete, especially the tensile behavior and ductility. To better understand the …

Nanoparticle Uptake in Plants: Gold Nanomaterial Localized in Roots of Arabidopsis thaliana by X-ray Computed Nanotomography and Hyperspectral Imaging

A Avellan, F Schwab, A Masion… - Environmental …, 2017‏ - ACS Publications
Terrestrial plants can internalize and translocate nanoparticles (NPs). However, direct
evidence for the processes driving the NP uptake and distribution in plants is scarce at the …

Overview of the use of micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) to investigate the relation between the material characteristics and properties of cement-based …

SY Chung, JS Kim, D Stephan, TS Han - Construction and Building …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Cement-based materials are generally highly heterogeneous, and their material properties
are strongly affected by the characteristics and spatial distributions of each constituent …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the effects of nanosilica on the material properties of lightweight and ultra-lightweight concrete using image-based approaches

P Sikora, T Rucinska, D Stephan, SY Chung… - … and Building Materials, 2020‏ - Elsevier
This work is aimed at characterizing the effects of nanosilica (NS) on the properties of
lightweight aggregate concretes with different densities. Lightweight aggregate concrete …

Advances in characterizing and understanding the microstructure of cementitious materials

PJM Monteiro, G Geng, D Marchon, J Li… - Cement and Concrete …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Progress in microstructural characterization methods is summarized. Special attention is
given to advanced probes, such as X-ray imaging and spectroscopy, 1 H NMR relaxometry …

On the mechanism of prevention of explosive spalling in ultra-high performance concrete with polymer fibers

D Zhang, A Dasari, KH Tan - Cement and Concrete Research, 2018‏ - Elsevier
It has been a common practice to use polymer fibers to reduce susceptibility of explosive
spalling in ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC). However, to-date, despite the …