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Kluge, C. (author), Blöcher, Guido (author), Barnhoorn, A. (author), Schmittbuhl, Jean (author), Bruhn, D.F. (author)Using an innovative experimental set-up (Punch-Through Shear test), we initiated a shear zone (microfault) in Flechtingen sandstone and Odenwald granite under in situ reservoir conditions while monitoring permeability and fracture dilation evolution. The shear zone, which has a cylindrical geometry, is produced by a self-designed piston...journal article 2021
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Wong, H.S. (author), Poole, A.B. (author), Wells, B. (author), Eden, M. (author), Barnes, R. (author), Ferrari, J. (author), Fox, R. (author), Yio, M.H.N. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author)Water to cement (w/c) ratio is usually the most important parameter specified in concrete design and is sometimes the subject of dispute when a shortfall in concrete strength or durability is an issue. However, determination of w/c ratio in hardened concrete by testing is very difficult once the concrete has set. This paper presents the...journal article 2020
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Romero Rodriguez, C. (author), França de Mendonça Filho, F. (author), Chaves Figueiredo, S. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Recent studies have shown that concrete containing Phase Change Materials (PCM) with low transition temperatures may reduce the number of freeze/thaw cycles suffered by the cementitious composite in temperate climates. Nevertheless, the positive influence of such admixtures on the frost resistance of cement-based materials has not been...journal article 2020
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Zhang, H. (author), Xu, Y. (author), Gan, Y. (author), Chang, Z. (author), Schlangen, E. (author), Šavija, B. (author)Application of micromechanical modelling of hydrated cement paste (HCP) gains more and more interests in the field of cementitious materials. One of the most promising approaches is the use of so-called microstructure informed micromechanical models, which provides a direct link between microstructure and mechanical properties. In order to...journal article 2020
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Fu, J. (author), van Slingerland, J. (author), Brouwer, J.C. (author), Bliznuk, Vitaliy (author), Richardson, I.M. (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author)Pulsed laser beam welding was used successfully to join the oxide dispersion-strengthened (ODS) Eurofer steel. The joining was conducted with a laser power of 2500 W and a pulsed duration of 4 ms. With the filler material being used, a minor material loss and microvoids were observed in the joint. The microstructure of the fusion zone...journal article 2020
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Siang Ng, Ding (author), Paul, Suvash Chandra (author), Anggraini, Vivi (author), Kong, Sih Ying (author), Qureshi, Tanvir Shams (author), Romero Rodriguez, C. (author), Liu, Qing feng (author), Šavija, B. (author)This study explores the effects of different types of nanoparticles, namely nano-SiO<sub>2</sub> (NS), nano-TiO<sub>2</sub> (NT), and nano-Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (NF) on the fresh properties, mechanical properties, and microstructure of cement mortar containing fly ash as a supplementary cementitious material. These nanoparticles existed...journal article 2020
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Fu, J. (author), Brouwer, J.C. (author), Hendrikx, R.W.A. (author), Richardson, I.M. (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author)The present work deals with oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS) Eurofer steel fabricated by powder metallurgy involving mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering. A heat treatment route including normalising and tempering was applied to the as-produced steel, based on differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) measurement. The...journal article 2020
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Azizi, Arash (author), Musso, Guido (author), Jommi, C. (author)Soils used in earth construction projects are mostly unsaturated, and they undergo frequent drying–wetting cycles (repeated hydraulic loads) due to changes in climatic conditions or variations of the ground water level, particularly at shallow depths. After compaction, changes in water content can significantly influence the hydromechanical...journal article 2020
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Polozov, Igor (author), Kantyukov, Artem (author), Goncharov, Ivan (author), Razumov, Nikolay (author), Silin, Alexey (author), Popovich, V. (author), Zhu, Jia-Ning (author), Popovich, Anatoly (author)In this paper, laser powder-bed fusion (L-PBF) additive manufacturing (AM) with a high-temperature inductive platform preheating was used to fabricate intermetallic TiAl-alloy samples. The gas atomized (GA) and mechanically alloyed plasma spheroidized (MAPS) powders of the Ti-48Al-2Cr-2Nb (at. %) alloy were used as the feedstock material. The...journal article 2020
