Blar i Institutt for bygg- og miljøteknikk på tidsskrift "Construction and Building Materials"
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Aerogel-Incorporated Concrete: An Experimental Study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Lightweight concrete can be prepared by replacing the normal aggregate of concrete, either partly or totally, with lightweight materials. In this work, by incorporating silica aerogel particles into concrete matrix, we ... -
Comparative study of indirect tensile test and uniaxial compression test on asphalt mixtures: Dynamic modulus and stress-strain state
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Dynamic modulus is an essential parameter for the performance characterisation of asphalt materials for performance prediction and pavement design. The Indirect Tensile (IDT) test and the Uniaxial Compression (UC) test are ... -
Comparison of Accelerated Climate Ageing Methods of Polymer Building Materials by Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared Radiation Spectroscopy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The degradation of the polymer building materials polypropylene (PP) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) intended for application as water barriers/repellants around building foundation walls have been studied. The PP and ... -
Comparison of the condition of steel fiber-reinforced shotcrete with water-glass and alkali-free activators after more than 20 years of service in a subsea road tunnel
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The in-service condition of steel fiber-reinforced shotcrete installed more than 20 years ago as single-shell rock support lining in the Nordkapp subsea road tunnel was investigated. The novelty of this study is the ... -
Durability Evaluation of Adhesive Tapes for Building Applications
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In the building sector, various adhesive materials are experiencing an increased usage for sealing of overlaps and joints between most commonly used building materials, around penetrations, pipes and windows for increasing ... -
Effect of storage and curing conditions at elevated temperatures on aerogel-incorporated mortar samples based on UHPC recipe
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The effect of elevated temperature during storage and curing of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) formulated aerogel-incorporated mortar (AIM) samples was investigated. It was found that an effective aerogel loading ... -
Effects of pre-curing treatment and chemical accelerators on Portland cement mortars at low temperature (5 °C)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Artificial heating and chemical admixtures are widespread solutions to keep and improve the early strength of cement concretes in cold weather. The research analyzed the performance of cement mortar at low temperature (5 ... -
Elastic and thermodynamic properties of the major clinker phases of Portland cement: Insights from first principles calculations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Portland based cement is one of the most popular materials used in the civil and construction applications. Reliable computational methods to provide an insight into the underlying mechanics of the major phases of this ... -
Experimental Investigations of Aerogel-Incorporated Ultra-High Performance Concrete
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Improvements to concrete will have a large impact in the construction and building sector. As the attention is drawn towards energy-efficient and zero emission buildings, the thermal properties of concrete will be important. ... -
Fatigue Resistance of Double Sealant Composed of Polyisobutylene Sealant Adjacent to Silicone Sealant
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)With the aid of current sealant technologies, a double sealant comprising adjacent silicone and polyisobutylene sealants may be used to enhance the durability of buildings. The inner silicone sealant is quite durable owing ... -
Hollow Silica Nanospheres as Thermal Insulation Materials for Construction: Impact of their Morphologies as a Function of Synthesis Pathways and Starting Materials
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Hollow silica nanospheres (HSNS) show a promising potential to become good thermal insulators with low thermal conductivity values for construction purposes. The thermal conductivity of HSNSs is dependent on their structural ... -
Hygrothermal Properties of Compressed Earthen Bricks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The present study investigates the relationship between bulk density and hygrothermal behaviour of compressed earthen bricks. The experimental results show that the thermal conductivity linearly increases from 0.5228 W/(m ... -
Influence of material factors on the determination of dynamic moduli and associated prediction models for different types of asphalt mixtures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In a Mechanistic-Empirical (ME) pavement design system, the dynamic modulus is used to characterise asphalt mixtures, which are affected by many factors including environmental conditions and material properties. This study ... -
Railway ballast stabilising agents: Comparison of mechanical properties
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Expensive and time-consuming maintenance operations are routinely performed to preserve the ballast mechanical properties in railway lines. Binding agents are used for ballast stabilisation. Four different additives based ... -
Sealant Aging and its Correlation with Facade Reflectance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)A highly reflective facade may enhance the durability of sealant joints. This study investigates that reflective facades reduce thermal movement loading to sealant joints due to less fluctuations of surface temperature, ... -
A study on permanent deformation and fatigue damage interaction in asphalt concrete
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The dominant load-induced damages, permanent deformation (PD) and fatigue cracking (F), are traditionally predicted separately by taking temperature as a variable of departure. This paper presents an experimental study of ... -
Thermal Conductivity of Cement Stabilized Earth Blocks
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The present study examines the effect of bulk density and cement content on the thermal conductivity of cement stabilized earth blocks (CSEB). The experimental results show that the thermal conductivity increases as a ... -
Thermo-piezo-rheological characterization of asphalt concrete
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The linear viscoelastic (LVE) properties of asphalt concrete is investigated in this paper using a controlled-strain triaxial dynamic modulus test over wide frequency, temperature, and confining pressure ranges. The ...