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Lu, T. (author), Li, Z. (author), Huang, H. (author)Shrinkage-induced cracking can impair the durability of concrete structures. In the past few decades, this topic has drawn more and more attention. Shrinkage of mortar and concrete is actually the result of the interaction between the shrinking cement paste and the non-shrinking aggregates. In recent years, different models that consider the...journal article 2021
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Li, Z. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Liang, X. (author), Kostiuchenko, A. (author), Ye, G. (author)Alkali activated concrete (AAC) has not received broader industry acceptance, one reason of which lies in the uncertainties in the durability against shrinkage and potential cracking. Many studies reported that AAC exhibit larger autogenous shrinkage than OPC concrete. However, it is unable to deduce that AAC should show higher cracking...book chapter 2021
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Mors, R.M. (author), Jonkers, H.M. (author)Bacteria‐based self‐healing concrete is an innovative concrete that contains a self‐healing agent that provides the material with enhanced autonomous crack‐sealing performance. A specific type of this concrete, based on a healing agent composed of bacterial spores and lactate as carbon source, has been developed and applied by the Delft...journal article 2020
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Kongshaug, Simen Sørgaard (author), Oseland, Oddbjørn (author), Kanstad, Terje (author), Hendriks, M.A.N. (author), Rodum, Eva (author), Markeset, Gro (author)The alkali silica reaction (ASR) in concrete causes internal localized swelling and micro cracking, which result in expansion and correlated deterioration of the concrete material. The stress state of the concrete is known to affect expansion due to ASR, with an anisotropic stress state giving rise to anisotropic expansion. Similarly, the...journal article 2020
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Chang, Z. (author), Zhang, Hongzhi (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)The lattice fracture model is a discrete model that can simulate the fracture process of cementitious materials. In this work, the Delft lattice fracture model is reviewed and utilized for fracture analysis. First, a systematic calibration procedure that relies on the combination of two uniaxial tensile tests is proposed to determine the input...journal article 2020
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Li, Z. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Liang, X. (author), Ye, G. (author)This study aims to investigate the cracking potential of alkali-activated slag (AAS) and alkali-activated slag-fly ash (AASF) concrete subjected to restrained autogenous shrinkage. Temperature Stress Testing Machine (TSTM) is utilized, for the first time, to monitor the stress evolution and to measure the cracking time of alkali-activated...journal article 2020
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Liaudat, J. (author), Carol, Ignacio (author), López, Carlos M. (author)Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) is a particular type of chemical reaction in concrete, which produces cracking and overall expansion of the affected structural element due to the formation of expansive reaction products within the cracks. This paper develops the formulation of a coupled Chemo-Mechanical (C-M) Finite Element (FE) model for...journal article 2020
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Yu, C. (author)It is difficult to accurately predict the strength of masonry and concrete structures. The most widely used method for simulating their behaviour is finite element analysis with the Newton-Raphson method and arch length control. However, the Newton-Raphson method can diverge and not produce a result, for example in bifurcations or during snap...doctoral thesis 2019
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Li, Z. (author), Liu, Jiahua (author), Ye, G. (author)This study investigates the drying shrinkage and the shrinkage-induced stress of alkali-activated blast furnace slag and fly ash concrete (AC) in comparison with ordinary Portland cement concrete (OC). For samples that were dried from 1 day after casting, the drying shrinkage of AC was much higher than that of OC. For samples that were stored...journal article 2019
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Abambres, Miguel (author), Lantsoght, E.O.L. (author)When concrete is subjected to cycles of compression, its strength is lower than the statically determined concrete compressive strength. This reduction is typically expressed as a function of the number of cycles. In this work, we study the reduced capacity as a function of a given number of cycles by means of artificial neural networks. We used...journal article 2019
