GCCRN Projects – Durability

Society expects the built environment – buildings, bridges, and other infrastructure – to be resilient and safe – safety is the first priority. There is also an expectation of resilience in the face of disasters, whether natural disasters or other events, and for buildings, bridges, and infrastructure to last a long time. One also has to ensure that new chemistries and binders can also meet those requirements. 

Core and Partner Projects

Core Projects 

  1. Carbonation and corrosion 

Partner Projects 

  1. Ageing and long-term durability of RC blocks in marine site – Analysis and prediction of coupled transport of chlorides and sulfates 
  2. Carbonation-altered transport properties and processes in cement-based materials 
  3. Durability of concretes with calcined clay-limestone cement 
  4. Impact of CO2 concentration on the progress of carbonation process 
  5. Mechanisms of carbonation of calcium silicate hydrate phases in hydrothermal cured porous building materials 
  6. Mitigating mechanisms of SCMs on alkali aggregate reaction 
  7. Predicting the service life of reinforced concrete using low clinker cements 
  8. Reactive transport of corrosion products through the cementitious matrix 
  9. Response to CO2 exposure of concrete with natural supplementary cementitious materials 
  10. System-performance based design of durable low-carbon concrete 
  11. Sustainability Assessment of Concrete Considering Carbon Footprint, Energy Demand and Durability 

Scientific Contributors

Core Projects Partners: 

  1. ETH Zurich 
  2. Imperial College 
  3. Indian Institute of Technology Madras 
  4. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 
  5. Oregon State University

Partner Projects: 

  1. Danish Technological Institute 
  2. ETH Zürich 
  3. Indian Institute of Technology Delhi 
  4. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) 
  5. University of Sheffield 
  6. University of Tokyo

Article References

2024 

[1] N. Saeki, L. Cheng, R. Kurihara, T. Ohkubo, A. Teramoto, Y. Suda, R. Kitagaki, I. Maruyama, Natural carbonation process in cement paste particles in different relative humidities, Cem. Concr. Compos. 146 (2024) 105400. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CEMCONCOMP.2023.105400. 

[2] P. Hemstad, B. Lothenbach, K.O. Kjellsen, K. De Weerdt, The effect of varying cement replacement level on alkali metal distribution in cement pastes, Cem. Concr. Compos. 146 (2024) 105344. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CEMCONCOMP.2023.105344. 

[3] P. Hemstad, B. Lothenbach, K. De Weerdt, Distribution of sulphate and aluminium in hydrated cement pastes, Cem Concr Res 180 (2024) 107467. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CEMCONRES.2024.107467.

2023 

[4] F.E. Furcas, B. Lothenbach, S. Mundra, C.N. Borca, C.C. Albert, O.B. Isgor, T. Huthwelker, U.M. Angst, Transformation of 2-Line Ferrihydrite to Goethite at Alkaline pH, Environ. Sci. Technol. 57 (2023) 16097–16108. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c05260. 

[5] L. Dudi, S. Krishnan, S. Bishnoi, Numerical modeling for predicting service life of reinforced concrete structures exposed to chloride, J. Build. Eng. 79 (2023) 107867. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.JOBE.2023.107867. 

[6] P. Hemstad, P. Zuschlag, P. Kjellemyr, J. Lindgård, K.O. Kjellsen, T.F. Rønning, H. Justnes, M. Zajac, M. Ben Haha, K. De Weerdt, Alkali metal distribution in composite cement pastes and its relation to accelerated ASR tests, Cem. Concr. Res. 173 (2023) 107283. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CEMCONRES.2023.107283. 

2022 

[7] A. Babaahmadi, A. Machner, W. Kunther, J. Figueira, P. Hemstad, K. De Weerdt, Chloride binding in Portland composite cements containing metakaolin and silica fume, Cem. Concr. Res. 161 (2022) 106924. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CEMCONRES.2022.106924. 

[8] F.E. Furcas, B. Lothenbach, O.B. Isgor, S. Mundra, Z. Zhang, U.M. Angst, Solubility and speciation of iron in cementitious systems, Cem. Concr. Res. 151 (2022) 106620. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CEMCONRES.2021.106620. 

2020-2018 

[9] A. Machner, P. Hemstad, K. De Weerdt, Towards the Understanding of the pH Dependency of the Chloride Binding of Portland Cement Pastes, Nord. Concr. Res. 58 (2018) 143–162. https://doi.org/10.2478/ncr-2018-0009. 

[10] P. Hemstad, A. Machner, K. De Weerdt, The effect of artificial leaching with HCl on chloride binding in ordinary Portland cement paste, Cem. Concr. Res. 130 (2020) 105976. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.CEMCONRES.2020.105976.