| [1] |     | Modeling the chloride transport in concrete from microstructure generation to chloride diffusivity prediction, Liang yu Tong, Qing feng Liu, Qingxiang Xiong, Zhaozheng Meng, Ouali Amiri, Mingzhong Zhang, Computer Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, Vol. 121, number 839, issue 7 (2025), doi:10.1111/mice.13331
| Pore structure characteristics of cementitious materials play a critical role in the transport properties of concrete structures. This paper develops a novel framework for modeling chloride penetration in concrete, considering the pore structure dependent model parameters. In the framework, a multi scale transport model was derived by linking the chloride diffusivities with pore size distributions...
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| [2] | | Machine learning in concrete durability: challenges and pathways identified by RILEM TC 315-DCS towards enhanced predictive models, Woubishet Zewdu Taffese, Benoit Hilloulin, Yury Villagran Zaccardi, Afshin Marani, Moncef L. Nehdi, Muhammad Usman Hanif, Muralidhar Kamath, Sandra Nunes, Stefanie von Greve-Dierfeld, Antonios Kanellopoulos, Materials and Structures Materiaux Et Constructions, Vol. 58, number 1, issue 4 (2025), doi:10.1617/s11527-025-02664-3
| This review provides an in depth examination of machine learning applications in assessing concrete durability from 2013 to 2024, with a particular focus on critical degradation mechanisms, including carbonation, chloride induced deterioration, sulfate attack, frost damage, shrinkage, and corrosion. It underscores the fields heavy reliance on laboratory based data and notes the limited use of fiel...
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| [3] |  | Sliding and healing of frictional interfaces that appear stationary, Krittanon Sirorattanakul, Stacy Larochelle, Vito Rubino, Nadia Lapusta, Ares J. Rosakis, Nature, Vol. 639, issue 8056, pp. 947-953 (2025), doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08673-0
| Frictional interfaces are found in systems ranging from biological joints to earthquake faults. When and how these interfaces slide is a fundamental problem in geosciences and engineering1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 1920. It is believed that there exists a threshold shear force, called static friction, below which the interface is stationary4,10
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| [4] |  | Machine learning algorithms for supporting life cycle assessment studies: An analytical review, Bishwash Neupane, Farouk Belkadi, Marco Formentini, Emmanuel Roziere, Benoit Hilloulin, Shoeib Faraji Abdolmaleki, Michael Mensah, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Vol. 56, issue 16, pp. 37-53 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.spc.2025.03.015
| Nowadays, industries face increasing pressure to enhance their environmental sustainability scores, particularly in reducing carbon footprints. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tools are commonly used to evaluate environmental impacts across organizational levels, enabling predictions for potential improvements. But complexity and diversity of factors influencing these assessments make prediction model...
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| [5] | | TEMPORARY REMOVAL: Probabilistic modelling of deterioration of reinforced concrete structures, Dimitri V. Val, Carmen Andrade, Miroslav Sykora, Mark G. Stewart, Emilio Bastidas-Arteaga, Jan Mlcoch, Quynh Chau Truong, Charbel Pierre El Soueidy, Structural Safety, Vol. 113, number 102454, issue 6 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.strusafe.2024.102454
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| [6] |  | Geopolymers in nuclear waste storage and immobilization: mechanisms, applications, and challenges, M. Houhou, N. Leklou, H. Ranaivomanana, J. D. Penot, S. de Barros, Discover Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, number 47957, issue 2 (2025), doi:10.1007/s42452-025-06536-x
| According to the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), nuclear facilities generate over 30 tons of high level radioactive waste and 300,000 tons of medium level waste annually, highlighting the need for secure immobilization methods to safeguard environmental and public health. Cementitious materials such as ordinary Portland cement (OPC) and other materials are commonly ...
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| [7] | | The influence of sulfate attack on existing concrete bridges: Study of external sulfate attack (ESA), Mohammed Belghali, Kada Ayed, Mohamed Ezziane, Nordine Leklou, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 483, number 141751 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.141751
| The external sulfate attack (ESA) on concrete was a pathology linked to the expansive formation of sulfate hydrates in a hardened cement matrix. This study aimed to assess the sulphate resistance of existing bridges in service. To this end, core samples taken from these bridges, along with additional specimens made from newly formulated ordinary concrete (OC) and self compacting sand concrete (SCS...
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| [8] | | Dynamic evolution of multiscale pore structures and hydration behaviors of cement mixtures involving municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash (MSWIBA) through physicochemical activation, Yanlin Zhang, Hangjie Zhou, Tao Meng, Jie Yang, Jiaze Wang, Jiawen Wang, Rui Zeng, Su Wang, Yap Zhen Shyong, Cise Unluer, Shaoqin Ruan, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 462, number 140024, issue 7 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.140024
| The properties of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash (MSWIBA) relevant to its role as a potential cement replacement are not fully well understood. This study explores the efficacy of diverse physical and chemical pre treatments in enhancing the physical properties and microstructural integrity of MSWIBA within mortar mixtures. Through extensive microscopic analysis, the obtained result...
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| [9] | | Monitoring of drying and imbibition of concrete using embedded resistivity sensors for the estimation of permeability, Marie Ange Eid, Nicolas Reuge, Geraldine Villain, Stephanie Bonnet, Sergio Palma Lopes, Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol. 157, number 105900, issue 8 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2024.105900
| Assessing the permeability of concrete is crucial as it governs the transport of aggressive agents, such as chlorides and carbon dioxide, which are key factors in the degradation mechanisms. Moreover, concrete's permeability constitutes an essential input parameter for durability models. Concrete's permeability can be measured directly (by experimental methods) or indirectly by fitting a transport...
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| [10] | | Modeling the Swelling Behavior of Clayey Geomaterials Across Scales: Advances and Challenges, Hamza Mhamdi Alaoui, Chaofa Zhao, Wenbo Niu, Pierre Yves Hicher, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 65, number 3, issue 1 (2025), doi:10.1002/nag.3881
| Most soils and rocks contain varying fractions of clay minerals within their solid matrix. These geomaterials can exhibit a significant swelling potential toward chemo thermo hydromechanical loadings. Several multiscale modeling techniques have been developed to ascertain their swelling behavior across various scales, with molecular dynamics (MD), micromechanics based approaches, and double porosi...
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| [11] | | Interfacial mechanical behavior of epoxy-quartz: MD nanoindentation and nanoscratching study, Pengchang Wei, Zhen Yu Yin, Pierre Yves Hicher, Wangqi Xu, Acta Geotechnica, Vol. 54, number 2132, issue 9 (2025), doi:10.1007/s11440-024-02503-9
| Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) is widely used in various engineering fields due to its several outstanding properties. In geotechnical engineering, the interactions between FRP and soil play an essential role. In this paper, molecular dynamics (MD) simulation method has been performed to study the interfacial mechanical behavior of epoxy quartz interface as a subsystem of FRP soil structure. Uniax...
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| [12] | | Mechanochemical activation of basaltic fines, Sofiane Amroun, Luca Galli, Mahfoud Tahlaiti, Prannoy Suraneni, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 195, number 107923 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.cemconres.2025.107923
| Basaltic fines (BF) are a promising source of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) due to their worldwide availability, low cost, and adequate chemistry. However, they need to be processed to be used as SCMs, as they are otherwise inert. We explore mechanochemical activation (MCA), where raw materials are exposed to high energy grinding, which increases powder fineness and amorphous content...
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| [13] | | Combined nanoindentation and SEM imaging for phase quantification and creep prediction of cementitious materials, Imane Bekrine, Benoit Hilloulin, Ahmed Loukili, Materials and Design, Vol. 250, number 113607 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2025.113607
| The present article introduces a novel and rapid method for processing nanoindentation data using SEM image analysis, called Auto NI SEM (Automatic NanoIndentation Scanning Electron Microscopy). The originality of the method lies in the exploitation of micromechanical data, coupled with image analysis, by developing a suitable automatic deconvolution method. The method leads to a rapid phase quant...
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| [14] | | A hydraulic conductivity model incorporating adsorption and capillarity for unsaturated/frozen soil, Yijie Wang, Yandi Wu, Liming Hu, Pierre Yves Hicher, Zhen Yu Yin, Engineering Geology, Vol. 353, number 108093, issue 5 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.enggeo.2025.108093
| Hydraulic conductivity is a key parameter for describing seepage related issues in soils. The soil water retention, soil water freezing, and soil water flow are essentially dominated by adsorption and capillarity. However, these mechanisms have not been effectively incorporated into a unified hydraulic conductivity model. This study proposes a hydraulic conductivity model based on the Navier Stoke...
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| [15] | | Dynamic mechanical analysis of epoxy composites: Master curve construction and prony series fitting to investigate filler shape effects on viscoelastic properties, Siddharth Kumar, Shrushti Maheswari, Sarthak S. Singh, Patrick Rozycki, Emergent Materials, Vol. 32, number 231, issue 2 (2025), doi:10.1007/s42247-024-00992-8
| The study employs a dynamic mechanical analyzer to investigate the frequency dependent viscoelastic properties of epoxy composites reinforced with spherical particles and milled glass fibers. This investigation examined 10% milled fiber and 15% spherical particle filled epoxy composites that were the optimized volume fractions of glass fillers based on compression experiments. The composites were ...
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| [16] | | Investigation of the creep properties of blended cement pastes using combined nanoindentation and SEM imaging, Imane Bekrine, Benoit Hilloulin, Ahmed Loukili, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 463, number 140103 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.140103
| The mechanisms underlying creep in cementitious materials have been extensively studied, with pioneering contributions shedding light on its origins. However, the amplitude and precise causes of creep remain less understood, particularly in modern mixes incorporating significant proportions of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs). Nanoindentation offers a rapid and reliable method for inves...
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| [17] | | Integrated management of ferrochrome slag: Metal recovery, Cr(VI) stabilization, and sustainable reuse in construction materials, Ankit Kumar Tripathi, Shaswat Kumar Das, Syed Mohammed Mustakim, Sapan Kumar Kandi, Priyanka Rajput, Journal of Environmental Management, Vol. 390, number 126268 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.126268
| This study presents an integrated approach to valorize ferrochrome slag (FCS), a hazardous byproduct generated during chromite ore smelting in submerged arc furnaces. Approximately 1.11.2 tons of FCS, containing 1012 % metal values alongside non metallic slag forming phases is produced per ton of ferrochrome alloy, which poses serious environmental concerns due to the presence of hexavalent chromi...
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| [18] | | Multiscale image-based modelling of composite materials, Dongze He, Yang Chen, Christian Breite, Mikhail Y. Matveev, Leonard Turpin, Elena Syerko, Guillaume Couegnat, Jeroen Soete, Mahoor Mehdikhani, Stepan V. Lomov, Yentl Swolfs, Philip J. Withers, International Materials Reviews, Vol. 70, issue 8, pp. 615-647 (2025), doi:10.1177/09506608251363653
| By control of their constituents, interfaces and architectures, composite materials can display a much broader suite of beneficial material properties than is possible for single phase materials. Furthermore, advanced manufacturing techniques are increasing the freedom to operate of composite designers. While much can be achieved with idealised models of composites, models are needed that more acc...
