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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The Effects of Palm Oil Fuel Ash on Mechanical and Durability Properties of Sustainable Foamed Concrete by Dahlia Patah, Amry Dasar, Nurazuwa Md. Noor

“… In recent years, mortar bricks or autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC), also known as foamed concrete, have been widely used as masonry wall materials. …”
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The Relationship between Compressive Strength and Splitting Tensile Strength of high-Performance Fiber-Reinforced Cementitious Composites by Mahdieh Sabbaghian, Ali Kheyroddin

“…Adding fibers to the cementitious mortar had a small effect on the CS. However, at 28 days, the STS for HPFRCC with 1% and 2% fibers increased by 54% and 95%, respectively, compared to specimens without fibers.…”
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Effects of Coarse and Fine Crushed Clay Brick Content on the Compressive Strength of Recycled Aggregate Concrete and the Microscopic Mechanism by Jin Chang, Shi-lin Luo, Aierken Ailifeila, Lin-lin Chong, Jian-qing Jiang

“…The interfacial transition zones inside RAC had loose crystals and high porosity, with a weak adhesion between the crushed clay bricks and mortar interfaces. The crushed clay bricks did not affect the types of concrete hydration products, and Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate (C-S-H) and Ca(OH)2 crystals remained the early hydration products in RAC with crushed clay bricks. …”
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Atribuição docente e controle do ofício de professoras primárias rurais sob a ótica de Foucault (Londrina, PR, 1961-1969) by Thais Bento Faria, Jéssica Mayara Ariza Mariano

“…À luz de Foucault, a pesquisa aponta a disciplina, o controle da atividade, a vigilância hierárquica e as sanções normalizadoras como mecanismos para forjar a professora desejada e controlar seu ofício. …”
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Heat Transfer Dynamic Analyses for Recycled-Concrete Wall Combined with Expanded Polystyrene Template by Jianhua Li, Wenjing Chen

“…The λ0°C (relative variation for a 0°C of temperature variation in T) of cement mortar, recycled-concrete shear wall, and ordinary concrete shear wall were measured being 0.7526, 1.2463, and 1.3750 W·m−1·K−1, respectively. …”
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Mesoscopic Numerical Simulation of Fracture Process and Failure Mechanism of Concrete Based on Convex Aggregate Model by Yijiang Peng, Xiyun Chen, Liping Ying, Ying Chen, Lijuan Zhang

“…At mesoscale, concrete is considered as a three-phase heterogeneous material composed of aggregate particles, cement mortar, and the interfacial transition zones between the two phases. …”
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Research on Damage Characteristics of Brick Masonry under Explosion Load by Jifeng Wei, Zhixin Du, Yonghui Zheng, Oundavong Ounhueane

“…As the main structural component of partition wall or load-bearing wall, brick masonry has been widely used in construction engineering. However, brick and mortar are all brittle materials prone to crack. Nowadays, fireworks, gas stoves, high-pressure vessels, and other military explosives may explode to damage nearby structures. …”
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Online Shopping Behaviour of Slovak During the COVID-19 Pandemic

“…The transition to digital commerce is, especially at the time of government measures to restrict movement and impose social distancing rules, essential for all businesses, as customers switch from brick-and-mortar stores to online shopping platforms owing to social pressure or because they find it useful. …”
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Innovative use of air-cooled blast furnace slag as a subgrade material for embedded track slabs: In situ and laboratory tests and simulations by Bin-Chen Benson Hsiung, Muhammad Dwiyanto Agung Prakasa

“…Air-cooled blast furnace slag (ACBFS) is often ground into powder and mixed with concrete or cement mortar to increase the strength of concrete but has not been directly adopted as a subgrade material in railway or tram projects. …”
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Tannin with sodium carbonate: A single additive for poured earth concrete with tropical soils by Lily Walter, Gildas Medjigbodo, Yannick Estevez, Laurent Linguet, Ouahcène Nait-Rabah

“…Optimal reactions between soils, tannins and iron oxides require an elevated soil pH, and tannins were combined with sodium carbonate (Na2CO3), a low-cost, eco-friendly alkali. Mortars prepared with different dosages of tannin+Na2CO3 were tested and compared to the industrial dispersant sodium hexametaphosphate (NaHMP), using three tropical soils from French Guiana. …”
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Envelhecimento na cidade by Rodrigo Cardoso Bonicenha