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Li, Z. (author), Zhang, Shizhe (author), Liang, X. (author), Granja, José (author), Azenha, Miguel (author), Ye, G. (author)This study investigates the influences of internal curing on reducing the autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated slag/fly ash (AASF) paste. The influences of internal curing with superabsorbent polymers (SAPs) on the reactions and microstructure of AASF paste are investigated. It is found that the SAPs absorb liquid mainly before the...journal article 2020
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Li, C. (author), Li, Hu (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author)Multi-pass-dual-indenter (MPDI) scratch tests with various loading conditions were performed on two newly developed titanium alloys (Ti–10V–1Fe–3Al and Ti–10V–2Cr–3Al) to investigate their abrasion resistance under repetitive local sliding contact. A technically pure titanium sample was used as the reference. Various microstructures were...journal article 2019
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Wang, Zhaojun (author), Tian, B. (author), Boom, Remko (author), van der Goot, Atze Jan (author)Dense calcium caseinate dispersions can be transformed into hierarchically fibrous structures by shear deformation. This transformation can be attributed to the intrinsic properties of calcium caseinate. Depending on the dispersion preparation method, a certain amount of air gets entrapped in the sheared protein matrix. Although anisotropy is...journal article 2019
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Bai, Sheng wen (author), Fang, Gang (author), Zhou, J. (author)Solid-state bonding takes place during the extrusion process to produce a hollow metal profile through a porthole die, known as extrusion welding. Defective weld seams degrade extruded products in mechanical properties. The present research was aimed to determine the effect of extrusion condition on the longitudinal weld seam quality of a...journal article 2019
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Zhang, Y. (author), Ouyang, Xiaowei (author), Yang, Zhengxian (author)The internal relative humidity (RH) plays a crucial role in most of the concrete properties. Self-desiccation caused by continuous cement hydration is a major factor affecting the RH of concrete. This paper investigates the relationship between RH and microstructure for cementitious systems in the case of self-desiccation. A series of paste...journal article 2019
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Chaves Figueiredo, S. (author), Copuroglu, Oguzhan (author), Schlangen, E. (author)Significant attention has been given to the development of new materials and techniques to be employed in the construction market. One of the techniques which has drawn noticeable attention is the additive manufacturing process (a.k.a. 3-dimensional printing (3D printing)). One of the approaches of this construction technique is the extrusion of...journal article 2019
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Hidalgo Garcia, J. (author), Celada-Casero, Carola (author), Santofimia, Maria Jesus (author)A medium-Mn steel, exhibiting manganese macrosegregation, was investigated. In order to study how the microstructure development influences the fracture mechanisms, the steel was quenching and partitioning processed using two different partitioning temperatures. At 400 °C partitioning temperature, the microstructure exhibits intergranular...journal article 2019
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Fu, J. (author), Brouwer, J.C. (author), Richardson, I.M. (author), Hermans, M.J.M. (author)Oxide dispersion strengthened (ODS)Eurofer steel was prepared via mechanical alloying (MA)and spark plasma sintering (SPS). Different combinations of MA and SPS parameters were adopted in order to optimise the fabrication process. The experimental results show that the sample milled for 30 h, sintered at 1373 K at a pressure of 60 MPa has...journal article 2019
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Valdes-Tabernero, M. A. (author), Celada-Casero, Carola (author), Sabirov, I. (author), Kumar, A. (author), Petrov, R.H. (author)This work focuses on the effect of soaking time on the microstructure during ultrafast heat treatment of a 50% cold rolled low carbon steel with initial ferritic-pearlitic microstructure. Dilatometry analysis was used to estimate the effect of heating rate on the phase transformation temperatures and to select an appropriate inter-critical...journal article 2019
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Qu, L. (author), Bei, G. (author), Nijemeisland, M. (author), Cao, Dianxue (author), van der Zwaag, S. (author), Sloof, W.G. (author)The room temperature abrasive wear behavior of three selected MAX phases, Ti<sub>3</sub>SiC<sub>2</sub>, solution strengthened Ti<sub>2.7</sub>Zr<sub>0.3</sub>SiC<sub>2</sub> and Cr<sub>2</sub>AlC, is investigated by low velocity scratch testing using a diamond conical indentor with a final radius of 100 μm and a cone angle of 120° and...journal article 2019
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Gao, P. (author), Ye, G. (author), Wei, J. (author), Yu, Q. (author)The HYMOSTRUC3D model has been used successfully to predict hydration and microstructure development of pure Portland cement paste. In recent years, a number of numerical models were proposed for optimizing the use of supplementary cementitious materials. Also HYMOSTRUC3D was extended for simulating the hydration and microstructure development...journal article 2019