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| [19] | | Long-term thermo-mechanical behaviour of an energy pile installed in clay: Field experiments and numerical simulations, Changhao Qiu, Roxana Vasilescu, Mirna Doghman, Hussein Mroueh, Thibault Badinier, Fabien Szymkiewicz, Aghiad Khadour, Van Tri Nguyen, Jean Michel Pereira, Panagiotis Kotronis, Anh Minh Tang, Energy and Buildings, Vol. 349, number 116498, issue 2 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.116498
| This study investigates the long term thermo mechanical behaviour of an energy pile installed in clay using field experiments and numerical simulations, aiming both to understand its response under sustained mechanical loads and cyclic thermal loading, and to develop a novel numerical model that can provide practical guidance for the design of energy piles. Firstly, full scale experiments were per...
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| [20] | | Hysteresis at low humidity on vapor sorption isotherm of Ca-montmorillonite: The key role of interlayer cations, Yijie Wang, Zhen Yu Yin, Pierre Yves Hicher, Liming Hu, Applied Clay Science, Vol. 263, number 107628, issue 6 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.clay.2024.107628
| The vapor sorption isotherm (VSI) is significant for studying soil water interactions. The non coincidence between the adsorption isotherm and desorption isotherm is termed hysteresis. The VSI of expansive soils exhibits a unique hysteresis at low humidity, whose underlying microscopic mechanism has not yet been fully investigated. In this study, molecular simulations were used to generate the VSI...
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| [21] | | Digital design and manufacturing of a railway bogie demonstrator via multi-material wire arc directed energy deposition, Antoine Queguineur, Amirmohammad Daareyni, Hossein Mokhtarian, Matti Isakov, Remco Rook, Wei Ya, Constantinos Goulas, Jean Yves Hascoet, Inigo Flores Ituarte, International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Vol. 136, issue 11-12, pp. 5281-5303 (2025), doi:10.1007/s00170-025-15132-7
| The sequential digital design and manufacturing of components play a crucial role in realizing the industrial potential of directed energy deposition (DED), particularly when employing an electric arc as the energy source to melt a filler wire (DED ARC). This study explores the application of DED ARC for manufacturing large scale, load bearing structures, using a railway bogie as a case study. Ori...
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| [22] |  | Test methods for chloride diffusivity of blended cement pastes: a review by RILEM TC 298-EBD, Neven Ukrainczyk, Thomas Bernard, Arezou Babaahmadi, Liming Huang, Christoph Zausinger, Anthony Soive, Stephanie Bonnet, Fabien Georget, Marusa Mrak, Sabina Dolenec, Tobias Volker, Prannoy Suraneni, William Wilson, Materials and Structures Materiaux Et Constructions, Vol. 58, number 475, issue 10 (2025), doi:10.1617/s11527-025-02809-4
| The use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) is an important part of the roadmap for reducing CO2 emissions and extending the service life of reinforced concrete structures. To accelerate the adoption of SCMs, the RILEM Technical Committee 298 EBD evaluates scaled down cement paste test methods to assess the effect of SCM on resistance to chloride and sulfate ingress and reacti...
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| [23] | | Dynamic damage modelling through phase-field approaches: assessment, critical analysis and comparison, Lamia Mersel, Pascal Bouda, Jeremy Germain, Julien Rethore, Comptes Rendus Mecanique, Vol. 353, issue G1, pp. 687-724 (2025), doi:10.5802/crmeca.297
| This work assesses the ability of various phase field approaches to model dynamic damage evolution up to fracture. The damage evolution can be formulated using several types of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs), such as elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic damage PDEs. The latter enable the use of explicit time integration, which is a crucial feature if an implementation in solvers dedicated to ...
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| [24] | | Mapping indoor overheating exposure rate at city scale: A data-driven method based on building typologies and surrogate-modelling, Obaidullah Yaqubi, Sihem Guernouti, Auline Rodler, Marjorie Musy, Energy and Buildings, Vol. 332, number 115441 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2025.115441
| Evaluation of urban scale indoor overheating in buildings has become a critical area of research due to the combined effects of global warming and the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon, which have significantly impacted indoor comfort during summer and are projected to intensify. This study presents a comprehensive workflow for assessing urban scale indoor overheating vulnerability, designed to s...
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| [25] | | Influence of sample size on permeability of carboncarbon composites with stochastic microstructure, T. Lavaggi, J. W. Gillespie, P. D. Mulye, C. Binetruy, S. G. Advani, Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol. 198, number 109126, issue 10-11 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2025.109126
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| [26] | | A FDM-based experimental benchmark for evaluating quasistatic crack propagation in anisotropic linear elastic materials, Xinyuan Zhai, Thomas Corre, Veronique Lazarus, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 324, number 111175, issue 112392 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2025.111175
| Anisotropic materials gain importance in industry pushed forward by new applications, from wood construction, single crystals for photovoltaic applications or aerospace turbines, to Additive Manufactured materials. But due to the lack of certified damage tolerance models to guarantee their resistance to failure, their use in aerospace or nuclear sensitive components whose failure must be avoided a...
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| [27] | | A POD-TANN Approach for the Multiscale Modeling of Materials and Macro-Element Derivation in Geomechanics, Giovanni Piunno, Ioannis Stefanou, Cristina Jommi, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 49, issue 2, pp. 700-719 (2025), doi:10.1002/nag.3891
| This paper introduces a novel approach that combines proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) with thermodynamics based artificial neural networks (TANNs) to capture the macroscopic behavior of complex inelastic systems and derive macro elements in geomechanics. The methodology leverages POD to extract macroscopic internal state variables from microscopic state information, thereby enriching the macr...
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| [28] | | Numerical modeling of inter-ply slippage in Non-Crimp Fabrics at the continuum level within the Arbitrary Lagrangian Eulerian framework, J. Simon, N. Hamila, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 445, number 118112, issue 4 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.cma.2025.118112
| Non Crimp Fabrics (NCF) are advanced fibrous reinforcements characterized by reduced fiber waviness, offering superior mechanical performance compared to woven or braided fabrics. However, their stitching dependent cohesion makes them prone to inter ply slippage, posing significant challenges in material forming simulations. While extensive research has been conducted on shear behavior and stitchi...
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| [29] | | Characterizing the onset and development of internal erosion in gap-graded soils under complex stress states, Bikram Oli, Rachel Gelet, Didier Marot, Fateh Bendahmane, Ngoc Son Nguyen, Jean Robert Courivaud, Acta Geotechnica, Vol. 139, number 1, issue 1 (2025), doi:10.1007/s11440-025-02573-3
| The complex phenomenon of suffusion is the selective erosion of the fine fraction under the effect of seepage flow within the matrix of coarser particles. Three processes are involved simultaneously: detachment, transport, and partial filtration of the fine particles. With the objective to characterize the influence of the stress state on suffusion related parameters, downward seepage flow tests w...
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| [30] | | Calibration of the low-velocity impact experiments, Ramzi Othman, U. A. Khashaba, Polymer Composites, Vol. 45, number 7647, issue 8 (2025), doi:10.1002/pc.29896
| Low velocity impact experiments are essential for evaluating the mechanical behavior and impact resistance of composite materials in engineering applications. These experiments are primarily based on the measurement of the force time signal and a few parameters, including impact energy, impact velocity, and mass. All other parameters, such as displacement, velocity, and absorbed energy, are subseq...
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| [31] | | Evaluating the importance of spatial variability of corrosion initiation parameters for the risk-based maintenance of reinforced concrete marine structures, Romain Clerc, Charbel Pierre El-Soueidy, Franck Schoefs, Structural Safety, Vol. 114, number 102568 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.strusafe.2024.102568
| In Risk Based Maintenance (RBM) of Reinforced Concrete (RC) marine structures, modeling the spatial variability of corrosion initiation parameters is crucial for ensuring durability. However, the necessity for an accurate characterization of this spatial variability has not yet been fully investigated, despite the potential increase in measurement costs. This study addresses this gap by focusing s...
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| [32] | | Stress intensity factor determination along a kinked crack path by DIC analyses, T. Corre, F. Hild, V. Lazarus, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 249, number 465, issue 3 (2025), doi:10.1007/s10704-025-00862-2
| Sharp kinks may be observed under shear loading or in materials containing weak directions, such as those produced by additive manufacturing. A better understanding of the fracture of these materials, both theoretically and experimentally, is required to deploy them in structural applications. This study focuses on the measurement of stress intensity factors (SIFs) around a sharp kink using digita...
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| [33] | | Computing the dynamic response of periodic waveguides with nonlinear boundaries using the wave finite element method, Vincent Mahe, Adrien Melot, Benjamin Chouvion, Christophe Droz, Computers and Structures, Vol. 315, number 107778, issue 4 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.compstruc.2025.107778
| A new method to compute the dynamic response of periodic waveguides with localised nonlinearities is introduced and used to investigate the nonlinear shift of a band edge mode in the bandgap of a locally resonant phononic structure. This nonlinear extension of the Wave Finite Element Method (WFEM) uses a finite element discretisation of arbitrarily complex unit cells, and leverages FloquetBloch th...
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| [34] | | Methods for Defining Climate Change Mitigation Strategies at Organisational Level Review and Outlook, Nicolas Desmoitier, Jean Roman, Benoit Hilloulin, Emmanuel Roziere, Alexis Laurent, Business Strategy and the Environment, Vol. 2019, number 407, issue 6223 (2025), doi:10.1002/bse.4130
| The private sector has a pivotal role in contributing to the objective of the Paris Agreement and its 1.5° target. However, there is a lack of a comprehensive framework to define and implement climate change mitigation strategies in organisations. The current study aims to fill this gap by performing a critical review of existing schemes that can make a partial contribution to the definition of su...
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| [35] | | Modelling the impact of irrigated vegetation on urban microclimate: A review, Martina Garcia de Cezar, Bruno Cheviron, Severine Tomas, Merveil Muanda Lutete, Auline Rodler, Laurent Aprin, Science of the Total Environment, Vol. 997, number 180166, issue 19 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.180166
| The repeated occurrence, intensity and frequency of urban heatwaves pose significant challenges to urban areas. This paper critically reviews the current state of modelling the impact of irrigated vegetation on urban microclimate. It synthesizes findings from recent publications on the subject, focusing on the methodologies, challenges, and advances in numerical models that describe thermal comfor...
