Revolutionizing infrastructure: The evolving landscape of electricity-based multifunctional concrete from concept to practice

H Qin, S Ding, A Ashour, Q Zheng, B Han - Progress in Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Traditional concrete, primarily employed for structural purposes, ensures the safety and
reliability of infrastructure due to its excellent mechanical and durability properties. However …

A review of electrically conductive concrete heated pavement system technology: From the laboratory to the full-scale implementation

ML Rahman, A Malakooti, H Ceylan, S Kim… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Transportation agencies in cold regions often suffer each year economically due to a partial
shutdown of their transportation networks during winter storms. Traditional passive ice and …

Carbon nanofibers (CNFs) dispersed in ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC): Mechanical property, workability and permeability investigation

L Li, B Wang, MH Hubler - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents experimental data on the effect of carbon nano-fiber (CNF) dispersion
on mechanical behavior, workability, and permeability of ultra-high-performance concrete …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of rapid curing methods on concrete microstructure and properties: A review

J Wang, G Long, Y **ang, R Dong, Z Tang… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Along with the construction industrialization degree, precast concrete is being utilized more
and more frequently in construction to speed up the process and guarantee the quality of …

Multi-structural evolution of conductive reactive powder concrete manufactured by enhanced ohmic heating curing

W Tian, Y Liu, W Wang - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2021 - Elsevier
This work presented an enhanced ohmic heating (OH) curing method to promote the ultra-
high strength of conductive hybrid carbon fibers reinforced RPC (HCF-RPC). This novel …

[HTML][HTML] Enhanced ohmic heating and chloride adsorption efficiency of conductive seawater cementitious composite: Effect of non-conductive nano-silica

W Tian, Y Liu, W Wang - Composites Part B: Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Nano-silica (NS) as a non-conductive nanofiller was utilized to promote performance
improvement of conductive seawater cementitious composite (NS-CSWCC) manufactured …

Construction of new conductive networks for expandable graphite-based cement composites via a facile heat treatment process

H Wu, D Li, W Yang, S Wang, W Wang, Z Zhu… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
Electro-thermal applications of cement composites are restricted by their poor conductivity.
This study expands the homogeneously distributed graphite inside the matrix via a facile …

Direct electric curing in high early-strength sodium citrate-doped Portland cement systems for sustainable energy saving applications

C Ma, L Fan, J Shi, H Zhou, B Dong, D Song, Y Du - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Faced with the increasingly severe energy crisis, it is very important to seek a low-energy-
consumption accelerated curing method for prefabricated concrete element to save energy …

Performance and economic analyses of low-energy ohmic heating cured sustainable reactive powder concrete with dolomite powder as fine aggregates

W Tian, Y Liu, M Wang, W Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The fabrication of reactive powder concrete (RPC) has been largely restricted by the high
cost of raw materials and the high energy-consuming curing method. In this work, dolomite …

Electrical conductivity and heating performance of hybrid steel fiber-reinforced SCC: The role of high-volume fiber and micro fiber length

K Turk, N Cicek, M Katlav, I Donmez, P Turgut - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recently, it has become very popular to develop electrically conductive concrete composites
for active deicing and snow-melting of transportation infrastructure. These composites …