Inhibitory Effect of Natural Anti-Inflammatory Compounds on Cytokines Released by Chronic Venous Disease Patient-Derived Endothelial Cells by Veronica Tisato, Giorgio Zauli, Erika Rimondi, Sergio Gianesini, Laura Brunelli, Erica Menegatti, Paolo Zamboni, Paola Secchiero

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Effect of Admixture on Freeze-thaw Damage of Sleeve Grouting Materials by WU Zhaoyue, ZHU Haiqing

“…This paper compares the physical and mechanical properties of sleeve grouting materials with different admixtures under freeze-thaw action by means of control variable method,studies the effects of different admixtures and different contents on the apparent morphology,mass loss and strength loss of sleeve grouting materials under freeze-thaw action,and further analyzes the change of species,quantity and morphology of hydration products in freeze-thaw cycle by SEM (scanning electron microscope).The results show that:After 120 freeze-thaw cycles,the mass loss of mortar specimens with admixtures is less than 2%,which is lagged compared with the compressive strength loss;Based on the gray correlation analysis,the impact of expansion agent on the mechanical properties of mortar specimens under different freeze-thaw cycles is the lowest.However,with the addition of defoaming agent,the physical and mechanical properties of mortar specimens are more sensitive to freeze-thaw damage,and the sensitivity will increase with the increase of defoaming agent contents;From the microstructure analysis,the addition of expansion agent can improve the stability of internal C-S-H gel system after freeze-thaw action.…”
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A Mesoscopic Simulation for the Early-Age Shrinkage Cracking Process of High Performance Concrete in Bridge Engineering by Guodong Li, Zonglin Wang

“…On a mesoscopic level, high performance concrete (HPC) was assumed to be a heterogeneous composite material consisting of aggregates, mortar, and pores. The concrete mesoscopic structure model had been established based on CT image reconstruction. …”
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Numerical simulation of the de-bonding phenomenon of FRCM strengthening systems by Ernesto Grande, Maura Imbimbo, Sonia Marfia, Elio Sacco

“…The equilibrium of an infinitesimal portion of the reinforcement and the mortar layers composing the strengthening systems allows to derive the governing equations. …”
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Shear Performance of Concrete Beams with a Maximum Size of Recycled Concrete Aggregate by Brian Jacks Odero, Raphael N. Mutuku, Timothy Nyomboi, Zachary Abiero Gariy

“…However, the major drawback of the recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) has been the contribution of the cement paste mortar attached to the surface. The quantity of surface-attached mortar on the virgin aggregate dominates and defines the shear performance of concrete beams. …”
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Performance Analysis of a Recycled Concrete Interfacial Transition Zone in a Rapid Carbonization Environment by Gongbing Yue, Peng Zhang, Qiuyi Li, Qianqian Li

“…Overall, there are significant differences in the microstructures between the ITZ and the mortar matrix before and after carbonization.…”
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The Combined Effect of the Initial Cure and the Type of Cement on the Natural Carbonation, the Portlandite Content, and Nonevaporable Water in Blended Cement by Saida Boualleg, Mohamed Bencheikh, Larbi Belagraa, Aziz Daoudi, Mohamed Aziz Chikouche

“…It was observed that the reduction of the curing period makes the mortars more sensitive. The kinetics of process was evaluated from Ca(OH)2 content and nonevaporable water contained in mortars. …”
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Failure Modes in Concrete Repair Systems due to Ongoing Corrosion by Mladena Luković, Branko Šavija, Guang Ye, Erik Schlangen, Klaas van Breugel

“…Numerical results were verified by experimental tests when SHCC, nonreinforced material (repair mortar), and commercial repair mortar are used as repair materials. …”
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Influence of Inertia and Low Active Mineral Admixture on Strength and Microstructure of Cement-Based Materials by Meijuan Rao, Wan Tang, Wei Zhou, Yaning Kong, Shuhua Liu

“…Cement-based materials were investigated by comparing the strength and microstructure of pastes and mortar containing limestone powder or low quality fly ash. …”
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Improvement of biomass bottom ash properties by carbonation and pulverisation methods for application in cement-based materials by M. Rosales, L. Ahmed, R. Rodríguez, M. Cabrera, F. Agrela, S. Moreno, J. Rosales, J.L. Díaz-López