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| [36] | | Mathematical and numerical assessment of Data-Driven Identification method applied to nonlinear elasticity, Nour Hachem, Adrien Leygue, Laurent Stainier, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 446, number 118273, issue 1 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.cma.2025.118273
| The Data Driven Identification method estimates the mechanical response of material samples without postulating a predefined constitutive model. Leygue (2025) provided an initial mathematical analysis of this method, introducing a criterion to assess the well posedness of the problem. This study builds on that work to deepen the mathematical understanding of DDI, with a focus on the selection of d...
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| [37] | | Influence of static and cyclic thermal loadings on the performance of fly ashsteel slag and fly ashglass powder-based geopolymer composites, Supriya Janga, Ashwin Narendra Raut, Shaswat Kumar Das, Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, Vol. 150, issue 14, pp. 10803-10820 (2025), doi:10.1007/s10973-025-14474-4
| This study comprehensively examines the thermomechanical performance of fly ash (FA) based geopolymers blended with either steel slag (SS) or glass powder (GP). A total of 18 different mix compositions were formulated using three molarities of alkali activators (10 M, 12 M, and 14 M NaOH), and their performance under both static and cyclic thermal loading was evaluated. The fresh properties reveal...
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| [38] | | Phase-field and lip-field approaches for fracture with extreme mesh deformation (X-Mesh): a one-dimensional study, Nicolas Moes, Benoit Le, Nicolas Chevaugeon, Jean Francois Remacle, Comptes Rendus Mecanique, Vol. 353, issue G1, pp. 1027-1051 (2025), doi:10.5802/CRMECA.318
| We consider a one dimensional fracture problem modelled using either the phase field or lip field approach. In both cases, we optimise the incremental potentialwith respect to the displacement and damage fields and the nodal coordinates of the mesh. This is thus a variational mesh study. We observe that, as the damage reaches its maximum value, the optimisation drives the most damaged element to z...
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| [39] | | Immersed boundary formulation for complex geometries in hypersonic flows: Application to atmospheric reentry, Iko Midani, Valentin Ledermann, Eddy Constant, Martin Spel, Laurent Stainier, Pierre Boivin, Julien Favier, Computers and Fluids, Vol. 299, number 106715, issue 01 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.compfluid.2025.106715
| This article discusses the challenges of modeling atmospheric reentry using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) due to its complexity and practical industrial applications. Ablation phenomena caused by high energy make it difficult and time consuming to use a high fidelity CFD method to accurately measure forces and heat flux. As a result, methods based on Newton's theory are used to model aerodyna...
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| [40] | | Plastic optical fiber sensors for mooring lines monitoring in floating wind turbines: A reliability study of OTDR measurement, Romain Grangeat, Marion Girard, Cyril Lupi, Dominique Leduc, Frederic Jacquemin, Applied Ocean Research, Vol. 158, number 104541 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.apor.2025.104541
| This study investigates the use of POF (Plastic Optical Fibers) for mooring lines monitoring in floating wind turbines. Focusing on their mechanical adaptability and optical performance in marine environments. Optical attenuation measurement are employed to determine integrity of POFs under mechanical stresses such as tension and torsion, as well as during prolonged water immersion at ambient temp...
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| [41] | | Closed-loop control of a directed energy deposition process for repair applications, Stephane Touze, Carolina Navarro Valero, Guillaume Ruckert, Jean Yves Hascoet, Progress in Additive Manufacturing, Vol. 3, number 118 (2025), doi:10.1007/s40964-024-00867-8
| Additive manufacturing processes of the directed energy deposition family such as laser metal deposition or wire arc additive manufacturing offer great control and improved metallurgical properties over traditional processes such as casting. They are very promising for many industrial applications such as the fabrication of intricate parts with high performance alloys as well as repair application...
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| [42] | | CLOSED-LOOP CONTROL OF EXTRUSION-BASED BIOPRINTING THROUGH REAL-TIME COMPUTER VISION, Javier Arduengo, Nicolas Hascoet, Francisco Chinesta, Jean Yves Hascoet, Journal of Machine Engineering, Vol. 25, issue 2, pp. 28-42 (2025), doi:10.36897/jme/205422
| Bioprinting is the technology that combines the use of living matter and biomaterials to manufacture biological models, tissues, and structures layer by layer for applications in regenerative medicine, drug testing, and tissue engineering. Among bioprinting techniques, extrusion based methods are the most widely used because of their relative simplicity, affordability, and ability to handle as wid...
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| [43] | | 3D printable eco-efficient mortars under salt water: Mix design and characterization, Raghed Al Thib, Sebastien Remond, Naima Belayachi, Elise Remond, Ahmed Loukili, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 501, number 144288, issue 1 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.144288
| Concrete 3D Printing (3DP) is an emerging technology with significant potential to improve construction productivity, reduce material consumption and waste, and enable complex shapes. It is particularly promising for construction in challenging environments such as underwater infrastructure. However, traditional printable mortars are heavily dependent on Portland cement with high carbon footprint,...
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| [44] | | Measurement, self-similarity, and TNT equivalence of blasts from exploding wires, A. Morsel, F. Masi, P. Kotronis, I. Stefanou, Shock Waves, Vol. 35, issue 1, pp. 17-35 (2025), doi:10.1007/s00193-024-01209-x
| Reduced scale experiments offer a controlled and safe environment for studying the effects of blasts on structures. Traditionally, these experiments rely on the detonation of solid or gaseous explosive mixtures, with only limited understanding of alternative explosive sources. This paper presents a detailed investigation of the blasts produced by exploding aluminum wires for generating shock waves...
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| [45] | | Effects of Thermal Activation on Mechanical Performance and Sustainability of Slag-Based Geopolymers, Lais Alves, Nordine Leklou, Fabio de Simone e Souza, Silvio de Barros, Materials, Vol. 18, number 4419, issue 18 (2025), doi:10.3390/ma18184419
| Ground granulated blast furnace slag (GBFS) based geopolymers represent a viable binder system that combines mechanical efficiency with a significantly lower carbon footprint when compared to conventional Portland cement. This work examines how thermal curing between 20 °C and 80 °C affects setting time, mechanical performance, shrinkage, and porosity of GBFS based geopolymers. Curing at 40 °C acc...
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| [46] | | miniBLAST: A Novel Experimental Setup for Laboratory Testing of Structures Under Blast Loads, A. Morsel, F. Masi, E. Marche, G. Racineux, P. Kotronis, I. Stefanou, Experimental Techniques, Vol. 52, number 2708, issue 9 (2025), doi:10.1007/s40799-024-00771-4
| We present a novel experimental setup called miniBLAST, which enables systematic and repeatable laboratory tests of structures subjected to blast loads. The explosive source is based on the discharge of high electrical loads on a thin conductor, producing repeatable blast type shock waves of controlled intensity. Conducting blast experiments under safe laboratory conditions offers significant adva...
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| [47] | | Discussion on mechanical and structural analysis of metakaolin-based one-part geopolymers with the addition of magnesium oxide by Zhang et al. (2025), Shaswat Kumar Das, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 505, number 144744 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.144744
| This article presents a discussion on the paper by Zhang et al. (2025), published in this journal, which investigates the effect of reactive MgO on one part Na based geopolymers prepared using metakaolin and silica fume as precursor materials. The authors of the original study attributed the high compressive strength observed to the formation of magnesium silicate hydrate (M S H) type gels, primar...
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| [48] | | Printing with earth: characterizing local soils for sustainable 3D construction, Yameng Ji, Philippe Poullain, Nordine Leklou, Materials and Structures Materiaux Et Constructions, Vol. 58, number 347, issue 9 (2025), doi:10.1617/s11527-025-02828-1
| Additive manufacturing is increasingly being recognized as transformative in the field of sustainable construction, with raw earth emerging as an attractive building material due to its abundance and minimal environmental impact. However, despite growing interest, no standardized framework currently exists for selecting and characterizing soils suitable for 3D printing, and previous research has e...
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| [49] | | Replication of an intervertebral disc using an in-house bioprinter: A proof-of-concept study, Emmaelle Carrot, Perrine de Villemagne, Paul Humbert, Sebastien Grastilleur, Benoit Rosa, Boris Halgand, Yoan Le Guennec, Johann Clouet, Vianney Delplace, Pierre Weiss, Franck Halary, Jean Yves Hascoet, Marion Fusellier, Luciano Vidal, Jerome Guicheux, Catherine Le Visage, International Journal of Bioprinting, Vol. 0, number 5021, issue 0 (2025), doi:10.36922/ijb.5021
| The intervertebral disc, a fibro cartilaginous structure, contains a gelatinous core (nucleus pulposus) surrounded by collagen fiber lamellae (annulus fibrosus). Intervertebral disc degeneration leads to a debilitating disorder, and new treatments are currently being developed. Unfortunately, conventional monolayer invitromodels fail to predict the clinical efficacy of novel therapies accurately. ...
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| [50] | | Enforcement of the irreversibility condition in the phase field damage model: Influence of the history variable approximation, Abdelmalek Barki, Jihed Zghal, Laurent Gallimard, Isabelle Bruant, Nicolas Chevaugeon, Luc Davenne, Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 328, number 111518, issue 8 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.engfracmech.2025.111518
| The phase field damage model has been widely used in recent decades, based on regularizing the local variational problem (Griffith criterion revisited). This original phase field damage model must satisfy the irreversibility condition of cracks, so a constrained variational inequality must be solved. Interest in this method within the mechanical community grew after the publication of Miehe et al....
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| [51] | | Nearly complete strain-induced phase transformation in cold-rolled pure cobalt, Ines Addi, Pierre Antoine Dubos, Baptiste Girault, David Gloaguen, Next Materials, Vol. 9, number 101109 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.nxmate.2025.101109
| The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of high strain levels, achieved through cold rolling, on the strain induced phase transformation in cobalt, from the Face Centred Cubic (FCC) phase to the Hexagonal Close Packed (HCP) one. The samples were cold rolled at various reduction ratios and their surfaces were analysed using Electron BackScattered Diffraction (EBSD), which provides miscel...
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| [52] | | On the formulation and convergence of Data-Driven Identification, Adrien Leygue, Comptes Rendus Mecanique, Vol. 353, issue G1, pp. 761-773 (2025), doi:10.5802/crmeca.303
| Background: The Data Driven Identification(DDI) method is a model free approach to the identification of the mechanical stress in parts subject to statically indeterminate stress states. Although the method has been applied in many studies, no theoretical analysis of its convergence has been proposed so far. Purpose: The aim of this manuscript is to propose a first study of the DDI properties in o...
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| [53] | | Transatlantic Coastal Community Voices on Floating Offshore Wind Farms With Artificial Reefs, Antoine Dubois, Alison Bates, Angela Lin, Franck Schoefs, Pierre Alexandre Mahieu, Wind Energy, Vol. 28, number 11, issue 6 (2025), doi:10.1002/we.70021
| In the United States (US) and in France, offshore wind farms (OWFs) and floating offshore wind farms (FOWFs) have faced political concerns and, in some cases, strong stakeholder opposition. Respecting the views of local communities is critical for a socially responsible energy transition. The development of such projects should also minimize impacts on the environment. This study aimed to assess a...
