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Clay calcination technology: state-of-the-art review by the RILEM TC 282-CCL by Hanein, Theodore, Thienel, Karl-Christian, Zunino, Franco, Marsh, Alastair T. M., Maier, Matthias, Wang, Bin, Canut, Mariana, Juenger, Maria C. G., Ben Haha, Mohsen, Avet, François, Parashar, Anuj, Al-Jaberi, Layth A., Almenares-Reyes, Roger S., Alujas-Diaz, Adrián, Scrivener, Karen L., Bernal, Susan A., Provis, John L., Sui, Tongbo, Bishnoi, Shashank, Martirena-Hernández, Fernando

“…The use of calcined clays as supplementary cementitious materials provides the opportunity to significantly reduce the cement industry’s carbon burden;…”
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FTIR spectral analysis of bituminous binders: reproducibility and impact of ageing temperature by Hofko, B., Porot, L., Falchetto Cannone, A., Poulikakos, L., Huber, L., Lu, X., Mollenhauer, K., Grothe, H.

“…This RILEM round robin study with nine participating laboratories investigated bitumen ageing, its effect on chemical properties and its reproducibility. The…”
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Geopolymers and other alkali activated materials: why, how, and what? by Provis, John L.

“…This paper presents a review of alkali-activation technology, moving from the atomic scale and chemical reaction path modelling, towards macroscopic…”
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Optimization and performance of cost-effective ultra-high performance concrete by Meng, Weina, Valipour, Mahdi, Khayat, Kamal Henri

“…This paper presents a mix design method for ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) prepared with high-volume supplementary cementitious materials and…”
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The steel–concrete interface by Angst, Ueli M., Geiker, Mette R., Michel, Alexander, Gehlen, Christoph, Wong, Hong, Isgor, O. Burkan, Elsener, Bernhard, Hansson, Carolyn M., François, Raoul, Hornbostel, Karla, Polder, Rob, Alonso, Maria Cruz, Sanchez, Mercedes, Correia, Maria João, Criado, Maria, Sagüés, A., Buenfeld, Nick

“…Although the steel–concrete interface (SCI) is widely recognized to influence the durability of reinforced concrete, a systematic overview and detailed…”
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Review: optical fiber sensors for civil engineering applications by Leung, Christopher K. Y., Wan, Kai Tai, Inaudi, Daniele, Bao, Xiaoyi, Habel, Wolfgang, Zhou, Zhi, Ou, Jinping, Ghandehari, Masoud, Wu, Hwai Chung, Imai, Michio

“…Optical fiber sensor (OFS) technologies have developed rapidly over the last few decades, and various types of OFS have found practical applications in the…”
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Cement and carbon emissions by Barcelo, Laurent, Kline, John, Walenta, Gunther, Gartner, Ellis

“…Because of its low cost, its ease of use and relative robustness to misuse, its versatility, and its local availability, concrete is by far the most widely…”
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Mix design and fresh properties for high-performance printing concrete by Le, T. T., Austin, S. A., Lim, S., Buswell, R. A., Gibb, A. G. F., Thorpe, T.

“…This paper presents the experimental results concerning the mix design and fresh properties of a high-performance fibre-reinforced fine-aggregate concrete for…”
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Repeatability and sensitivity of FTIR ATR spectral analysis methods for bituminous binders by Hofko, Bernhard, Alavi, Mohammad Zia, Grothe, Hinrich, Jones, David, Harvey, John

“…Bituminous binders as organic materials are prone to aging mainly by oxidation. Aging changes the viscoelastic behavior of the material over time towards…”
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Recommendation of RILEM TC 232-TDT: test methods and design of textile reinforced concrete: Uniaxial tensile test: test method to determine the load bearing behavior of tensile specimens made of textile reinforced concrete

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Recommendation of RILEM Technical Committee 250-CSM: Test method for Textile Reinforced Mortar to substrate bond characterization by de Felice, Gianmarco, Aiello, Maria Antonietta, Caggegi, Carmelo, Ceroni, Francesca, De Santis, Stefano, Garbin, Enrico, Gattesco, Natalino, Hojdys, Lukasz, Krajewski, Piotr, Kwiecien, Arkadiusz, Leone, Marianovella, Lignola, Gian Piero, Mazzotti, Claudio, Oliveira, Daniel V., Papanicolaou, Corina, Poggi, Carlo, Triantafillou, Thanasis, Valluzzi, Maria Rosa, Viskovic, Alberto