“…Pulverised BBA enhance compressive strength of mortar compared to a conventional CEM II type cement and Carbonated BBA mortar mixtures improved 28-day compressive strength by 35-55% compared to non-carbonated BBA. …”
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Mesoscopic Finite Element Method of the Effective Thermal Conductivity of Concrete with Arbitrary Gradation by Pingming Huang, Yu Zhao, Yanwei Niu, Xiang Ren, Mingfeng Chang, Yamin Sun

“…In addition, the influence factors (thermal conductivity of coarse aggregate, cement mortar, and volume fraction of coarse aggregate) of the effective thermal conductivity of concrete were analyzed. …”
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Chlamydophila pneumoniae Infection and Its Role in Neurological Disorders by Carlo Contini, Silva Seraceni, Rosario Cultrera, Massimiliano Castellazzi, Enrico Granieri, Enrico Fainardi

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Investigation on Reinforced Mechanism of Fiber Reinforced Asphalt Concrete Based on Micromechanical Modeling by Ying Gao, Qinglin Guo, Yanhua Guo, Pingchuan Wu, Wenqing Meng, Tongye Jia

“…Results show that maximum stress of asphalt mortar is lower compared to the control concrete when the fiber length is longer than 12 mm. …”
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The effect of long-term and short-term loading on the flexural behavior of RC beams strengthened with the NSM method by Sima Rostami Aghouy, Javad Sabzi, M. Reza Esfahani

“…In this method, two types of matrices—epoxy resin and repair mortar—are used to bond glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) reinforcing bars to the concrete beams. …”
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Physicochemical Performance of Portland-Rice Husk Ash-Calcined Clay-Dried Acetylene Lime Sludge Cement in Sulphate and Chloride Media by Jackson Muthengia Wachira, Joseph Karanja Thiong’o, Joseph Mwiti Marangu, Leonard Genson Murithi

“…This paper reports leach and/or intake of SO42−, Cl−, Ca2+, Na+, and K+ from and/or into cement mortar cubes made from a novel cementious material in naturally encountered environmental simulated media. …”
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Low Circulating TRAIL Levels Are Associated with Increase of Resistin and Lipocalin-2/ngal Adipokines in Postmenopausal Women by Veronica Tisato, Paola Secchiero, Gloria Bonaccorsi, Carlo Bergamini, Pantaleo Greco, Giorgio Zauli, Carlo Cervellati

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A Mesoscale Approach for Concrete Block Masonry by Xu Yang, Mingming Jia, Bin Chi, Mingzhi Wang, Jianfeng Zheng

“…Besides, an obvious nonlinear relationship between the masonry compressive strength and the mortar was also observed.…”
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Elementi di interfaccia per l’analisi di strutture murarie by Elio Sacco, Jessica Toti

“…The present paper deals with the modelling of the mechanical behaviour of masonry elements regarded as heterogeneous systems, made of mortar, bricks and interfaces. Thus, the adopted computational strategy consists in modelling the brick units, the mortar joints and the interfaces responsible for the mortarbrick decohesion mechanisms; to this end, a special interface model combining damage and friction is proposed. …”
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Material Performance Tests of the Polymer-Cement Thin Spray-On Liner by Qizheng Dong, Lianjun Chen, Weimin Cheng, Zhaoxia Liu, Xiangfei Cui, Guoming Liu, Zhiwei Shi, Zhenjiao Sun, Yaqing Zhang

“…When a VAE emulsion was used to modify cement mortar, the results showed that the VAE modified mortar had the best viscosity performance of any of the tested emulsions at the same polymer–cement ratio. …”
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Effects of different lengths and doses of raw and treated sisal fibers in the cement composite material by Tsion Amsalu Fode, Yusufu Abeid Chande Jande, Young-Deuk Kim, Min-Gyu Ham, Jieun Lee, Thomas Kivevele, Nima Rahbar

“…Generally, the present study revealed the importance of calcined bentonite-treated sisal fibers in a mortar mixture for improved durability, physical and mechanical properties.…”
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