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| [54] | | Impact of flow direction and soil characteristics on suffusion susceptibility: Analyzing soil resistance and filtration effects, Dinh Minh Tran, Didier Marot, Fateh Bendahmane, Rachel Gelet, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, Vol. 42, number 100657, issue 5 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.gete.2025.100657
| Most suffusion tests described in the literature are performed by applying a vertical flow to homogenous specimens, whereas on site, the flow can be in another direction and the soil may display local variations of density and grain size distribution. A series of suffusion tests are performed with a multi direction flow device, under vertical or horizontal flow. Two cohesionless soils which slight...
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| [55] | | Directional Corrosion Behavior of Cold-Rolled and Annealed 304L Stainless Steel: Role of Residual Stress and Phase Transformation, Mokded Bachani, Abdelali Hayoune, Jamal Fajoui, Pierre Antoine Dubos, Steel Research International, Vol. 38, number 154 (2025), doi:10.1002/srin.202401046
| This study examines the microstructural evolution, phase transformation, and corrosion behavior of 304L stainless steel after 50% cold rolling and annealing within a temperature range of 400850 °C. X ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and cyclic potentiodynamic polarization in 0.6 M NaCl are employed for analysis. Cold rolling induces significant martensitic transformation (62% volume ...
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| [56] | | On-the-fly adaptive sampling strategy for data-driven computational mechanics: Applications to computational homogenisation, Felipe Rocha, Auriane Platzer, Adrien Leygue, Laurent Stainier, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 207, number 105382, issue 3 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.mechmat.2025.105382
| To overcome well known drawbacks of classical phenomenological constitutive modelling of non linear heterogeneous materials, a popular approach is the so called computational homogenisation (CH), which relies on a combined description of constitutive behaviours and spatial morphology of smaller scales constituents. Their computational implementation usually encompasses two level finite element num...
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| [57] | | Characterization of the cyclic hygroscopic aging behavior of balsa wood core bio-composite sandwich structures with preexisting defects in laminate skins, Yuan Wu, Jamal Fajoui, Pascal Casari, Sylvain Freour, Polymer Composites (2025), doi:10.1002/pc.30031
| Aimed at the decarbonization of marine structures under harsh humid environments, the present study explores the cyclic hygroscopic aging behavior of balsa wood core bio composite sandwich structures with manufacturing defects in Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer (GFRP) skins. Both experimental investigations and analytical predictions are presented. Two distinct protocols were proposed to realize co...
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| [58] | | Molecular Dynamics Study on Quartz-Indenter Shape and Depth Effects in Epoxy Interfacial Mechanics, Pengchang Wei, Zhen Yu Yin, Pierre Yves Hicher, Yuanyuan Zheng, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 49, issue 13, pp. 2949-2964 (2025), doi:10.1002/nag.4021
| The interfacial mechanical behavior between epoxy and quartz at the microscale remains inadequately understood. The quartz indenter shape and indentation depth (hc) effect on epoxy interfacial mechanical behavior has been investigated through molecular dynamics (MD) simulation of nanoindentation and nanoscratching. This work employs two Vickers type and four spherical indenters with var...
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| [59] | | Swelling pressure of clayey geomaterials: A comprehensive analysis of experimental methods, numerical estimates and molecular dynamics simulations, Hamza Mhamdi Alaoui, Chaofa Zhao, Wenbo Niu, Daojia Wu, Pierre Yves Hicher, Applied Clay Science, Vol. 276, number 107881, issue 2 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.clay.2025.107881
| Clay minerals are prevalent in clayey soils and rocks, where their swelling behavior upon chemo thermo hydro mechanical forces is critical in geotechnical and geological engineering. Understanding swelling pressure is essential for accurately predicting swelling behavior. Numerous methods have been developed to estimate swelling pressure at different scales, though a comprehensive review comparing...
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| [60] | | Influence of microencapsulated phase change materials on drying shrinkage, pore structure, and gas permeability of blast-furnace slag and metakaolin-based geopolymers, Bouha El Moustapha, Stephanie Bonnet, Abdelhafid Khelidj, Nordine Leklou, Nicolas Maranzana, Isselmou Ahmedou Babah, Journal of Sustainable Cement Based Materials, Vol. 9, issue 48, pp. 1-17 (2025), doi:10.1080/21650373.2025.2532184
| This study examines the effect of microencapsulated phase change materials (MPCMs) on the drying shrinkage, pore structure and gas permeability of cement mortars (CMs) and geopolymer mortars (GPMs) based on blast furnace slag (GBFS) with metakaolin (MK) contents of 0%, 10% and 20%. Twelve mortars were analyzed with MPCMs contents of 0%, 5% and 10%. Characterizations included heat of hydration, SEM...
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| [61] | | Adaptive parameters identification for nonlinear dynamics using deep permutation invariant networks, Mouad Elaarabi, Domenico Borzacchiello, Philippe Le Bot, Yves L.E. Guennec, Sebastien Comas-Cardona, Machine Learning, Vol. 114, number 16980, issue 1 (2025), doi:10.1007/s10994-024-06732-7
| The promising outcomes of dynamical system identification techniques, such as SINDy (Brunton et al. in Proc Natl Acad Sci 113(15):39323937, 2016), highlight their advantages in providing qualitative interpretability and extrapolation compared to non interpretable deep neural networks (Rudin in Nat Mach Intell 1(5):206215, 2019). These techniques suffer from parameter updating in real time use case...
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| [62] | | Assessing the impact of carbonation on the CFRP-mortar bond: A combined mechanical and microstructural analysis, Dania Kabalan, Amandine Celino, Frederic Grondin, Emmanuel Roziere, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 493, number 143162 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.143162
| Research on reinforcement and repair techniques for infrastructure weakened by environmental factors has been extensive, with a focus on evaluating their mechanical behaviour. One promising method in civil engineering is the use of bonded composite reinforcements, which offer a wide range of applications. When the structure is repaired or strengthened, concrete has been exposed to environmental ac...
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| [63] | | Consistent Eulerian and Lagrangian variational formulations of non-linear kinematic hardening for solid media undergoing large strains and shocks, Thomas Heuze, Nicolas Favrie, Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, Vol. 433, number 117480, issue 12 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.cma.2024.117480
| In this paper, two Eulerian and Lagrangian variational formulations of non linear kinematic hardening are derived in the context of finite thermoplasticity. These are based on the thermo mechanical variational framework introduced by Heuze and Stainier (2022), and follow the concept of pseudo stresses introduced by Mosler and Bruhns (2009). These formulations are derived from a thermodynamical fra...
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| [64] | | Grain-boundary refinement in wire-arc directed energy deposition of duplex stainless steel via in-process ultrasonic vibration, Antoine Queguineur, Olli Wiikinkoski, Mohammad Hallaji, Gaurav Mohanty, Jean Yves Hascoet, Inigo Flores Ituarte, Welding in the World, Vol. 14, number 100255 (2025), doi:10.1007/s40194-025-02123-1
| Wire arc directed energy deposition (WA DED) is the subject of extensive research in metal additive manufacturing (AM). This study investigates the influence of ultrasonic vibration (UV) on the material properties of deposited ER2209 duplex stainless steel filler wire and evaluates the effects of UV treatment on walls fabricated both with and without weaving. The results demonstrate the effectiven...
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| [65] | | Shape Measurements of Lattice Materials from Few X-Ray Radiographs Using the 3D Virtual Image Correlation (3D-VIC) Method, L. Calmettes, M. L.M. Francois, J. Rethore, Experimental Mechanics, Vol. 466, number 2495, issue 3 (2025), doi:10.1007/s11340-024-01116-3
| Background: the development of additive manufacturing technologies (3D printing) has made it possible to manufacture complex structures such as architected materials. However, traditional inspection methods are not suited to these materials, which require volume inspection to examine their internal structure. Objective: the aim is to provide a 3D shape measurement method based on the initial compu...
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| [66] | | Molecular insights into the shear behavior of interstratified illite-smectite clays: Effects of hydration and illitization, Wenbo Niu, Chaofa Zhao, Hamza Mhamdi Alaoui, Zhongxuan Yang, Pierre Yves Hicher, Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment, Vol. 44, number 100759, issue 3 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.gete.2025.100759
| Clayey geomaterials rarely occur in a pure mineralogical state in nature and are more commonly found as mixed layer clays, such as interstratified illite smectite. These clays consist of varying proportions of illite and smectite layers, which significantly affect their mechanical properties. Under variable mechanical conditions, the shear behavior of mixed layer clays exhibits considerable comple...
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| [67] | | Quantification of localised strains induced within a granular medium by a biphasic flow via digital image correlation, Rana Al Nemer, Julien Rethore, Giulio Sciarra, Strain, Vol. 31, issue 2 (2025), doi:10.1111/str.12480
| Biphasic flow propagating through a granular medium can be established as an unstable infiltration and can be precursors of nonnegligible deformations. Capturing such infiltration through the lens of a high resolution camera, full field strain maps are determined via digital image correlation (DIC). However, this image analysis technique is based on the fundamental assumption of grey level conserv...
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| [68] | | Experimental and theoretical investigation of the low velocity impact response of CFRP composite beams, Omar Baabdullah, Ramzi Othman, U. A. Khashaba, Results in Engineering, Vol. 28, number 107128, issue 2 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.rineng.2025.107128
| This paper presents an investigation into the low velocity impact (LVI) behavior of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composite beams. The main goal is to explore the experimental and theoretical responses of woven CFRP composites under LVI loading. To simplify the typically complex geometries of composite structures, this study focuses on beam configurations rather than plates. The effects o...
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| [69] | | Compressibility of Elastomer Matrix Composites Filled With Hollow Thermoplastic Microspheres Under Low Hydrostatic Pressure, B. Ruelle, P. Rublon, M. Coret, E. Verron, Strain, Vol. 61, number 107, issue 4 (2025), doi:10.1111/str.70013
| This paper investigates the pressurevolume response of elastomer matrix composites filled with hollow thermoplastic microspheres and subjected to low hydrostatic pressure. The hysteretic response of the material up to a pressure of 0.8 MPa is measured using an original experimental set up that combines hydrostatic pressure loading by nitrogen pressurisation and volume measurement thanks to digital...
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| [70] | | Mechanical Properties of 3D-Printed Earth-Based Materials Considering Two Printable Soils, Yameng Ji, Philippe Poullain, Nordine Leklou, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 37, number 150, issue 11 (2025), doi:10.1061/JMCEE7.MTENG-19828
| Attempts to apply earth materials to three dimensional (3D) printing were already underway in 2011. However, the construction industry has only recently seen a proliferation of research on this topic. At present, in addition to enriching the printable earth materials, the corresponding mechanical properties also need to be explored to ensure that they meet the construction requirements and optimiz...