“…O artigo também identifica o déficit habitacional para esse grupo na cidade e explora diferentes formas de morar na velhice. Finalmente, destaca que a contribuição dos estudos geográficos pode evidenciar as territorialidades do envelhecimento e fornecer aportes valiosos para outras áreas que abordam essa questão. …”
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Investigating the Mechanical and Durability Properties of Carbonated Recycled Aggregate Concrete and Its Performance with SCMs by Shimza Jamil, Maria Idrees, Arslan Akbar, Wisal Ahmed

“…The weak interfacial transition zone (ITZ) and the adhered mortar in recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) contribute to lower mechanical strength and limit its application in demanding environments. …”
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Autogenous and drying shrinkage properties of precast recycled aggregate concrete by Ningxu Zhang, Qing Yang, Dapeng Li, Yong Yu, Xiaoyu Jiang, Jinjun Xu

“…(iii) The two-stage mixing method has minimal effect on shrinkage strain, while the equivalent volume mortar method significantly reduces both autogenous and drying shrinkage. …”
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Mechanosynthesis, characterization, and adsorptive properties of Mg–Al-LDH and Zn–Al-LDH for olive mill wastewater treatment by Hosni, Khaled, Mahmoudi, Khaled, Haraketi, Manel, Jellali, Salah, Srasra, Ezzeddine

“…In the current study, calcined layered double hydroxides (LDHs) were synthesized through a mechanochemical process involving the manual grinding of magnesium or zinc- and aluminum-nitrate salts in an agate mortar, followed or not by a peptization process. …”
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Analysis of Additional Methods of purification of Mixtures while Conducting Differential Lysis under Sexual Crimes by Ya. O. Sinitsyna

“…Chemical methods of mixture purification have been studied, including additional washing and incubation of the mortar, use of DNases, SDS lysis buffer and magnetic sorting with the use of antibodies (MOSPD3 and RH-20), and physical methods such as laser microdissection, acoustic lysis, hydrodynamic effect in small Reynolds numbers, microchips with additional integration of Cialyl Lewis oligosaccharide sequence and DEPArray technology. …”
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Effect of parent concrete strength on recycled concrete performance by Bachir Kebaili, Mohammed Benzerara, Souad Menadi, Nadia Kouider, Redjem Belouettar

“…Additionally, low compressive strength parent concrete, when crushed, generates a high amount of fine aggregate and large percentage of recycled coarse aggregates with less attached mortar, and presents the same compressive strength as an excellent parent concrete. …”
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Can geopolymer mixture be a solution for utilizing waste glass and basic oxygen furnace slag as aggregates? by Manap Islambek, Galymzhankyzy Anel, Omarova Zhaniya, Ualiyev Dulat, Temirbekov Doszhan, Shon Chang-Seon, Zhang Dichuan, Kim Jong Ryeol

“…At the same time, the OPC mortar mixture demonstrated significant expansion values, particularly in the NaOH solution, which is connected to the interaction between cement hydration products and NaOH. …”
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Effects of desulfurized gypsum on shrinkage behavior of alkali-activated slag (AAS) and hybrid alkali-activated cement (HAC) by Lili Xue, Zhenkun Ni, Zhengning Zhou, Zuhua Zhang, Houren Xiong, Hao Wang, Xifeng Zhuge, Hongfei Liu

“…Incorporating DSG into AAM mortar leads to a reduction in both autogenous and drying shrinkage, showing better efficiency than normal gypsum. …”
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Propiedades y aplicaciones de los cementos alcalinos Properties and uses of alkali cements by Ana Fernández-Jiménez, Ángel Palomo

“…More specifically it is about the properties of alkali activated fly ash concrete and mortar (without Portland cement). So depending on the type of alkali activator that is used and after a previous thermal curing, the resulting material will show an interesting list of properties and features that includes: high initial mechanical strengths (under flexure and compression), low drying shrinkage, and a very good matrix-steel bonding, as well as an excellent strength to acid attack and an excellent behaviour when is exposed to fire. …”
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