The topic of sustainability of reinforced concrete structures is strictly related with their
durability in aggressive environments. In particular, at equal environmental impact, the …

Mine tailings (MTs) are ore residuals after valuable metals were extracted during mineral
processing, which can be reused to produce the geopolymer concrete for construction and …

The effects of steel fibre length and content on the dynamic splitting tensile properties of
reactive powder concrete (RPC) were investigated using a Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar …

Mine tailings-based geopolymer was proved to be successfully created with enhanced
strength for potentially construction and building materials applications. Through …

In this work, authors report, for the first time, the evidence of an electro-mechanical behavior
in geopolymer/graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) composites, with the value of the charge …

Featured Application The present work is conducive to focused use of the Brazilian test to
obtain the tensile strength and other information of a rock specimen. Abstract The fracture …

Abstract Digital Image Correlation (DIC) is a popular non-contact, photography-based strain
measurement method in geomechanics laboratory testing of rock. The application of a …

In practical engineering, the tensile properties of granite have garnered significant attention.
To investigate the tensile mechanical behavior and failure mechanisms of granite …

Due to their cost, high-end commercial 3D-DIC (digital image correlation) systems are still
inaccessible for many laboratories or small factories interested in lab testing materials …

The Brazilian disc test is a popular tensile strength test method for engineering materials.
The fracture behavior of specimens in the Brazilian disc test is closely related to the validity …