Concrete Materials
Concrete Materials
Concrete Materials
Understanding and Improving the Behavior of Cement-based Materials
Cold Weather Reinforced Concrete
Featured Project
Dr. Gilson Lomboy,
Principal Investigator
The goal of this project is to apply cold weather concrete mixture technology developed at CRREL to reinforced concrete applications. The investigators are conducting a systematic step-by-step process of studying the characteristics of Cold Weather Concrete (CWC) and reinforcements. The first stage is to evaluate the behavior of the constituent materials of the reinforced concrete under “normal” (20° to 25° C) and cold weather conditions.
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Conductive Cold Weather Concrete
An emerging technology for deicing and anti-icing of roadways and pavements involves the use of a thin layer of electrically conductive concrete. This layer, when given a power source, can generate adequate heat to prohibit ice formation on a pavement. This is important during the winter for airfields and runways to ensure safety and low maintenance costs to keep snow and ice from forming. While this technology could improve the life of a pavement during the winter season, it has not been proven to be placed in a winter season. This project will consist of developing conductive cold weather concrete that allows placement during sub-freezing temperatures and will continue to be used as a durable deicing pavement through its lifetime.
Long-Term Performance of Sustainable Pavements using Ternary Blended Concrete Mixtures with Recycled Concrete Aggregates
Classification and Production of Recycled Concrete Aggregates Based on Concrete
Electric Curing of Conductive Concrete
This project focuses on developing electric curing mechanisms for casting concrete in cold weather. The project includes development of different concrete mixes, study of mechanical properties at fresh and hardened states and development of prototype for electric curing