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Call for Applications for Summer School -> High-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Cement-Based Composites (HPFRCC) for Future Infrastructure

Following is TU Dresden‘s announcement on this exciting opportunity: We are pleased to announce the Call for Applications for Summer School HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBRE-REINFORCED CEMENT-BASED COMPOSITES (HPFRCC) FOR FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE, 26-31 July […]

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Natural Nanocrystals Shown to Strengthen Concrete

Cellulose nanocrystals derived from industrial byproducts have been shown to increase the strength of concrete, representing a potential renewable additive to improve the ubiquitous construction material. The cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs)

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Concrete Pavement Mixture Design and Analysis (MDA): An Innovative Approach To Proportioning Concrete Mixtures

CPTech Center published a document that Mixture proportioning is routinely a matter of using a recipe based on a previously produced concrete, rather than adjusting the proportions based on the needs of

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Long-Term Pavement Performance Automated Faulting Measurement

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (US-FHWA) has released a report that focuses on identifying transverse joint locations on jointed plain concrete pavements using an automated joint detection algorithm and computing faulting. At these

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Evaluation of Pavement Safety Performance

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released a report that isolates the effects of various low-cost pavement treatments on roadway safety through analysis of both flexible and rigid pavement treatments. The intent

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Evaluating the Performance of Alternative Supplementary Cementing Material in Concrete

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report that characterizes and evaluates the performance of eight natural pozzolans to assess their

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Evaluation of the Benefits of Diamond Grinding of CRCP

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]The Center for Transportation Research at the University of Texas at Austin has released a report, titled “Evaluation of the Benefits of Diamond Grinding of CRCP: Final Report”, that outlines

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Evaluation of the Fresh and Hardened Properties of Concrete Mixtures Containing Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Types of Permeability-Reducing Admixtures to Develop a Standard Testing Protocol

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Concrete durability may be considered as the ability to maintain serviceability over the design life without significant deterioration, and is generally a direct function of the mixture permeability. Therefore,

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Structural Performance of Ultra-Thin Whitetopping on Illinois Roadways and Parking Lots

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]A performance evaluation of ultra-thin whitetopping (UTW) pavements in Illinois was undertaken in 2012–2014 to evaluate current design procedures and to determine design life criteria for future projects. The two

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Optimizing Pavement Base, Subbase, and Subgrade Layers for Cost and Performance on Local Roads

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]This report is one of two products for this project with the other being a design guide. This report describes test results and comparative analysis from 16 different portland

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Performance-Based Mechanistic-Empirical Approach to Assess Joint Sealant Effectiveness on Sustainability of Concrete Pavement Infrastructure

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]A Dissertation by: KEIVAN NESHVADIAN BAKHSH, PH.D., Texas A&M University School of Civil Engineering Chair of Committee: Dan Zollinger, Ph.D., PE “The most valuable outcome of this study… demonstration,

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Use of Concrete Pavement Overlays on U.S. 58 in Virginia

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Asphalt overlays are typically used to extend the life of continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) because they can be placed in one or more layers while traffic uses the

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