Basalt Powder Waste Application as Affordable Concrete Admixture by Leopold Mbereyaho, Niyoyita Jean Bosco, Kimararungu Augustin, Ntakiyimana Desire

“…The application of basalt waste in concrete would contribute not only to the reduction of environmental pollution but also to the provision of more affordable admixtures for mortar and concrete. …”
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Establishment and Application of Stochastic Mesoscopic Concrete Model by Shufang Wang, Xiaoliang Zhai, Yangyang Gao, Jialu Li, Wei Hu

“…An efficient interference algorithm of ellipsoidal aggregate is proposed, which can reasonably control the thickness of the mortar layer around the aggregate. The corresponding program is compiled by MATLAB to realize the generation of random mesoscopic concrete aggregate geometric model. …”
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Investigation of nosema apis and nosema ceranae in bees by multiplex pcr in kırıkkale region by Meral Aydenizoz, Ali Can Yorulmaz

“…The thorax and abdomen of ten bees collected from every 5 colonies were dissected and crushed with sterile physiological water in a porcelain mortar. The samples with Nosema spores were stained with Saffron and the multiplex PCR was applied to detect specimens to the same samples.…”
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A New Method for Designing Dense Skeleton Asphalt Mixture Based on Meso Parameter by Liwan Shi, Duanyi Wang, Junfeng Wang, Zhonghai Jiang, Hehao Liang, Xiao Qin

“…At present, research on the internal structures of asphalt mixtures has mostly focused on the statistical analysis of their mesostructural components such as aggregates, voids, and asphalt mortars, in addition to the verification of the mechanical behaviour of the mixture through simulations. …”
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Civil Structural Health Monitoring and Machine Learning: A Comprehensive Review by Asraar Anjum, Meftah Hrairi, Abdul Aabid, Norfazrina Yatim, Maisarah Ali

“…These models may be used to estimate the compressive strength of masonry or repair mortars, probable damage scenarios in buildings, concrete models, beams, and columns for determining the mechanical characteristics of materials, damage detection in civil structures, and so on.  …”
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Implicancias de la otredad moderna en las pinturas murales de José Bouchet en el Museo de La Plata by María Elisabet Sánchez Pórfido, Viviana Andrea Rossetti

“…Se interpreta que el corpus representa a los pueblos originarios, cifrados en un pasado histórico, contrapuesto a un presente civilizado desde el que se pretende forjar la identidad nacional. El Museo de La Plata se fundó desde la óptica de la modernidad y, en sus rotondas, la mirada científica convive con el hecho pictórico. …”
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Estimating the Asphalt Binder Film Thickness Using Scanning Electron Microscope and Energy Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy by Fazli Karim, Jawad Hussain, Imran Hafeez

“…The image analysis showed that the asphalt mixtures mostly contain asphalt mortar and asphalt mastic, occurring in irregular shape. …”
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Experimental Study on the Seismic Performance of a Partition Damped Wall-Filled Frame Structure by Shuainan Zhai, Zuyin Zou, Zhanyuan Zhu, Zixing Zhang, Wei Liang, Xuanhao Cheng, Shuzhen Chang

“…Meanwhile, the setting of the low-strength mortar between the filler wall and steel frame and the arrangement of the damping layer can improve the stress distribution and delay the crack development of the wall. …”
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Contribution of Surface Treatment on Physical and Mechanical Properties of Recycled Concrete Aggregates by Brian Jacks Odero, Raphael N. Mutuku, Timothy Nyomboi, Zachary A. Gariy

“…The problems with RCA arise because it is a composite aggregate made of natural aggregate and cement, and adhered surface mortar is the discontinuities on the surface that arise from the production technique or the strength of the original concrete. …”
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Moisture stability enhancement of open-graded friction courses filling with oil shale waste based on interface linkage modification by Yingsong Li, Wei Guo, Xiaoming Huang, Zeqi Chen, Ziyue Zhou, Ying Gao

“…Dynamic shear rheometer test exhibited that SCA modified OSW asphalt mortar had the lowest complex modulus aging index of 1.12 %, which indicated that SCA inhibits the water intrusion. …”
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Theoretical Calculation and Experimental Analysis on Initial Shock Pressure of Borehole Wall under Axial Decoupled Charge by Xiaoming Lou, Zhenchang Wang, Bigang Chen, Jin Yu

