Xianming Shi

TL;DR: In this article, the authors report recent advances in the knowledge base relevant to the durability of steel reinforced concrete in chloride environments, including: the role of mineral admixtures in concrete durability, the methods of measuring the chloride ingress into concrete, the challenges in assessing concrete durability from its chloride diffusivity, and the service life modeling of reinforced concrete.

TL;DR: In this article, homogeneous epoxy coatings containing nanoparticles of SiO 2, Zn, Fe 2 O 3 and halloysite clay were successfully synthesized on steel substrates by room-temperature curing of a fully mixed epoxy slurry diluted by acetone.

TL;DR: In this paper, a comprehensive review of relevant literature to evaluate the properties and performance of fly ash, with a particular focus on recent advances in characterization, compositional understanding, hydration mechanism, activation approaches, durability and sustainability, is presented.

TL;DR: A review of the environmental impacts of chemicals used for snow and ice control, including those on: surface, ground, and drinking waters; soil; flora; and fauna, is presented in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated the rheological properties and chemical bonding of nano-modified asphalt binders blended with nanosilica and found that the nanosilsilica was added to the control asphalt at contents of 4% and 6% based on the weight of asphalt binder.