Materials and Structures 2022 Outstanding Papers

Since 2016, every year RILEM endorses the 10 best papers published on Materials and Structures. Congratulations to all the authors of the 2022 Outstanding Papers! All these articles are now OPEN ACCESS. Just click on the links below and download your copy. Enjoy!

• Recommendations for handling Bitumen prior to FTIR Spectroscopy, Johannes Mirwald, Drilon Nura & Bernhard Hofko
• Do chemistry and rheology follow the same laboratory ageing trends in bitumen? Georgios Pipintakos, Caitlin Lommaert, Aikaterini Varveri & Wim Van den bergh
• Dimensional stability of cement paste and concrete subject to early age carbonation curing, Xiangping Xian, Chad Logan & Yixin Shao
• Measurement of the water vapour permeability of earth plasters using small-scale wind tunnels under variable air flow regimes, F. McGregor, T. Mauffré, M.-S. Force, E. Contraires & A. Fabbri
• Modelling microalgae biofouling on porous buildings materials: a novel approach, Enrico Quagliarini, Benedetta Gregorini & Marco D’Orazio
• Viscosity transition from dilute to concentrated cementitious suspensions: the effect of colloidal interactions and flocs percolation, Lizhi Zhang, Wenqiang Zuo, Tian Qian, Wen Xu, Zhenxiong Jiang & Wei She
• Characterization of high-strength concrete under monotonic and fatigue mode II loading with actively controlled level of lateral compression, Henrik Becks, Mario Aguilar, Rostislav Chudoba & Martin Classen
• Impact of leaching on chloride ingress profiles in concrete, Alisa Machner, Marie Bjørndal, Aljoša Šajna, Nikola Mikanovic & Klaartje De Weerdt
• A new accelerated salt weathering test by RILEM TC 271-ASC: preliminary round robin validation, B. Lubelli, A. M. Aguilar, K. Beck, T. De Kock, J. Desarnaud, E. Franzoni, D. Gulotta, I. Ioannou, A. Kamat, B. Menendez, I. Rörig-Dalgaard & E. Sassoni (RILEM paper)
• Report of RILEM TC 267-TRM phase 3: Validation of the R3 reactivity test across a wide range of materials, Diana Londono-Zuluaga, Asghar Gholizadeh-Vayghan, Frank Winnefeld, François Avet, Mohsen Ben Haha, Susan A. Bernal, Özlem Cizer, Martin Cyr, Sabina Dolenec, Pawel Durdzinski, Johannes Haufe, Doug Hooton, Siham Kamali-Bernard, Xuerun Li, Alastair T. M. Marsh, Milena Marroccoli, Marusa Mrak, Yeakleang Muy, Cédric Patapy, Malene Pedersen, Serge Sabio, Simone Schulze, Ruben Snellings, Antonio Telesca, Anya Vollpracht, Guang Ye, Shizhe Zhang & Karen L. Scrivener (RILEM paper)