“…Then, the explosive pressure field around the borehole was measured by cement mortar models and a dynamic pressure test system, and the pressures at multiple measuring points were simulated with numerical models established by ANSYS/LS-DYNA. …”
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Dynamic mechanical properties and failure mechanism of sustainable lightweight aggregate rubber concrete by Lin Chen, Fei Yang, Yehua Hong, Wanhui Feng, Xin Li

“…It is found that the elastic failure characteristics of rubber particles provide additional crack paths for the conical failure of artificial lightweight aggregate, enhancing the mortar's flexibility and dynamic energy dissipation capacity. …”
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Evaluation of environmental impacts of cleanroom construction with a life cycle analysis approach based on energy and material consumption by Pouya Partonia, Sobhan Heidarian, Mohamadreza Sharifi, Ghorbanali Dezvareh, Ahmad Khodadadi Darban

“…Using 20-cm-thick walls with cement mortar increased global warming index pollution from 29 to 57.82% post-material adjustments. …”
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The Preparation of C-S-H Powder Seeds and Their Effect on the Early Hydration Performance of Cement Paste by Chunlong Huang, Yiren Wang, Zhongyuan Wei, Yong Yu

“…Although the influence of powder seeds on the enhancement of the early-stage strength of mortar was slightly lower than that of the suspension, the powder was beneficial to its storage and transportation. …”
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The Deformation Behavior and Failure Modes of Surrounding Rock after Excavation: A Experimental Study by Jinping Liang, Haoyong Jing, Xiaorui Li, Gongyu Hou

“…The present structural model test using partial hollow thick-walled cylinder cement mortar specimen φ200 mm × 280 mm with a horizontal central circular hole of 60 mm diameter and the hollow height of 160 mm was conducted to investigate the deformation, failure characteristics, and AE response of a whole testing process from excavation to postunloading state. …”
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Influence of Deviatoric Stress on the Deformation and Damage Evolution of Surrounding Rock under Unloading Conditions by Gongyu Hou, Jinping Liang, Haoyong Jing, Jinxin Tan, Yongkang Zhang, Xi Yang, Xin Xie

“…In this study, unloading testing using a partially hollow thick-walled cylinder cement mortar specimen with dimensions of 280 mm (height) × 200 mm (outer diameter) × 60 mm (inner diameter) and a solid height of 60 mm at the bottom was performed to investigate the deformation response and damage failure evolution characteristics of the surrounding rock. …”
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An assessment of the pozzolanic potential and mechanical properties of Nigerian calcined clays for sustainable ternary cement blends by Samuel Adesina Adegbemileke, Sylvester Obinna Osuji, Okiemute Roland Ogirigbo

“…Compressive strength investigation on mortar cubes prepared with 50% substitution of Portland cement with the calcined clay and limestone, showed that Ikpeshi clay at 800°C had the best strength performance, with strength activity index of 0.92 (at age 28 days), demonstrating superior pozzolanic potential. …”

Sediment-Based Unfired Bricks Reinforced with Waste Flax Fibers: Implementation, Physical Aspects and Kinetics of Air Drying—Part I by Daniel Levacher, Alexandre Suriray, Désiré Ndahirwa, Hafida Zmamou, Nathalie Leblanc, Tomoki Shimpo

“…The study focused on the definition of water content by means of a miniature Proctor test, on the incorporation of short flax fibers of 2, 3 and 4 cm at various dosages and on the shaping by dynamic compaction of bricks of reduced size of 4 cm × 4 cm × 16 cm, dimensions similar to mortar specimens. The air-drying kinetics of the specimens were monitored from manufacture through to stabilization of their mass. …”
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Noi cercetări arheologice la cetatea Saschiz I. Incinta exterioară by Marcu Istrate, D., Dobrotă, S., Rezi, B., Gál, S.

“…All newly identified wall structures were in poor condition, a situation that may be partially explained through the miserly use of mortar and the common employment of dry foundations. …”

An interface-based microscopic model for the failure analysis of masonry structures reinforced with timber retrofit solutions by Fabrizio Greco, Lorenzo Leonetti, Paolo Lonetti, Paolo Nevone Blasi, Arturo Pascuzzo, Giacinto Porco

“…These interface elements serve to reproduce the nonlinear behavior of masonry because of the occurrence of failure mechanisms of the mortar joints. Reinforced timber frame elements are modeled using truss elements that exhibit elastic brittle fracture behavior. …”
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