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The subjects of the symposia are on composite materials behaving as brittle, normal and special conditions of exploitation. Brittle matrix composites are applied in various domains and the series of symposia are closely related to their applications in civil engineering. In the last decades their importance is increasing along with their variety and the use of most advanced methods of testing. Papers include concretes, fibre concretes and ceramics, particularly their composition, microstructure and fracture processes. Various new and advanced engineering problems are presented in the papers.

Brittle Matrix Composites 10

Preface



International Advisory Panel



Keynote Paper



Chapter 1: Effects of mechanical properties of ASR damaged concrete on structural design



Chapter 2: Influence of alkali silica reaction on the chemistry of pore solutions in mortars with and without lithium ions



Chapter 3: The effect of super absorbent polymers on the performance of immature cementitious mortars



Chapter 4: Evaluation of durability to wet/dry cycling of cement mortar composites reinforced with nanofibrillated cellulose



Chapter 5: Electric and thermoelectric properties of cement composites with expanded graphite



Chapter 6: Modelling of fracture in fibre-cement based materials



Chapter 7: Design of UHPC using artificial neural networks



Chapter 8: Kinetics of sintering for a class-F fly ash: a sintering model



Chapter 9: Numerical simulation of chloride-induced corrosion initiation in reinforced concrete structures with cracks



Chapter 10: The role of deicing salts on the non-linear moisture diffusion coefficient of cementitious materials during drying



Chapter 11: Influence of mineral additives on concrete carbonation



Chapter 12: Influence of blended cements on the concrete resistance to carbonation



Chapter 13: Reactive powder concrete aEURO" change in compressive strength and modulus of elasticity at high temperature



Keynote Paper



Chapter 14: Tensile behaviour of different high performance fibre reinforced cements



Chapter 15: Study on the properties of cement mortars with basalt fibres



Chapter 16: The influence of non-metallic and metallic fibres on the mechanical properties of cement mortars



Chapter 17: Modelling the influence of composition on rheological parameters and mechanical properties of fibre reinforced polymer-cement mortars



Chapter 18: Influence of fibres on rheological and mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete



Chapter 19: Assessment of pore characteristics in virtual concrete by path planning methodology



Chapter 20: Microhardness testing procedure applied to blended cement based matrix



Chapter 21: The measurement of sedimentation of cement mix components using D-cube electrical resistance tests



Chapter 22: Shape assessment in concrete technology by Fourier analysis



Chapter 23: Comparative study of compressive and tensile basic creep behavior of concrete



Chapter 24: Safe cement composites SRCC - the rope effect in HPFRC concrete



Keynote Paper



Chapter 25: Influence of mixture composition on shrinkage cracking of lightweight self-consolidating concrete



Chapter 26: Shape simulation of granular particles in concrete and applications in DEM



Chapter 27: Durable concrete structures with cracks which heal themselves



Chapter 28: New eco-mechanical index for concrete structures



Chapter 29: Influence of aggregate type on the durability of concrete made of blended cements with calcerous fly ash



Chapter 30: Porosity of green concrete based on a gap-graded blend



Chapter 31: Characteristics of secondary flexures in uniaxial tension test of concrete



Chapter 32: Behavior of hybrid fiber ECC panels subjected to low and high velocity projectile impactaEURO"a review



Chapter 33: Experimental study of shear failure mechanism in concrete beams



Chapter 34: Modelling of fracture process zone and related energy dissipation during quasi-brittle fracture



Chapter 35: Influence of calcerous fly ash on concrete resistance to migration of chlorides



Chapter 36: Chloride penetration resistance of concrete mixtures with recycled concrete aggregates



Chapter 37: Durability of cellulose-cement composites assessed by accelerated testing under temperature and moisture variations - effects of blending by rice husk ash



Chapter 38: Behavior of polymer modified reactive powder concrete exposed to oil products



Index of contributors



Subject Index