Proceedings of the International rilem conference Materials, Systems and Structures in Civil Engineering 2016

XI

International RILEM Conference on Materials, Systems and Structures in Civil Engineering 

Conference segment on Service Life of Cement-Based Materials and Structures 

22-24 August 2016, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark 

 

 

60  Chloride ion diffusion in concrete under tensile load 

Ling Wang, Yan Yao, Zhendi Wang, Yin Cao, Juan Li 

579 

Vol 2

 

61  Basic and drying shrinkage of infrastructure concretes with variable fly ash 

content 

Anja E. Klausen, Gunrid Kjellmark, Terje Kanstad  

589 

Vol 2

 

62  Avoiding overfitting in inverse modeling of chloride migration in concrete 

Sreejith V. Nanukuttan, Neven Ukrainczyk, Des J. Robinson, Eduardus A.B. Koenders 

599 

Vol 2

 

63  Plastic shrinkage cracking in self-compacting concrete: A parametric study 

Faez Sayahi, Mats Emborg, Hans Hedlund, Ingemar Löfgren 

609 

Vol 2

 

64  Definition of damage distribution due to internal expansive reactions in long term 

concrete structures 

Esperanza Menéndez, Ricardo García-Rovés, Sergio Ruiz, José de Frutos 

621 

Vol 2

 

65  A risk-based model for determining allowable admixed chloride limits in concrete 

Mahmoud Shakouri, David Trejo, Paolo Gardoni 

631 

Vol 2

 

66  Influence of restrained shrinkage in RC builduing slabs: A case study 

Carlos Sousa, Emanuel Felisberto, Rui Faria 

641 

Vol 2

 

67  Extended round robin testing program of COST action TU1404 – lessons learned 

from the initial experimental phase 

Marijana Serdar, Stéphanie Staquet, Dirk Schlicke, Emmanuel Rozière, Gregor Trtnik, 

Sree Nanukuttan, Miguel Azenha 

651 

Vol 2

 

68  Short-term creep of cement paste: Experiments and multiscale modeling 

Markus Königsberger, Muhammad Irfan-ul-Hassan, Christian Hellmich, Bernhard 

Pichler 

665 

Vol 2

 

69  Experimental and numerical investigation of drying effets on concrete’s 

mechanical properties 

François Soleilhet, Farid Benboudjema, Fabrice Gatuingt, Xavier Jourdain 

675 

Vol 2

 

70  On utilisation of elliptical rings for assessing cracking tendency of concrete and 

other cement-based materials 

Xiangming Zhou, Wei Dong, Gediminas Kastiukas 

685 

Vol 2

 

71  Modelling of transport of chloride ions in concrete under compressive load 

Yin Cao, Yan Yao, Ling Wang, Zhendi Wang 

695 

Vol 2

 

72  Multidepth corrosion monitoring system evaluation and application 

Dalibor Sekulic, Ivan Gabrijel 

705 

Vol 2

 

73  Modeling of early age concrete creep using rheological modeling approaches 

Wibke Hermerschmidt, Farid Benboudjema 

715 

Vol 2

 

74  Size effect on the drying shrinkage 

Aveline Darquennes, Mariana Vasylchenko, Farid Benboudjema 

725 

Vol 2

 

75  Aging tests for performance of photocatalytic cement based materials 

František Peterka, Michaela Jakubi ková, Tereza Sázavská, Elia Boonen 

735 

Vol 2

 

76  Quantification the filling of microcracks due to autogenous self-healing in cement 

paste 

Jiayi Chen, Xian Liu, Guang Ye 

745 

Vol 2

 

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XII

International RILEM Conference on Materials, Systems and Structures in Civil Engineering 

Conference segment on Service Life of Cement-Based Materials and Structures 

22-24 August 2016, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark 

 

 

77  Ultrasonic assessment in curing process of cbm using experimental monitoring 

tests and microstructural simulation tools 

José Vicente Fuente, Jorge Gosalbez, Sofía Aparicio, Margarita González, José J. 

Anaya 

755 

Vol 2

 

78  Finite element models capable to give detailed information about cracks spacing 

and opening in concrete structures in service life conditions 

Pierre Rossi, Jean-Louis Tailhan 

765 

Vol 2

 

79  Effect of granulated blast furnace slag on the durability of self compacting 

concrete in hot environment 

Said Kenai, Walid Yahiaoui, Belkacem Menadi 

777 

Vol 2

 

80  Evaluation of the LDPM elastic and fracture parameters by up-scaling procedure 

G. Sherzer, Peng Gao, Guang Ye, Erez Gal 

789 

Vol 2

 

 

Author Index 

799 

Vol 2

 

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XIII

International RILEM Conference on Materials, Systems and Structures in Civil Engineering 

Conference segment on Service Life of Cement-Based Materials and Structures 

22-24 August 2016, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark 

 

 

Preface 

 

The conference “Materials, Systems and Structures in Civil Engineering – MSSCE 2016” is 

part of the RILEM week 2016, which consists of a series of parallel and consecutive 

conference and doctoral course segments on different topics as well as technical and 

administrative meetings in several scientific organizations. The event is hosted by the 

Department of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark and the Danish 

Technological Institute and it is held at the Lyngby campus of the Technical University of 

Denmark 15-29 August 2016. 

 

This volume contains the proceedings of the MSSCE 2016 conference segment on “Service 

Life of Cement-Based Materials and Structures”, which is organized by COST Action 

TU1404 (www.tu1404.eu). This COST Action is entitled: “Towards the next generation of 

standards for service life of cement-based materials and structures”, dedicated to assist 

deepening knowledge regarding the service life behaviour of cement-based materials and 

structures. The main purpose of this Action is to bring together relevant stakeholders 

(experimental and numerical researchers, standardization offices, manufacturers, designers, 

contractors, owners and authorities) in order to reflect today's state of knowledge in new 

guidelines/recommendations, introduce new products and technologies to the market, and 

promote international and inter-speciality exchange of new information, creating avenues for 

new developments. The COST Action is basically divided in three main workgroups targeted 

to this purpose: 

 

WG1 – Testing of cement-based materials and RRT+ 

WG 2 – Modelling and benchmarking 

WG 3 – Recommendations and products 

 

The activities of TU1404 started in November 2014 with a kick-off meeting in Brussels. 

Since then, three major meetings have taken place, as to promote networking and scientific 

discussions among participants: April 2015 in Ljubljana, Slovenia; September 2015 in 

Vienna, Austria; March 2016 in Zagreb, Croatia.  

 

Also, two important instruments of the Action are now under way: the Extended Round Robin 

Testing Program (RRT

+

), and the numerical benchmarking. The RRT

+

 is currently involving 

43 laboratories and has involved shipment of more than 100 tons of raw materials. An initial 

phase of testing has been finished already, and laboratories are shifting focus to the main 

experiments of this extended program. The numerical benchmarking program has also begun 

and will soon interact with the RRT

+

 program and even extend beyond it.  

 

The present conference segment deals with a wide breadth of topics related to the service life 

of concrete, comprising aspects related to the 3 Workgroups mentioned above. The 

conference segment is attended by 80 presenters from university, industry and practice 

representing more than 30 different countries. All contributions have been peer reviewed. 

 

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