Tag: construction materials

New research shows that trace doses of L-(+)-tartaric acid delay cement setting yet ultimately produce denser pore networks and significantly ...

Researchers adapted asphalt rheology methods to show that ageing of polymer-modified roofing bitumen compounds is driven by competing polymer degradation ...

Researchers trained an explainable XGBoost model on 1,670 field-recorded concrete mixes, achieving R-squared 0.9263 in strength prediction while using SHAP ...

Japanese researchers show that polyvinyl alcohol fibers alone can suppress explosive fire spalling in 150-MPa ultra-high-performance concrete through a two-stage ...

Concordia University researchers found that combining aluminum-industry red mud with calcined dredged sediment can replace part of Portland cement and ...

Researchers at NIT Raipur showed that induction furnace steel slag can replace up to half the river sand in Engineered ...

A new study shows iron oxide red pigment can strengthen colored mortar by up to 16 percent while delivering stable, ...

Scaled laboratory tests and validated simulations show that fiber-reinforced engineered cementitious composite tunnel linings deliver tensile safety factors up to ...

Researchers show that route-specific admixture chemistry can turn stockpiled phosphogypsum waste into printable, load-bearing 3D-printed building structures.

By mapping 9.1 million buildings with satellite data and deep learning, researchers have reconstructed nearly four decades of Malaysia's sand ...