“…Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM), also known as Fabric Reinforced Mortar or Fabric Reinforced Cementitious Matrix, composites are an emerging technology for the…”
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Performance of Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3) with various kaolinite contents with respect to chloride transport by Maraghechi, Hamed, Avet, Francois, Wong, Hong, Kamyab, Hadi, Scrivener, Karen

“…The durability of mortar and paste mixtures with respect to chloride ion ingress was investigated for binary blends of Portland Cement Calcined Clay, and…”
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Mortar-based systems for externally bonded strengthening of masonry by de Felice, Gianmarco, De Santis, Stefano, Garmendia, Leire, Ghiassi, Bahman, Larrinaga, Pello, Lourenço, Paulo B., Oliveira, Daniel V., Paolacci, Fabrizio, Papanicolaou, Catherine G.

“…Mortar-based composite materials appear particularly promising for use as externally bonded reinforcement (EBR) systems for masonry structures. Nevertheless,…”
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Effect of laboratory aging on chemistry and rheology of crumb rubber modified bitumen by Wang, Haopeng, Liu, Xueyan, Apostolidis, Panos, van de Ven, Martin, Erkens, Sandra, Skarpas, Athanasios

“…Aging during construction and in-service substantially changes the chemical composition and physical properties of bitumen thereof influences the performance…”
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Testing superabsorbent polymer (SAP) sorption properties prior to implementation in concrete: results of a RILEM Round-Robin Test by Mechtcherine, Viktor, Snoeck, Didier, Schröfl, Christof, De Belie, Nele, Klemm, Agnieszka J., Ichimiya, Kazuo, Moon, Juhyuk, Wyrzykowski, Mateusz, Lura, Pietro, Toropovs, Nikolajs, Assmann, Alexander, Igarashi, Shin-ichi, De La Varga, Igor, Almeida, Fernando C. R., Erk, Kendra, Ribeiro, António Bettencourt, Custódio, João, Reinhardt, Hans Wolf, Falikman, Vyatcheslav

“…This article presents the results of a round-robin test performed by 13 international research groups in the framework of the activities of the RILEM Technical…”
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Role of carbonates in the chemical evolution of sodium carbonate-activated slag binders by Bernal, Susan A., Provis, John L., Myers, Rupert J., San Nicolas, Rackel, van Deventer, Jannie S. J.

“…Multi-technique characterisation of sodium carbonate-activated blast furnace slag binders was conducted in order to determine the influence of the carbonate…”
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Reproducible mini-slump test procedure for measuring the yield stress of cementitious pastes by Tan, Zhijun, Bernal, Susan A., Provis, John L.

“…The mini-slump test is a fast, inexpensive and widely adopted method for evaluating the workability of fresh cementitious pastes. However, this method lacks a…”
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Bamboo reinforced concrete: a critical review by Archila, Hector, Kaminski, Sebastian, Trujillo, David, Zea Escamilla, Edwin, Harries, Kent A.

“…The use of small diameter whole-culm (bars) and/or split bamboo (a.k.a. splints or round strips) has often been proposed as an alternative to relatively…”
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RILEM draft recommendation: TC-242-MDC multi-decade creep and shrinkage of concrete: material model and structural analysis: Model B4 for creep, drying shrinkage and autogenous shrinkage of normal and high-strength concretes with multi-decade applicability by Bazant, Zdenek Pavel, Jirásek, MIlan, Hubler, M. H, Carol, Ignacio

“…In response to the continuously advancing concrete technology, a new prediction model for creep and shrinkage is presented. This model, named B4, builds on the…”
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TC 238-SCM: hydration and microstructure of concrete with SCMs: State of the art on methods to determine degree of reaction of SCMs by Scrivener, Karen L., Lothenbach, Barbara, De Belie, Nele, Gruyaert, Elke, Skibsted, Jørgen, Snellings, Ruben, Vollpracht, Anya

“…This paper is the work of working group 2 of the RILEM TC 238-SCM. Its purpose is to review methods to estimate the degree of reaction of supplementary…”
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