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| [71] | | Investigation of the residual stresses and strains, microstructure and mechanical properties of stainless steel multipass welds produced using dual wire-tungsten inert gas process, Juliette Theodore, Baptiste Girault, Laurent Couturier, David Gloaguen, Emmanuel Bertrand, Pascal Paillard, Efthymios Polatidis, Jan Capek, Gregoire Bazin, Bruno Courant, Materialia, Vol. 40, number 102403 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.mtla.2025.102403
| Tungsten inert gas welding of thick components, such as baseplates or tubes, requires chamfering and multipass welding, which can induce significant residual strains and stresses. Strain might then be responsible for misalignments during welding and deviations from the desired part geometry while stress can compromise the integrity and service life. This study investigates the residual stresses, s...
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| [72] | | THE INTERPLAY OF CLAY BEHAVIOR AND PARTICLE STRUCTURING: A MULTISCALE INVESTIGATION, M. Ma, F. Bennai, M. Hattab, P. Y. Hicher, F. Nicot, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 1480, number 012096, issue 1 (2025), doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1480/1/012096
| The effects of different particle associations on the mechanical behavior of kaolinite are investigated by coupling the experimental mechanical results with microscopic analyses. Two types of particle structures are generated through sedimentation tests conducted in solutions with different pH values, in which flocculation and dispersion of particles take place. It is shown that the compressibilit...
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| [73] | | Sulfate attack of deep foundation concrete: New testing method and influence of temperature on degradation mechanism, Faten Souayfan, Farah Kaddah, Sonia Boudache, Stephane Guerineau, Christophe Justino, Emmanuel Roziere, Case Studies in Construction Materials, Vol. 23, number e05368, issue 34 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.cscm.2025.e05368
| Thaumasite attack presents a significant concern within the domain of deep soil foundation construction. In these exposure conditions, concrete is exposed to sulfate rich groundwater from the fresh state, hence the need for specific durability testing procedure. The use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) has long been a way to prevent external sulfate attack. The specific degradation du...
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| [74] | | Physical-chemical characterization of a crystallinity gradient in a carbon black-filled PEEK laminate manufactured by laser-assisted tape placement, Noe Restif, Suzanne Laik, Mael Peron, Federica Daghia, Frederic Jacquemin, Polymer, Vol. 332, number 128564, issue 4 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.polymer.2025.128564
| Laser assisted tape placement (LATP) of thermoplastic composites (TPC) enables the rapid production of laminates. However, during layup, higher cooling rates are expected on the bonded interphases between two plies (in the vicinity of the interply), potentially resulting in more amorphous regions, although this has not been experimentally demonstrated in existing literature. Given the impact of cr...
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| [75] | | Chemical degradation vs. creep loading vs. hydration processes in cement-based materials immerged in seawater characterized with a multiscale model, Marinelle El-Khoury, Frederic Grondin, Emmanuel Roziere, Rachid Cortas, Fadi Hage Chehade, Mechanics of Time Dependent Materials, Vol. 29, number 143, issue 3 (2025), doi:10.1007/s11043-025-09792-x
| Upon contact with seawater, concrete undergoes degradation caused by the diffusion of aggressive ions into its porous network and their reaction with cement hydration products. In addition, time dependent deformations occur resulting from long term operational use and mechanical loading. The analysis of these coupled chemomechanical phenomena is complex and requires the development of innovative a...
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| [76] | | Steel fiber-reinforced slag-based concretes for floats of FOWTs The case of a slab as a preliminary approach: design, durability under chloride exposure and Life Cycle Assessment, Nicolas Reuge, Stephanie Bonnet, Laurence Guiheneuf, Olivier Cornet, Anne Ventura, Case Studies in Construction Materials, Vol. 23, number e04824, issue 18 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.cscm.2025.e04824
| Concrete Floating wind turbine is a solution of the future for Marine Renewable Energies (MRE). The B2FE project, i.e., steel fiber reinforced concrete (SFRC) for wind turbine floats, aims at developing and characterizing a slag based concrete (low carbon concrete) reinforced with steel fibers (slag based SFRC). Four concrete formulations composed of 50 % CEM I and 50 % blast furnace slag, includi...
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| [77] | | Microstructural effect of a new combined thermal and CO2 curing protocol for low-carbon cementitious materials, Imane Bekrine, Benoit Hilloulin, Ahmed Loukili, Journal of Building Engineering, Vol. 111, number 113160 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.jobe.2025.113160
| Enhancing the early age mechanical performance of low carbon cementitious materials is essential for their wider adoption. While thermal curing is widely used in precast and prestressed concrete, and carbonation curing has recently emerged for strength improvement and CO2 sequestration, their combined effect remains unexplored. This study introduces a novel curing regime that combines t...
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| [78] | | Seepage Erosion and Stability Criterion for Construction and Demolition Waste Particles in Embankment Fill Applications, Qian Feng Gao, Xue Ke Shi, Zhongsen Li, Zhen Ning Shi, Ling Zeng, Chu Sheng Wang, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Vol. 37, number 92, issue 11 (2025), doi:10.1061/JMCEE7.MTENG-20616
| Constructing highway embankment is an efficient way for large scale utilization of construction and demolition waste (CDW). This study evaluates the seepage erosion behavior of compacted CDW particles through seepage tests on continuously and gap graded specimens with varying fines contents under constant and cyclic hydraulic gradients. Erosion behavior was analyzed, including changes in fine part...
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| [79] | | Data generation and deep neural network predictions for aged mechanical properties, Enio H. Pires, Silvio de Barros, Pascal Casari, Marcelo L. Ribeiro, Polymer Engineering and Science, Vol. 49, number 1228 (2025), doi:10.1002/pen.27196
| The aim of this work is the data generation of aged mechanical properties following the Arrhenius equation and large deformation theory for a transversely isotropic bio based polyurethane foam, and the application of this dataset in the training process of different deep neural network architectures to evaluate their capacity to predict the full stressstrain behavior of this material after being e...
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| [80] | | Experimental evaluation of the degradation of bio-based composites under extreme conditions: Impact on mechanical performance and durability, Yuan Wu, Jamal Fajoui, Pascal Casari, Sylvain Freour, Mouna Bouziane, EPJ Web of Conferences, Vol. 326, number 03003, issue 6 (2025), doi:10.1051/epjconf/202532603003
| This paper characterizes the impact of long term cyclic hygrothermal aging behavior on mechanical properties of bio based balsa core sandwich structures through experimental investigation of moisture diffusion cycles, moisture induced swelling effects, degradation of bending strength and stiffness, as well as the damage modes initiated in skins, skin/core interfaces and the balsa core. The structu...
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| [81] | | Restoration of hydroxyapatite particle thickness and crystalline orientation does not lead to recovery of tissue-scale mechanical properties in regenerating rat calvarial bone defects, Ameni Zaouali, David Gloaguen, Eric Le Bourhis, Pierre Antoine Dubos, Marie Jose Moya, Matthias Schwartzkopf, Tim Snow, Konrad Schneider, Baobao Chang, Fabienne Jordana, Solene Tessier, Pierre Tournier, Arnaud Pare, Pierre Weiss, Valerie Geoffroy, Baptiste Girault, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Vol. 168, number 106998 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.jmbbm.2025.106998
| Various cellular activities regulate bone healing, causing structural changes and evolving mechanical characteristics during the regeneration process. This pilot study aimed to correlate the time and space resolved mechanical behavior of regenerating and related biological processes. While the mechanical properties of bone are known to be based on a nanostructure organization, this study intends ...
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| [82] | | Experimental evaluation of the time lag and decrement factor of a raw earth wall for various climates: Comparison of different methods, Yassine Elias Belarbi, Philippe Poullain, Ines Othmen, Nabil Issaadi, Stephanie Bonnet, Nordine Leklou, Journal of Building Engineering, Vol. 113, number 113996 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.jobe.2025.113996
| The current environmental context, as well as the major societal issues linked to the ecological and environmental transition, mean that more thought needs to be given to improving the energy efficiency of buildings. Indeed, the ability of materials to respond to different climatic fluctuations is becoming an important issue to study. This study deals with the assessment of dynamic thermal propert...
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| [83] | | Micromechanical investigation of the asymptotic behaviour of granular materials, Bo Liu, Zhen Yu Yin, Pierre Yves Hicher, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Vol. 318, number 113423 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113423
| Laboratory experiments have shown that the proportional shearing of granular materials along arbitrary strain path directions will lead to stress states that converge asymptotically to proportional stress paths with constant stress ratios. The macro and microscopic characteristics of this asymptotic behaviour, as well as the existence of asymptotic states exhibiting a constant stress ratio and a ...
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| [84] | | Mechanical and microstructural characterization of laminate composites hybridised with carbon fibre and rice husk particulate fillers, Dayanidhi Jena, Shaswat Kumar Das, Journal of Umm Al Qura University for Engineering and Architecture, Vol. 147, number 7761, issue 14 (2025), doi:10.1007/s43995-025-00251-9
| This current work have investigated the mechanical properties of a polymer composite hybridized with particulate rice husk (PRH) and particulate carbon fibre (PCF). The hand lay up fabrication process is adopted to develop the composite. Mechanical properties such as compressive strength, tensile strength, and flexural bending strength of the developed hybrid polymer composite, and composites with...
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| [85] | | Influence of the Initial Clay Fabric on the Progressive Destructuring Process under One-Dimensional Compression, Mengyu Ma, Fares Bennai, Mahdia Hattab, Pierre Yves Hicher, Francois Nicot, Journal of Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 151, number 633, issue 11 (2025), doi:10.1061/JENMDT.EMENG-8387
| This study aims to show how the interactions between clay particles and their environment can influence the fabric structuring of clayey soils, as well as to highlight the consequences on their mechanical behavior. For this purpose, samples of kaolinite clay sedimented within solutions at different pHs, which may induce either flocculated or dispersed clay fabric, were prepared and analyzed. The a...
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| [86] | | Effect of Hydric Condition on the Mechanical Properties of Cement and Lime-Treated Saharan Soils, Elhadj Guesmia Daheur, Abdellah Demdoum, Idriss Goual, Zhong Sen Li, Said Taibi, International Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 166, number 744, issue 3 (2025), doi:10.1007/s40999-025-01169-y
| This study evaluates the influence of moisture conditions on the mechanical properties of a mixture comprising 35% dune sand and 65% tuff, treated with 2.66% lime and 1.33% cement. This composition has previously demonstrated optimal structural performance for pavement applications in Saharan regions. To replicate realistic field conditions typical of Saharan climates, a range of water contents wa...
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| [87] | | Fourier-based computational micromechanics on boundary-conforming transformed grids, Francois Bignonnet, Martin Ladecky, Ivana Pultarova, Jan Zeman, Comptes Rendus Mecanique, Vol. 354, issue G1, pp. 227-256 (2025), doi:10.5802/CRMECA.354
| Computational homogenization accelerated by Green function preconditioning with Fast Fourier transforms (FFT) is classically performed on a uniform grid, which hinders the discretization accuracy. In this work, we consider a more accurate geometry representation obtained by transforming the uniform computational grid into a boundary conforming one. The mechanical problem is discretized using the f...
