Fabio Longo, Alessio Cascardi, Paola Lassandro, Maria Antonietta Aiello
AbstractAll over the world, a large part of existing buildings is not adequate to satisfy the safety requirement and the thermal comfort criteria. For this reason, the interest in structural and energy retrofitting systems has steadily grown in the last decades. In this scenario, an innovative thermal resistant geopolymer mortar has been developed and used for ... hiện toàn bộ
Carlos Valbson dos Santos Araújo, Ricardo José Carvalho Silva
The technology of the Construction Industry is advancing constantly. Every year, new materials, equipment, and building techniques are introduced. In the specific case of reinforced and pre-stressed concrete structures, the innovations have contributed to the improvement of the properties of the concrete and the durability of the structures that incorporate this material. These advances are not re...... hiện toàn bộ
Carlos Eduardo Tino Balestra, Gustavo Savaris, Raissa Soares do Nascimento, Ronaldo Alves de Medeiros-Junior
The technique of X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy is a non-destructive method used in several applications in Civil Engineering for the qualitative and quantitative determination of chemical elements in different materials. This technique allows the analysis of materials by atomic excitations and identification of spectra obtained from defined wavelengths interpreted for each chemical element prese...... hiện toàn bộ
Alessia Cuccurullo, Domenico Gallipoli, Agostino Walter Bruno, Charles E. Augarde, Paul Hughes, Christian La Borderie
AbstractCivil engineering research is increasingly focusing on the development of sustainable and energy-efficient building materials. Among these materials, raw (unfired) earth constitutes a promising option for reducing the environmental impact of buildings over their entire service life from construction to demolition. Raw earth has been used since old times but...... hiện toàn bộ