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Comparison Of Alkali-Silica Chemical Reaction Of Reactive Glass And Chert Aggregate, Yuka Morinaga, Elakneswaran Yogarajah, Toyoharu Nawa, Lalita Yongchaitrakul, Eiji Iwatsuki Nov 2019

Comparison Of Alkali-Silica Chemical Reaction Of Reactive Glass And Chert Aggregate, Yuka Morinaga, Elakneswaran Yogarajah, Toyoharu Nawa, Lalita Yongchaitrakul, Eiji Iwatsuki

International Conference on Durability of Concrete Structures

Alkali silica reaction (ASR) is one of the most important factors of deterioration of Concrete. However, there are a lot of unknown points about ASR such as mechanism of ASR and pessimum effect. We investigate to the mechanism of Alkali silica chemical reaction by using two different aggregates, early type expanded aggregate and delayed type expanded aggregate. Experiments were used to investigate ASR by reaction between reactive silica and alkali ions with or without calcium ions. Two phases of reacted samples (liquid and solid) are presented. In the absence of calcium hydroxide (CH), reactive materials with specified sizes (Yorochert, and …


Effects Of Electro-Osmotic Consolidation Of Clays And Its Improvement Using Ion Exchange Membranes, Lucas Martin Aug 2019

Effects Of Electro-Osmotic Consolidation Of Clays And Its Improvement Using Ion Exchange Membranes, Lucas Martin

Dissertations

Electro-osmosis is an established method of expediting consolidation of soft, saturated clayey soils compared to commonly used methods, such as preloading with wick drains. In electro-osmotic consolidation a direct current (DC) is applied via inserted electrodes. This causes hydrated ions in the interstitial fluid to migrate to oppositely charged electrodes. Because the clay particles have a negative surface charge, the majority of ions in the interstitial fluid are positively charged. Therefore, the net flow will be towards the negatively charged electrode (cathode), where the water can be removed and thus consolidation is achieved. Certain problems, such as pH changes in …


Elimination Of Empirical, Ineffective And Expensive Pg Plus Tests To Characterize Modified Binders, Zahid Hossain, Ashraf Elsayed, Mm Tariq Morshed, Mohammad Hassan Aug 2019

Elimination Of Empirical, Ineffective And Expensive Pg Plus Tests To Characterize Modified Binders, Zahid Hossain, Ashraf Elsayed, Mm Tariq Morshed, Mohammad Hassan

Publications

For characterizing the polymer modified binders, different state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) use different time consuming and empirical Performance Grade (PG) Plus test methods. Furthermore, the PG Plus tests are silent when asphalt binders are modified with chemicals such as polyphosphoric acid (PPA). But, the effects of the elastomeric or plastomeric polymer are not accurately identified through these conventional tests such as Elastic Recovery (ER) and tenacity. Thus, the main research goal of this study is to recommend alternative test method(s), which can possibly be pursued by using a commonly available device, a Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR). Three PG binders …


Seguimiento De La Concentración De Cloro Residual En Tanque De Almacenamiento, Red De Distribución Y Tanques Residenciales En El Municipio De Fortul, Departamento De Arauca, Niray Andrés Enciso Jauregui Jan 2019

Seguimiento De La Concentración De Cloro Residual En Tanque De Almacenamiento, Red De Distribución Y Tanques Residenciales En El Municipio De Fortul, Departamento De Arauca, Niray Andrés Enciso Jauregui

Ingeniería Civil

En las plantas de tratamiento de agua para el consumo humano se pueden emplear diferentes técnicas de tratamiento y de desinfección. El cloro es un químico que se emplea para la inactivación de diferentes microorganismos y su efectividad está influenciada por la concentración aplicada, tiempo de contacto, temperatura, componentes y pH del agua. En el país, existen dificultades con el monitoreo y seguimiento del Cloro Residual en los acueductos, siendo un tema de relevancia al garantizarse la calidad del agua potable en el sistema. Según la Resolución 2115 de 2007 del Ministerio de la Protección Social y Ministerio de Ambiente, …