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Nahar, S.N. (author)
During the service life of flexible asphalt pavements, asphalt concrete degrades due to traffic loading and environmental conditions like temperature, rain, oxidation, ultraviolet-radiation from the sun. All these environmental factors have adverse effects on the performance of bitumen, which is the binder of asphalt concrete. They are known to...
doctoral thesis 2016
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Hofko, B. (author), Eberhardsteiner, L. (author), Fussl, J. (author), Grothe, H. (author), Handle, F. (author), Hospodka, M. (author), Grossegger, D. (author), Nahar, S.N. (author), Schmets, A.J.M. (author), Scarpas, A. (author)
As a widely accepted concept, bitumen consists of four fractions that can be distinguished by their polarity. Highly polar asphaltene micelles are dispersed in a viscous phase of saturates, aromatics and resins (maltene phase). Different concentrations of asphaltenes in the bitumen result in a range of mechanical response properties. In an...
journal article 2015
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Van Breugel, K. (author), Van Tuan, N. (author)
conference paper 2014
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Zlopasa, J. (author), Koenders, E.A.B. (author), Picken, S.J. (author)
Curing is the process of controlling the rate and extent of moisture loss from the surface of cement based materials. It is the final stage in the production of cement-based materials and it is the essential part for achieving continuous hydration of cement, while avoiding cracking due to drying shrinkage. Continuous cement hydration also...
conference paper 2014
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Susanto, A. (author), Koleva, D.A. (author), Van Breugel, K. (author), Koenders, E.A.B. (author)
Stray current is essentially an electrical current “leakage” from metal conductors and electrical installations. When it flows through cement-based systems, electrical energy is converted to thermal energy that causes increasing temperature due to Joule heating phenomena. The aim of this paper is to shed light on the influence of electrical...
conference paper 2014
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Pauli, A.T. (author)
As a contribution to the development of mutli-scale multi-physics approaches to modelling pavement performance, the present thesis considers the topic of damage accumulation accompanied by damage recover self-healing of the bituminous asphalt phase of pavement systems. It is found insightful that by adopting Hveem’s [1943] concept of attributing...
doctoral thesis 2014
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Ma, Y. (author)
Alkali activated fly ash (AAFA), also named “geopolymer”, has emerged as a novel engineering material in the construction industry. This material is normally formed by the reaction between fly ash and aqueous hydroxide or alkali silicate solution. With proper mix design, AAFA can present comparable or superior engineering properties to Portland...
doctoral thesis 2013
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Susanto, A. (author), Koleva, D.A. (author), Van Beek, C. (author), Van Breugel, K. (author)
Well known is that stray electrical current i.e. current with a spatial distribution in any conductive environment, can affect civil structures, e.g. initiate or enhance steel corrosion or affect microstructural and mechanical properties of the cement-based bulk matrix. While the former is related to polarization effects in conditions of current...
conference paper 2013
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Wang, Y. (author)
Concrete is one of the most important construction materials in the world. However, Portland cement which is one of the constituents of concrete is responsible for about 5-10% of global CO2 emission. From sustainability point of view, therefore, it is important to search for materials which can be used to reduce or to replace Portland cement in...
doctoral thesis 2013
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Nahar, S.N. (author), Schmets, A.J.M. (author), Scarpas, A. (author), Schitter, G. (author)
Bitumen is the binder in the composite material named asphalt concrete. Under cyclic mechanical loading of traffic passing over the pavement, eventually damage will initiate in the pavement, leading to eventual structural failure. This damaging process is accelerated by time dependent change of the mechanical properties of asphalt concrete due...
conference paper 2013
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Pauli, A. (author), Schmets, A.J.M. (author), Kasbergen, C. (author), Varveri, K. (author), Scarpas, A. (author)
Bituminous materials form a class of materials that possess the intrinsic ability to selfheal. This self-healing capability is evidenced by the observation that the service life of these materials ‘in the field’ exceeds the service life as predicted by standard mechanical laboratory tests. This mismatch between laboratory prediction and field...
conference paper 2013
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Susanto, A. (author), Koleva, D.A. (author), Copuroglu, O. (author), Van Beek, C. (author), Van Breugel, K. (author)
This investigation presents a comparative study on mechanical properties, electrical resistivity and microstructure of mortar under DC current, compared to mortar in rest (no current) conditions. Monitoring was performed from 24h after casting until 84 days of cement hydration. A current density level of 10 mA/m2 was chosen as a simulation...
journal article 2013
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Valcke, S.L.A. (author), Polder, R.B. (author), Beijersbergen van Henegouwen, J.F. (author)
conference paper 2012
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Koenders, E.A.B. (author), Ukrainczyk, N. (author), Hansen, W. (author)
Latest developments in Hymostruc enable the possibility to evaluate the pore connectivity of an evolving microstructure while also considering the contribution of the ITZ and air voids and to examine the influence on frost durability. The numerical model is used to visualize this phenomenon and to show the contribution of both the pores and the...
conference paper 2012
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Koleva, D.A. (author), Van Breugel, K. (author)
Corrosion in reinforced concrete is a major and costly concern, arising from the higher complexity of involved phenomena on different levels of material science (e.g. electrochemistry, concrete material science) and material properties (macro/micro/ nano). Reinforced cement-based systems (e.g. reinforced mortar and concrete) are multi-phase...
journal article 2012
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Koleva, D.A. (author), Van Breugel, K. (author)
Corrosion in reinforced concrete is a major and costly concern, arising from the higher complexity of involved phenomena on different levels of material science (e.g. electrochemistry, concrete material science) and material properties (macro/micro/ nano). Reinforced cement-based systems (e.g. reinforced mortar and concrete) are multi-phase...
journal article 2011
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Zhang, Q. (author), Ye, G. (author)
When a concrete structure is exposed to high temperature, the mechanical damage and chemical transformation take place simultaneously, which will change the microstructure of material. On the other hand, the mechanical properties and transport properties depend on the development of microstructure of cement paste. In order to study the...
journal article 2011
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Hu, J. (author), Koleva, D.A. (author), Van Breugel, K. (author)
This paper reports the main results from the influence of the initially admixed nano-aggregates (0.5 g/l PEO113-b-PS70 micelles previously dissolved in demi-water) on microstructural alterations of the reinforced mortar subjected to chloride induced corrosion. The morphology of hydration/corrosion products at the steel/cement paste interface and...
journal article 2011
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Copuroglu, O. (author)
Blast furnace slag cement concrete is used extensively in a number of countries. In comparison with OPC, it is particularly well known for its excellent performance in marine environments. One dis-advantage of slag cement is its vulnerability to scaling under the combined load of freezing-thawing and de-icing salts. The current investigation was...
doctoral thesis 2006
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Van Breugel, K. (author), Fraaij, A.L.A. (author)
This paper describes an ultrasonic experimental set-up to monitor the development of the microstructure of fresh concrete at different temperatures (isothermal curing at 10, 20, 30 and 50 °C) and water/cement ratios (0.40, 0.45 and 0.55). The Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV) is used as an indication for microstructure development of concrete at...
journal article 2001
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