Concern over sustainability in the construction industry is growing. Engineered cementitious
composites (ECC) have the potential to reduce the carbon and energy footprints of the built …

Abstract Interfacial Transition Zones (ITZ) with high porosity are easier pathways for damage
initiation and propagation. However, their mechanical performance has hardly been …

Current demand for highly sustainable concrete, eg alkali-activated fly ash-slag (AAFS)
concrete, urges understanding the links between microstructure and micromechanical …

Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation plays an effective role in predicting the critical
properties and explaining the macroscale phenomenon at the nanoscale. This review …

Nano materials are well known for their excellent performance over a wide range of
applications. Several studies have examined the effective utilization of nano particles in …

Over the past decades, extensive studies on municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI)
ashes have been performed to develop more effective recycling and waste management …

The problem of taking macro-mechanical data of the interface between aggregates and
slurry in the calculation of meso-mechanics of concrete was studied in this paper. Through a …

This paper systematically investigates the micromechanical properties of interfacial
transition zone (ITZ) in alkali-activated fly ash-slag (AAFS) concrete using nanoindentation …

Understanding and characterizing the properties of recycled concrete aggregate asphalt
mixture (RCAM) is a challenge because there are more complicated aggregate-asphalt …

The bonding ability of emulsified asphalt residue-aggregate interface is crucial for improving
the pavement performance of emulsified asphalt mixtures. The aim of the study was to …