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Ye, G. (author), Lukovic, M. (author), Ghiassi, B. (author), Aldin, Zainab (author), Prinsse, Silke (author), Liu, Jonh (author), Nedeljković, Marija (author), Hordijk, D.A. (author), Lagendijk, P. (author), Bosman, A. (author), Blom, T.A. (author), van Leeuwen, M. (author), Huang, Zhekang (author), Celada, Ulric (author), Du, C. (author), van den Berg, J.A.M. (author), Thijssen, A. (author), Wijte, Simon (author)The sustainability of infrastructure projects is becoming increasingly important issue in engineering practice. This means that in the future the construction materials will be selected on the basis of the contribution they can make to reach sustainability requirements. Geopolymers are materials based on by-products from industries. By using...journal article 2019
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Bos, Freek (author), Ahmed, Zeeshan Y. (author), Romero Rodriguez, C. (author), Chaves Figueiredo, S. (author)Recent years have seen a rapid growth of additive manufacturing methods for concrete construction. Potential advantages include reduced material use and cost, reduced labor, mass customization and CO2 footprint reduction. None of these methods, however, has yet been able to produce additively manufactured concrete with material properties...journal article 2019
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Shamsutdinova, Guzel (author), Hendriks, M.A.N. (author), Jacobsen, Stefan (author)Topography studies of concrete-ice abrasion were made to proceed in our understanding of the mechanisms of concrete wear by ice on Arctic offshore structures. The effects on various initial surfaces of a B75 normal-weight concrete (smooth, rough, sawn) and on the sawn surface of a LB60 lightweight concrete were studied during concrete-ice...journal article 2019
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Xiong, Zhihua (author), Liu, Yuqing (author), Zuo, Yize (author), Xin, H. (author)In order to evaluate the shear performance of sand-coated glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP) perforated connectors (SCGPC) embedded in concrete, 8 pull-out tests were conducted. Finite element (FE) analysis considering GFRP failure and cohesion between GFRP and concrete of SCGPC were conducted for parametric analysis. Effects of surface...journal article 2019
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Smits, J.E.P. (author), Eigenraam, P. (author), Gkaidatzis, R. (author), Visser, Dirk Rinze (author), Wong, Kailin (author), Wassermann-Fry, Stephan (author)This paper investigates the symbiotic relationship between the architectural appearance of a bridge and the structural design. The research is done by reviewing and comparing the design methodology employed by the first author in the conceptualization of two of his bridges; an early work from 1997 and a recent work from 2017. The review of the...journal article 2018
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Shamsutdinova, Guzel (author), Hendriks, M.A.N. (author), Jacobsen, Stefan (author)Concrete structures in the Arctic offshore are often exposed to drifting ice causing abrasion of concrete surfaces. This paper presents the results of a laboratory study of concrete-ice abrasion. The sawn concrete surfaces (two high-performance concrete mixes and one light weight mix of concrete) were exposed to sliding fresh-water ice under...journal article 2018
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Pereira, Luis (author)Extraordinary actions such as blast loadings and high velocity impact are rare, but usually have devastating effects. Thus, making critical infrastructures, such as military and governmental facilities, power-plants, dams, bridges, hospitals, etc., more resilient against these hazards is one of the best ways to protect ourselves and our...doctoral thesis 2017
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Esposito, R. (author), Hendriks, M.A.N. (author)The assessment of concrete structures affected by alkali–silica reaction (ASR) is a complex problem due to the multiscale nature of this long-term phenomenon. The reaction starts within the concrete constituents and developed at aggregate level by inducing swelling and deterioration of concrete material, which eventually affect the capacity of...journal article 2017
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Qian, Zhiwei (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Ye, G. (author), van Breugel, K. (author)Multiscale modeling for cement-based materials, such as concrete, is a relatively young subject, but there are already a number of different approaches to study different aspects of these classical materials. In this paper, the parameter-passing multiscale modeling scheme is established and applied to address the multiscale modeling problem...journal article 2017
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Systematic research on compucrete can shed light on some controversial issues in concrete technologyLi, K. (author), Stroeven, P. (author)Realistically simulating fresh and hardening cementitious materials renders possible understanding controversial issues existing in the field of concrete technology. The experimental studies on the impact of the interfacial transition zone (ITZ) on permeability of concrete reveal two controversial results. The first involves the concept of...review 2017