Did you know that one of the signs of sulfate attack in concrete is the production of gypsum due to the precipitation of displaced calcium? Read  more about this topic here.

 

Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Application of Superabsorbent Polymers (SAP) and Other New Admixtures Towards Smart Concrete by William P. Boshoff , Riaan Combrinck , Viktor Mechtcherine , Mateusz Wyrzykowski are now available.   RILEM members can access for free to the electronic version of the proceedings and download for free the whole book or any chapter in particular.

 

fib Bulletin 92 Serviceability Limit State of Concrete Structures is out! This document provides supplementary information to the fib Model Code 2010 (MC2010), where a limited space did not allow for a detailed description of specific procedures. The principles used in MC2010 in chapter 7.6 are explained in detail within this document.

 

• 3rd RILEM Spring Convention, 10-14 March 2020, Guimarães, Portugal (register online now)

 

• 74th RILEM Annual Week, 30 August-4 September 2020, Sheffield, UK

 

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