In recent decades, the need for high-performance and cost-effective concrete has received
considerable attention from both researchers and different construction industries due to the …

Cracks and cavities belong to two basic forms of damage to the concrete structure, which
may reduce the load-bearing capacity and tightness of the structure and lead to failures and …

State-of-the-art machine-vision systems have limitations associated with crack width
measurements. The sample points used to describe the crack width are often subjectively …

The disposal of waste rubber tires has become a main ecological issue around the world.
Each year, millions of tires are disposed of, buried, or thrown away, which is a severe hazard …

The following article presents an extensive investigations of the fracture mechanics
parameters of concretes made of quaternary binders (QBC). A composition of the two most …

This paper presents comparative measurements of the fracture toughness together with
visual analysis of cracks propagation of concretes made of quaternary binders. A …

The aim of this paper is to present a new sustainable ternary and quaternary binder by
partially replacing ordinary Portland cement (OPC) with different percentages of …

Geopolymer mortar, which is a new type of green cementitious material, can be used as an
alternative to traditional cement mortar in the repair and reinforcement of defective …

The effect of adding recycled tire rubber granules on pure mode I and II fracture behaviors of
ordinary cement concrete is investigated using a testing specimen called the Edge Notch …

The article presents studies of plain concretes prepared based on a quaternary binder
containing various percentages of selected supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) …