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| [88] | | Thermomechanical couplings of twinning Magnesium over a reversed load path, Necdet Ali Ozdur, Sefer Can Erman, Laurent Stainier, Rian Seghir, C. Can Aydner, Materials Today Communications, Vol. 46, number 112563, issue 2 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.mtcomm.2025.112563
| This study explores the thermomechanical couplings in rolled Magnesium AZ31 under a non monotonic load path, by first straining in the sense that incites profuse twinning and then reversing the load (to the sense that impedes twinning). The evolution of temperature, stress, and strain during the corresponding compressiontension cycle is measured by in situ infrared thermography combined with digit...
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| [89] | | Optimizing the extraction of a novel fiber from cassava (Manihot esculenta) stems: a statistical approach, Noel Njimbong Chia, Mustapha Nouri, Paul Kouteu, Mahfoud Tahlaiti, Yvette Jiokap Nono, Abdelhafid Khelidj, Sivakumar Ramanathan, Cellulose, Vol. 32, issue 16, pp. 9245-9269 (2025), doi:10.1007/s10570-025-06775-6
| The aim of this study is to extract and characterize cellulosic fibers from cassava (Manihot esculenta) stems, with the intent of adding value to this underutilized agro waste for industrial applications. Both chemical (NaOH) and mechanical extraction processes were employed to obtain these fibers. The BoxBehnken Response Surface Methodology (RSM) was used to optimize the effect of the biomass soa...
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| [90] | | Deep learning based predictions of Wohler curve using physics-informed neural networks: self-heating determination of fatigue limits for laminated composite materials, Laurent Gornet, Procedia Structural Integrity, Vol. 75, issue 6, pp. 129-139 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.prostr.2025.11.015
| This study investigates the fatigue behavior of high strength carbon/epoxy laminates using Physics Informed Neural Networks (PINNs). Laminates composed of TR50 unidirectional fibers and R367 2 epoxy were tested under cyclic tension and fatigue at room temperature. Self heating tests were also conducted to efficiently estimate the fatigue limits. A strong agreement was found between classical fatig...
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| [91] | | Analysis of the Influence of Excavated Soil Sand Characteristics on the Rheological and Mechanical Properties of Hydraulic Mortars, Lara Saad, Mustapha Nouri, Mahfoud Tahlaiti, Abdelhafid Khelidj, Julien Fruchet, Prannoy Suraneni, Buildings, Vol. 15, number 353, issue 3 (2025), doi:10.3390/buildings15030353
| This work investigates the effects of substituting natural sand with excavated soil sand in the formulation of hydraulic mortar developed from a self compacting concrete (SCC). Four excavated soil sand deposits were studied to assess their physicochemical properties. Subsequently, a reference mortar (RM) was designed using the concrete equivalent mortar method. Furthermore, the effect of incorpora...
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| [92] | | STAMS 2023 / SEMTA-MECAMAT COLLOQUIUM Mechanics Across the Scales, M. P. Ariza, C. Czarnota, L. Stainier, J. A. Rodriguez-Martinez, Mechanics of Materials, Vol. 208, number 105414 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.mechmat.2025.105414
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| [93] | | Corrigendum to Evaluating the importance of spatial variability of corrosion initiation parameters for the risk-based maintenance of reinforced concrete marine structures [Struct. Saf. 114 (2025) 102568] (Structural Safety (2025) 114, (S0167473024001395), (10.1016/j.strusafe.2024.102568)), Romain Clerc, Charbel Pierre El-Soueidy, Franck Schoefs, Structural Safety, Vol. 116, number 102618 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.strusafe.2025.102618
| The authors regret the presence of the following unnoticed error in the article: In Table 1, row 2, column 2, kgCl /kg concrete should be replaced by %kgCl /kg concrete.This change ensures consistency with Table 6, which is correct. The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused....
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| [94] | | Acoustic emission analysis and machine learning based identification of cracking events in self compacting fibre-reinforced mortars, Syed Yasir Alam, Ahmed Loukili, Journal of Materials Science, Vol. 60, issue 44, pp. 21925-21951 (2025), doi:10.1007/s10853-025-11651-6
| Self compacting mortars and concretes, commonly used in horizontal structures, exhibit superior fluidity and homogeneity. However, these materials are prone to significant shrinkage and cracking, especially in floors and slabs due to large moisture exchange surfaces. Incorporating fibres offers an efficient alternative to traditional reinforcement methods by reducing shrinkage induced cracking. Th...
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| [95] | | Interpretable crack features for the representation of kinematic fields in the case of fatigue overloads, Ghita Bahaj Filali, Michel Coret, Adrien Leygue, Julien Rethore, International Journal of Fracture, Vol. 249, number 364, issue 1 (2025), doi:10.1007/s10704-024-00830-2
| Many engineering structures are subjected to variable amplitude loading. A number of studies investigate the effects of post overload, even though it is crucial to describe what occurs during the overloading. The aim of this paper is to provide effective independent descriptors based on purely kinematic measurements for the analysis of overloading. Fatigue tests were conducted on a SENT specimen. ...
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| [96] | | Hysteresis at Low Relative Humidity on Vapor Sorption Isotherm of Na-Montmorillonite, Yijie Wang, Liming Hu, Zhen Yu Yin, Pierre Yves Hicher, Yandi Wu, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 151, issue 11 (2025), doi:10.1061/JGGEFK.GTENG-13726
| The vapor sorption isotherm (VSI) can be employed not only for characterizing the soil properties but also for describing the seepage and deformation phenomena within soils. The adsorption and desorption VSIs of expansive soil exhibit a distinctive hysteresis at low relative humidity (RH). While it is speculated that this hysteresis may be related to the interlayer hydration of expansive minerals,...
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| [97] | | Utilizing Experimental Data in a Model-Free Data-Driven Method: The Case of Thermal Conduction, Jakob Platen, Atul Anantheswar, Felix Harazin, Johannes Storm, Michael Scherkenbach, Markus Oeser, Laurent Stainier, Michael Kaliske, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 126, number 1, issue 22 (2025), doi:10.1002/nme.70165
| The study at hand investigates the applicability of experimental data within a model free data driven solver. The heat conduction equation is facilitated and solved by the data driven solver without the need for a constitutive law. At first, the results of an artificially created dataset are compared to a finite element solution to assess the quality of the approach. Subsequently, in situ data is ...
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| [98] | | Correction to: Influence of Plastic Anisotropy and Strain path on strain-induced Phase Transformation of Cobalt (Metals and Materials International, (2024), 30, 1, (1-12), 10.1007/s12540-023-01490-y), Pierre Antoine Dubos, Jamal Fajoui, Nadjib Iskounen, Baptiste Girault, David Gloaguen, Metals and Materials International (2025), doi:10.1007/s12540-024-01829-z
| In the original version of this article, co author Nadjib Iskounen name was missed to add in the author group. The correct order of author names should read as Pierre Antoine Dubos, Jamal Fajoui, Nadjib Iskounen, Baptiste Girault, David Gloaguen. The affiliation details of Nadjib Iskounen are Laboratoire Des Sciences de IIngenieur Pour IEnvironnement, UMR CNRS 7356, La Rochelle Universite, 17042, ...
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| [99] | | Natural Fiber Composites for Sustainable Model Rocketry: Bamboo and Jute as Alternatives to Fiberglass, Lais Alves, Tabata Barreto, Nordine Leklou, Silvio de Barros, Fibers, Vol. 13, number 159, issue 12 (2025), doi:10.3390/fib13120159
| The search for sustainable alternatives to synthetic composites has become increasingly relevant in aerospace engineering education and student rocketry. Fiberglass is widely used for rocket fuselages due to its favorable balance of performance and cost, but it is energy intensive, non biodegradable, and environmentally burdensome. This study provides the first demonstration of natural fiber compo...
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| [100] | | Evaluation of the compactness of granular mixes for roller compacted concrete design using SPO-ANN, Youcef Chakali, Ahmed Hadj Sadok, Nima Khodadadi, Mahfoud Tahlaiti, Antonio Nanni, Road Materials and Pavement Design, Vol. 28, issue 4, pp. 1-28 (2025), doi:10.1080/14680629.2025.2584558
| Granular compactness is a critical parameter in the mix design of roller compacted concrete (RCC), although existing empirical and theoretical methods often require extensive experimental characterisation and perform poorly for mixtures containing fillers and large aggregates. This study proposes a data driven model to accurately predict granular compactness, specifically for RCC applications. A c...
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| [101] | | Reliability of the laboratory cob specimens manufacturing: Variability of hygrothermal properties at the wall scale, Junior Tchiotsop, Stephanie Bonnet, Nabil Issaadi, Philippe Poullain, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 497, number 143289, issue 8 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.143289
| This article investigates how cob specimens manufactured in a laboratory are representative of a real scale cob wall. Emphasis is placed on hygrothermal properties, which are a significant asset for reducing energy costs of buildings. It is a continuation of a previous paper in which the natural variability of the manufactured cob samples was evaluated at the material scale (laboratory samples) (T...
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| [102] | | Recoater design for a helical motion binder jet additive manufacturing 3D printer, Tarek Mesto, Tugdual Le Neel, Jean Yves Hascoet, Particuology, Vol. 98, issue 21, pp. 142-153 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.partic.2025.01.012
| Binder jet additive manufacturing is used for producing molds and cores for sand casting, by using granular material and proper binder. The conventional system uses a layer by layer gantry motion. The new continuous printing machine is a helical motion system. It includes a recoating blade for the granular material which has been investigated. This study focuses on analysing the behaviour of the r...
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| [103] | | A Single Tensile Test for TRIPTWIP Mechanisms High-Throughput Mapping in a Compositionally Graded TiNb Alloy, Clemence Fontaine, Thomas Corre, Loic Perriere, Hugo P. Van Landeghem, Daniel Galy, Thomas Belforti, Philippe Vermaut, Fan Sun, Frederic Prima, Lola Lilensten, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A Physical Metallurgy and Materials Science, Vol. 8, number 506, issue 7 (2025), doi:10.1007/s11661-025-07941-y
| Compositional boundaries of transformation induced plasticity and mechanical twinning (TRIP/TWIP) activity in the TiNb system are determined using a chemically graded sample containing 1830 at. pct Nb, prepared via diffusion couple. Deformation mechanisms triggered by a single tensile test are analyzed by EBSD and EDX. TRIP activity is resolved in the range 2225 at. pct Nb and TWIP activity in the...
