Concrete has a tremendous influence on the environment since the majority of its
composition is cement, which is a material that emits high levels of carbon dioxide. It is …

Climate change and carbon emissions, as one of its causes, have raised increasing
concerns, and reaching the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality targets requires the …

Reinforcement corrosion reduces the service life of concrete buildings and infrastructures,
resulting in significant worldwide economic losses every year. Alkali-activated materials …

Boronizing treatment has been considered as a promising strategy to enhance the surface
hardness, self-lubrication and wear resistance of high entropy alloy (HEA), endowing the …

The development in marine industry and its effort in building bridges has placed a huge
demand on reliability and duration of service of reinforcing steel in concrete. Literature has …

In this study, three major properties of concrete were compared, viz: water absorption,
compressive strength and chloride ion penetration. The percentage amounts of Induction …

Reinforced concrete has been widely used in the last century, however, due to aggressive
agents such as carbonic gas and chloride ions, it suffers premature deterioration. The …

The external beam-column connection in concrete structures is particularly important
because it is necessary to secure the reinforcement bars of the beam that are embedded …

Friction modifiers (FMs) are surface-active additives added to base fluids to reduce friction
between rubbing surfaces. Their effectiveness depends on their interactions with rubbing …

Prestressed concrete (PC) structures are extensively utilized in public infrastructure. Owing
to the application of prestressing technology, PC structures are deemed to possess superior …