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2025 RILEM Spring Convention
 
The 2025 RILEM Spring Convention is happening this week in Mendrisio, Switzerland! The opening ceremony, which took place yesterday, Tuesday 25 March, featured the presentations of the 2025 G. Colonnetti medallists. You can soon watch these and other keynote presentations for free on the RILEM YouTube channel. Stay tuned for more updates!  

 
 

2024 RILEM Annual Report
 
It is with immense pleasure that RILEM announces the release of the 2024 RILEM Annual Report! Feel free to share with anyone you think might be interested in learning more about our work and the things we accomplished last year.

 
 

Next Peer-to-Peer webinar
 
The next Peer-to-Peer webinar, on 1 April 2025 at 5pm Seoul Time, is organised by the East Asia representative of the RILEM Youth Council. The event is titled “Innovative Carbonation Technologies for Cement: Practical Approaches and Mechanisms for Enhancing the Performance in CO₂ Curing and Wet Carbonation”. For more details and to register (webinar is free but registration is required), please follow this link.

 
 

RILEM TC 301-ASR paper
 
There is a new OPEN ACESS paper in Materials and Structures from RILEM TC 301-ASR on modelling the impact of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), alkali level and water-binder ratio on alkali concentration in pore solution! In this theoretical study, the SCMs investigated are silica fume, metakaolin, fly ash and slag. Enjoy!

 
 

RTL new paper
 
Field Measurements of Galvanic Anode Cathodic Protection of Reinforced Concrete Systems in Marine Environment: Influence of Water Level and Biofilm, by Margapuram, D.-A. et al., is the new letter in RILEM Tech Lett. This OPEN ACCESS paper presents the results of an experimental campaign of reinforced concrete in the tidal zone.

 
 
 
 
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