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| [104] | | Leveraging Machine Learning (ML) to Enhance the Structural Properties of a Novel Alkali Activated Bio-Composite, Assia Aboubakar Mahamat, Moussa Mahamat Boukar, Ifeyinwa Ijeoma Obianyo, Philbert Nshimiyimana, Blasius Ngayakamo, Nordine Leklou, Numfor Linda Bih, Journal of Composites Science, Vol. 9, number 464, issue 9 (2025), doi:10.3390/jcs9090464
| This study explored the use of Borassus fruit fiber as reinforcement for earthen matrices (BFRC). The experimental results of the testing carried out on the structural properties were used to generate a primary dataset for training and testing machine learning (ML) models. Linear regression (LR), Decision tree regressor (DTR), and gradient boosting regression (GBR) were used to build an ensemble l...
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| [105] | | Experimental Assessment of the Dynamic Hygrothermal and Mechanical Behavior of Compressed Earth Block Walls in a Tropical Humid Climate, Armel B. Laibi, Philippe Poullain, Nordine Leklou, Moussa Gomina, Buildings, Vol. 15, number 3484, issue 19 (2025), doi:10.3390/buildings15193484
| This study experimentally investigates the mechanical and dynamic hygrothermal behavior of compressed earth block (CEB) walls subjected to simulated climatic cycles representative of a tropical humid environment. Four formulations were tested: raw soil (D0), soil with kenaf fibers (DF), soil with fibers and cement (DFC), and soil with fibers, cement, and slag (DFCL). Performance was assessed in an...
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| [106] | | Approximation model of geometric factors for real-time assessment of on-site electrical resistivity of concrete, Wael Karam, Yann Lecieux, Mathilde Chevreuil, Franck Schoefs, Nondestructive Testing and Evaluation, Vol. 2, pp. 1-36 (2025), doi:10.1080/10589759.2025.2581824
| The measurement of electrical resistivity is widely used in civil engineering for structural inspection and material characterisation. Measuring devices employ electrodes to apply current and measure potential differences. The resistivity of concrete structures is determined from the applied current, measured voltage, and a geometric factor influenced by the structures geometry, electrodes spacing...
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| [107] | | Special issue JTCM on continuous-discontinuous long fiber-reinforced polymer composite structures, Thomas Bohlke, Christophe Binetruy, Frank Henning, Andrew Hrymak, Luise Karger, Loredana Kehrer, Kay Weidenmann, Mehrdad N. Ghasemi-Nejhad, Journal of Thermoplastic Composite Materials, Vol. 38, issue 8, pp. 2853-2854 (2025), doi:10.1177/08927057251341503
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| [108] | | Squeeze test: A toolkit for assessing the printability of stiff cement-based materials, Ilhame Harbouz, Ammar Yahia, Emmanuel Roziere, Ahmed Loukili, Construction and Building Materials, Vol. 491, number 142521, issue 4 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2025.142521
| The emergence of 3D printing concrete technology can revolutionize the construction industry by offering improved precision, customization, and sustainability. However, evaluating the printability of cement based materials remains a challenge due to the complex rheological requirements they must meet. In many 3D printing applications, stiff cement based materials with a high rate of structuration ...
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| [109] | | Thermal properties of recycled plastics waste/hemp shive composites, Lara Aldaou, Nabil Issaadi, Nordine Leklou, Ouali Amiri, Journal of Building Engineering, Vol. 108, number 112885, issue 17 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.jobe.2025.112885
| This research aims to investigate the feasibility of valorizing recycled plastic aggregates in hemp concrete mixtures such as high density polyethylene (HDPE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), Caoutchouc Aggregates (CG), polyurethane (PUR), and Polypropylene Polyethylene (PE/PP) by replacing hemp shives in hemp concrete with recycled plastic aggregate or by adding these types of plastics to the hemp conc...
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| [110] | | Optimizing nanoparticle design for selective targeting of breast cancer cells, Sarah Iaquinta, Shahram Khazaie, Sylvain Freour, Frederic Jacquemin, Medical Engineering and Physics, Vol. 145, number 104420, issue 29 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2025.104420
| Recent efforts in cancer targeting have focused on nanoparticle (NP) drug delivery, yet the complexity of NP uptake makes experimental studies challenging. To streamline this, numerical models help identify key parameters. This study's model, focusing on elliptical NPs, aims to optimize NP aspect ratios for selective uptake by breast cancer cells. Mechanical properties of cells were taken from lit...
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| [111] | | A multiscale survey of the Buckle Gum: Hydrostatic response of elastomers filled with hollow thermoplastic microspheres, H. Madeira, L. Tanne, I. Pivdiablyk, M. Coret, P. Rublon, J. Papillon, J. Adrien, E. Verron, Materials and Design, Vol. 260, number 115234, issue 14 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2025.115234
| Buckle Gum refers to elastomer matrix composites filled with hollow thermoplastic microspheres (HTM). These particles are attracting particular attention for applications involving pressure, since they are capable of reversible deformation, unlike their glass counterparts usually used in syntactic foams. This work provides direct evidence of this deformation under in situ conditions, using an exp...
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| [112] | | Influence of corn starch gel on the mechanical properties of compressed earth blocks made with termite mound soil from Macrotermes, Berthia Malonga, Philippe Poullain, Stephanie Bonnet, Fateh Bendahmane, Nabil Issaadi, Ahmed Koubaa, Louis Ahouet, Materials and Structures Materiaux Et Constructions, Vol. 58, number 223, issue 10 (2025), doi:10.1617/s11527-025-02877-6
| The construction sector is a major consumer of natural resources and a significant contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. Raw earth construction presents a sustainable alternative due to its availability, recyclability, and low environmental impact. However, its mechanical weakness and sensitivity to moisture remain critical limitations. This study explores the potential of corn starch ge...
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| [113] | | Modelling Transition Between Fully and Partially Saturated Porous Media via a New Implicit Formulation of Interface Evolution, Julien Bomberault, Quentin Rousseau, Ngoc Son Nguyen, Giulio Sciarra, Transport in Porous Media, Vol. 152, number 011002, issue 10 (2025), doi:10.1007/s11242-025-02215-y
| Air and water flows occurring in a porous material modify its mechanical properties. Evolution of the interface between saturated and partially saturated layers of a soil is of concern in this paper. In particular, the description of a drainage/imbibition front is developed gathering the two classical saturated and partially saturated poromechanical problems, with pressures of both fluids and soli...
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| [114] | | Effect of Diss and polypropylene fibers on the characteristics of self-compacting sand concrete: A comparative study, Borsali Besma, Ayed Kada, Mouli Mohamed, Leklou Nordine, MRS Advances, Vol. 10, issue 17, pp. 2072-2080 (2025), doi:10.1557/s43580-025-01374-w
| This article presents the results of a comparative study on the effect of Diss fiber as a substitute for polypropylene fiber used as a reinforcing component in self compacting sand concrete (SCSC). In fact, Diss fiber mechanical properties (tensile strength and modulus of elasticity) are considerably adequate for such substitution. Natural fibers present numerous advantages such as their naturalne...
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| [115] | | Effect of Heat Treatment on the Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibrous Membranes, Zheng Hao Lau, Ai Bao Chai, Kim Yeow Tshai, Shiau Ying Chng, Erwan Verron, Seong Chun Koay, Solid State Phenomena, Vol. 372, pp. 93-98 (2025), doi:10.4028/p-G4StGa
| Controlling nanomaterials' morphology and molecular structures offers many advantages, such as tunable material properties, lightweight, and high surface to volume ratio. Studies have focused on electrospinning as one of the most effective methods in fabricating nanofibrous materials and have closely considered various post fabrication techniques to improve mechanical properties. This work investi...
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| [116] | | NUMERICAL INVESTIGATION OF A PERMEABILITY-MICROSTRUCTURE RELATIONSHIP IN THE CONTEXT OF INTERNAL EROSION, M. El Shamieh, N. Nguyen, F. Bignonnet, R. Gelet, D. Marot, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, Vol. 1480, number 012031, issue 1 (2025), doi:10.1088/1755-1315/1480/1/012031
| Internal erosion, characterized by the migration of soil particles within hydraulic earth structures due to seepage, is a significant global concern for risk management and maintenance. Among various mechanisms contributing to internal erosion, suffusion emerges as a prominent process. It involves the simultaneous detachment, transport, and potential self filtration of fine particles through the p...
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| [117] | | SAGO PALM FIBERS AND GGBFS FOR SUSTAINABLE HIGH-TENSILE-STRENGTH SELF-COMPACTING CONCRETE, Lisa Oksri-Nelfia, Arya Raditya, Triastuti, Ananto Nugroho, Deprizon Syamsunur, Ouali Amiri, International Journal of Geomate, Vol. 28, issue 125 (2025), doi:10.21660/2025.125.4650
| This study uses palm stem fibers, notable as a by product of industry, and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) to assess the mechanical properties of concrete that potentially lead to sustainable and high tensile strength performance. We aim to enhance the mechanical characteristics of palm stem fibers in self compacting concrete mixtures, with and without NaOH treatments. The study used ...
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| [118] | | An Investigation of the Characteristics and Microstructure of Gold Tailing Powder Utilized as a Cement Substitute, Indah Saiful Fajarani, Lisa Oksri Nelfia, Julien Meret, Ouali Amiri, Deprizon Syamsunur, Engineering Technology and Applied Science Research, Vol. 15, issue 5, pp. 26351-26358 (2025), doi:10.48084/etasr.10513
| This research studied the feasibility of using tailings waste from gold mining as a partial replacement for cement in standard concrete mixes. Its objective was to determine whether the addition of tailings waste could meet or exceed the specifications of standard concrete. Another goal of this study was to provide solutions for the utilization of waste that will benefit the environment and the ec...
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| [119] | | A new ISO standard for the experimental characterization of in-plane permeability of fibrous reinforcements, D. May, S. G. Advani, M. Duhovic, A. Endruweit, E. Fauster, A. George, P. J. Liotier, C. Lira, S. V. Lomov, M. F. Pucci, S. Schmeer, D. Abliz, D. C. Berg, C. Binetruy, M. Bodaghi, S. Comas-Cardona, M. Etchells, Q. Govignon, A. Koorevaar, V. Michaud, C. H. Park, R. Schubnel, P. Sousa, R. Ravel, M. Rouhi, E. Syerko, R. Umer, M. Vollmer, A. Yong, Composites Part A Applied Science and Manufacturing, Vol. 190, number 108592 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2024.108592
| During Liquid Composite Molding, a fibrous reinforcement is impregnated with liquid resin. Process design requires knowledge of the reinforcement permeability for fluid flow, but until recently, there has been no standard available for its measurement. In 2023, following decades of benchmarking activities and a standardization project, an ISO standard for the experimental characterization of in pl...
