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As climate change exacerbates natural hazards, the need to predict hazard damage has increased. Resilience assessment tools, however, remain time and resource-intensive.
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While it has long been clear that the weight of traffic deteriorates pavements, the exact forms of damage it causes has remained uncertain....
A culmination of several years of multidisciplinary collaboration, this report by researchers from CSHub, Oregon State University, and the...
The alkali-silica-reaction, a leading cause of deterioration in concrete, has been studied extensively—yet some of its mechanisms remain unclear....
Alkali-silica-reaction (ASR) is a significant cause of premature concrete deterioration. While it has recieved significant scholarly attention, questions still remain about how the ASR gel can...
In this research brief we propose a new way to understand the cause of freeze-thaw damage in cement. While conventional thinking attributes the damage to pressure generated by expansion of water...
Strength and toughness, two important aspects of the durability of concrete structures, are dramatically influenced by the material's nanotexture. CSHub modeling efforts are beginning to answer...
Cement paste is quite porous. When there are changes to outside relative humidity, due to rain or dry conditions, the pores inside cement can be filled with water or become empty, generating high...
Certain aggregates that are used to make concrete contain amorphous silica. This silica can react with alkalies in the cement paste pore solution and form a gel. This reaction is called alkali-...
The Alkali-Silica Reaction (ASR) causes expansion and cracking in concrete which can result in structural problems in concrete infrastructure. ASR gel, formed from a chemical reaction between...