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| [120] | | Subcycling Strategy for Finite-Volume Updated-Lagrangian Methods Applied to FluidStructure Interaction, Teddy Chantrait, Nicolas Chevaugeon, Stephane Del Pino, Alexandre Gangloff, Emmanuel Labourasse, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 126, number 345, issue 11 (2025), doi:10.1002/nme.70051
| In this article, we propose and investigate an explicit partitioned method for solving shock dynamics in fluidstructure interaction (FSI) problems. The method is fully conservative, ensuring the local conservation of mass, momentum, and energy, which is crucial for accurately capturing strong shock interactions. Using an updated Lagrangian finite volume approach, the method integrates a subcycling...
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| [121] | | AI-Driven Approach for Sustainable Extraction of Earth's Subsurface Renewable Energy While Minimizing Seismic Activity, Diego Gutierrez-Oribio, Alexandros Stathas, Ioannis Stefanou, International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, Vol. 60, number 503, issue 6 (2025), doi:10.1002/nag.3923
| Deep geothermal energy, carbon capture and storage, and hydrogen storage hold considerable promise for meeting the energy sector's large scale requirements and reducing (Formula presented.) emissions. However, the injection of fluids into the Earth's crust, essential for these activities, can induce or trigger earthquakes. In this paper, we highlight a new approach based on reinforcement learning ...
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| [122] | | Spatio-temporal evolution and engineering implications of biofouling communities on floating wind turbines mooring lines, Antoine Dubois, Franck Schoefs, Bruno Cognie, Marine Reynaud, Thomas Soulard, Justine Dumay, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, Vol. 320, number 109302, issue 5 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109302
| Mooring lines of floating offshore wind turbine (FOWT) provide a substrate for diverse biofouling species, thus ultimately influencing both ecological dynamics and their own structural performance. This study presents an analysis of spatial and temporal variations in community composition, coverage and thickness from the surface to the seabed through a four year monitoring of biofouling developmen...
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| [123] | | Multi-parameter analysis of marine growth effects on mooring lines for floating offshore wind, Katherine Coughlan, Franck Schoefs, Krish Thiagarajan, Sanjay Arwade, Ocean Engineering, Vol. 340, number 122390, issue 1 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.oceaneng.2025.122390
| As floating offshore wind advances toward commercialization, optimizing mooring systems remains a key strategy for reducing the levelized cost of energy. Marine growth introduces additional loading to mooring lines that can affect system design, performance, and longevity, making accurate modeling and monitoring essential. This study investigates the effects of marine growth (modeled as blue musse...
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| [124] | | Slip localization and grain boundary sliding analysis at sub-voxel resolution using phase contrast tomography, Pedro Damas Resende, Damien Texier, J. Genee, Malo Jullien, Henry Proudhon, Julien Rethore, Didier Bardel, Wolfgang Ludwig, Tomography of Materials and Structures, Vol. 8, number 100060, issue 6610 (2025), doi:10.1016/j.tmater.2025.100060
| Microplasticity of a polycrystalline Ni based superalloy was investigated using phase contrast tomography (PCT) and laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM). Incremental tensile testing was performed on three miniaturized specimens to investigate strain localization at low plastic deformation at room temperature and 650 C. Microplasticity events, such as slip activity, deformation twinning, and g...
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| [125] | | Fast geometric factor approximation to evaluate the electrical resistivity of concrete and reinforced concrete specimens using neural network models, Wael Karam, Yann Lecieux, Mathilde Chevreuil, Franck Schoefs, MATEC Web of Conferences, Vol. 409, number 12001 (2025), doi:10.1051/matecconf/202540912001
| The measurement of electrical resistivity has applications in civil engineering, particularly in condition assessment, structural health monitoring, and material characterization. Accurately evaluating material resistivity requires determining a geometric factor, which depends on specimen geometry, electrode positioning, and the presence of reinforcement. Several methods exist for calculating this...
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| [126] | | Effect of Printing Temperature on the Microstructure and Tensile Properties of Polylactic AcidMagnetic Iron Composites Manufactured by Material Extrusion, Meriem Bouchetara, Sofiane Belhabib, Alessia Melelli, Jonathan Perrin, Timm Weitkamp, Ahmed Koubaa, Mahfoud Tahlaiti, Mustapha Nouri, Sofiane Guessasma, Polymers, Vol. 17, number 2485, issue 18 (2025), doi:10.3390/polym17182485
| In this study, we examined how printing temperature affects the microstructure and mechanical properties of polylactic acid (PLA) composite reinforced with iron oxide i.e., magnetite manufactured using a material extrusion technique. The composite was printed at temperatures from 185 C to 215 C. Microstructure analysis via synchrotron radiation Xray microtomography revealed changes in both iron ...
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| [127] | | Monitoring de l'imbibition du beton par capteurs noyes de resistivite pour l'estimation de la permeabilite, Marie-Ange Eid, Academic Journal of Civil Engineering (2025), doi:10.26168/ajce.43.1.113
| L'evaluation de la permeabilite a leau du beton est cruciale, parce quelle constitue une propriete de transfert essentielle regissant le transport des agents agressifs, notamment les ions chlorure. La permeabilite du beton peut etre determinee « directement » a laide de mesures experimentales, ou « indirectement » en ajustant un modele de transport a des profils de degre de saturation experimentau...
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| [128] | | A Comprehensive Review on Thermal and Hygro/Hydrothermal Aging of Plant Fiber Composites: Properties, Degradation Mechanisms, and Service Life Prediction, Amine Fourari, Mouad Chakkour, Mohamed Ould Moussa, Ismail Khay, Tarak Ben Zineb, Polymer Composites, Vol. 46, issue 16, pp. 14576-14620 (2025), doi:10.1002/pc.30110
| Recently, the growth of plant fiberreinforced composites (PFRCs) has a great impact on composite research and innovation. As these materials have various applications in several engineering fields, it would be of great interest to understand the multiphysical properties of plant fiber composites under reallife conditions. In this context, several efforts have been made to shed light on the multiph...
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| [129] | | Characterization and Treatment Outcomes of Malignant Histiocytoses in a Retrospective Series of 141 Cases in France, Camille Bigenwald, Damien Roos-Weil, Arnaud Pages, Zofia Helias-Rodzewicz, Christiane Copie-Bergman, Marzieh Nashvi, Pierre Khneisser, Marie-Cecile Parrens, Alexandra Traverse-Glehen, Isabelle Ray-Coquard, Loic Ysebaert, Tony Marchand, Jerome Razanamahery, Frederic Charlotte, Antoine Neel, Gandhi Damaj, Jeremie Dion, Eve Marie Nazal-Traissac, Stephanie Tardy, Geraldine Salmeron, Helene Monjanel, Ahmed Iobaih, Sebastien Heritier, Julien Haroche, Jean Donadieu, Jean-Francois Emile, Blood Advances, Vol. 9, issue 10, pp. 2530-2541 (2025), doi:10.1182/bloodadvances.2024015208
| Malignant histiocytoses (MH) are rare and poorly understood cancers, with no established therapeutic guidelines. We conducted a national retrospective study of MH diagnosed in France between 2000 and 2023. All cases underwent centralized histological review, and several malignant tumors with a stroma highly enriched in histiocytes were excluded. In total, 141 patients were included, with a median ...
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| [130] | | Nanoscale creep modelling on calcium-silicate-hydrates using molecular dynamics simulation, Sela Hoeun, Frederic Grondin, Ahmed Loukili, Academic Journal of Civil Engineering (2025), doi:10.26168/ajce.43.1.77
| Sous une charge externe constante, les materiaux solides subissent une deformation elastique immediate, suivie de deformations dependantes du temps, un phenomene appele fluage. Dans les structures en beton, les hydrates de silicate de calcium (C S H), representant au moins 50 % du volume de la pate de ciment hydratee durcie, contribuent de maniere significative a leur resistance. Le fluage du beto...
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| [131] | | Survey of concrete blocks submitted to artificial sea water tide during one year by electrical resistivity tomography, Geraldine Villain, Marie-Ange Eid, Sergio Palma Lopes, Stephanie Bonnet, e-Journal of Nondestructive Testing, Vol. 30, issue 10 (2025), doi:10.58286/31674
| Electrical resistivity methods are very sensitive to the evolution of water and chloride contents of concrete. The multi electrode device, used in this study, is applied on the concrete surface to measure the apparent resistivities. After data inversion, we get true resistivity profiles function of depth. In this study, we present the survey methodology based on this electrical resistivity tomogra...
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| [132] | | Impact Of Carbon Black Content In Relationships Between Mechanical Properties And Crosslinking Of Filled Polychloroprene During Oxidative Aging, Hugo Madeira, Pierre Yves Le Gac, Maelenn Le Gall, Erwan Verron, Rubber Chemistry and Technology, Vol. 98, issue 1, pp. 46-61 (2025), doi:10.5254/rct.24.00026
| Carbon black (CB) fillers are widely used in elastomer compounds to improve their mechanical performance. Extensive studies conducted over more than 80 yr now have provided a satisfactory understanding of the influence of CB content on the mechanical properties of elastomers. However, in the majority of the studies devoted to aging, similar elastomer formulations with different CB contents are oft...
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| [133] | | MicroArc Oxidation of Aluminum Alloys: Mechanism, Defects, and Corrosion Resistance, Xiaodong Liu, Chengxi Wang, Jilin Lei, Peng Song, Taihong Huang, Xiaowei Zhang, Tangfeng Yang, Vincent Ji, Advanced Engineering Materials, Vol. 27, number 599, issue 10 (2025), doi:10.1002/adem.202402748
| The microarc oxidation (MAO) is widely used to improve the corrosion resistance of aluminum alloys by forming an in situ ceramic coating of alumina. However, defects such as pores, cracks, and cavities are inevitable forms during fabrication, significantly reducing corrosion resistance and limiting the further application of MAO coatings. Addressing this issue requires a thorough understanding of ...
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| [134] | | Modelisation chimio-mecanique de pates de ciment exposees aux attaques sulfatiques externes, Anthony Soive, Syed Yasir Alam, Ahmed Loukili, Academic Journal of Civil Engineering (2025), doi:10.26168/ajce.43.1.65
| Les materiaux cimentaires exposes aux sulfates se degradent a cause de reactions physicochimiques en leur sein. Lexpansion resultante est usuellement attribuee a la pression de cristallisation de lettringite qui se forme dans un milieu supersature et dans les petits pores. Dun point de vue numerique, la plupart des modeles sinspirent des travaux de Tixier et Mobasher dans lesquels une partie de la...
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| [135] | | Approche couplee nanoindentation-imagerie pour la quantification des phases et la prediction du fluage des materiaux cimentaires, Imane Bekrine, Academic Journal of Civil Engineering (2025), doi:10.26168/ajce.42.1.72
| La nanoindentation statistique se presente comme une technique puissante et rapide pour letude des proprietes micromecaniques des pates cimentaires heterogenes a lechelle micrometrique. Cependant, la classification des phases constituant la pate, generalement effectuee par le biais dalgorithmes numeriques sur la base dinformations mecaniques obtenues, peut donner lieu a des classes composees de me...
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