Cementitious Materials: Durability and Transport
Master the principles of sorption and transport in cementitious materials to enhance concrete durability and sustainability.
Master the principles of sorption and transport in cementitious materials to enhance concrete durability and sustainability.
Delve into the complex world of cementitious materials and their interactions with the environment in this advanced course. Building on foundational knowledge of cement chemistry, you'll explore how concrete behaves as a dynamic porous material, exchanging water, gas, and ions with its surroundings. Learn to analyze and improve the durability of cementitious materials, crucial for reducing the cement industry's CO2 footprint. The course covers fluid behavior in porous media, numerical modeling techniques, water sorption and transport, chloride ingress, and carbonation. You'll gain insights into cutting-edge research and learn to evaluate experimental and numerical methods for analyzing durability issues. Perfect for engineers, researchers, and professionals in the construction and materials science fields seeking to enhance concrete sustainability and longevity.
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What you'll learn
Analyze fluid behavior and transport in porous cementitious materials
Apply numerical methods to model microscopic and macroscopic phenomena in concrete
Evaluate water sorption cycles and their impact on cementitious material properties
Assess water transport mechanisms within concrete structures
Analyze chloride ingress processes and their implications for reinforcement corrosion
Understand carbonation mechanisms and their effects on concrete durability
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There are 6 modules in this course
This advanced course delves into the durability aspects of cementitious materials, focusing on sorption and transport phenomena. The curriculum is structured over six weeks: 1) Fluid behavior in porous media, providing a fundamental understanding of material-fluid interactions; 2) Numerical methods, bridging microscopic to macroscopic modeling; 3) Water sorption cycle in cementitious materials, exploring hygroscopic behavior; 4) Water transport mechanisms, detailing movement within the material structure; 5) Chloride ingress, a critical durability concern for reinforced concrete; 6) Carbonation processes and their impact on material properties. Throughout the course, students will learn to apply these concepts to real-world durability challenges, understanding how these phenomena affect the long-term performance of concrete structures. The course emphasizes both theoretical knowledge and practical application, preparing participants to enhance the sustainability of cementitious materials through improved durability.
Fluid in porous media
Module 1
Numerical methods - microscopic to macroscopic
Module 2
The water sorption cycle in cementitious materials
Module 3
Water transport in cementitious materials
Module 4
Chloride ingress
Module 5
Carbonation
Module 6
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Instructors
2 Courses
Leading Expert in Cementitious Materials and Sustainable Construction
Karen Scrivener is a Full Professor and Director of the Laboratory of Construction Materials at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), where she focuses on the intersection of academic research and industrial applications in the cement industry. With a strong background in material chemistry, she has significantly advanced the understanding of cementitious materials, particularly regarding the microstructure, hydration mechanisms, and durability of concrete. Scrivener is the founder of the Nanocem network, which has grown to include numerous academic and industrial partners, transforming research in cement and concrete. Her pioneering work includes the development of limestone calcined clay cement (LC3) technology, which reduces CO2 emissions from cement production by up to 40% and is now implemented in over 50 countries. Recognized for her contributions, she has received multiple awards, including the Della Roy Lecture Award from the American Ceramic Society and election as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. With an impressive H-index of 26, her research publications are widely cited, reflecting her influence in the field. Scrivener continues to lead initiatives aimed at making construction materials more sustainable while mentoring students and collaborating with industry leaders to address pressing environmental challenges.
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Expert in Cement Microstructure and Materials Modeling
Fabien Georget leads the Microstructure and Modeling group at RWTH Aachen's Institute of Building Materials. After earning his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 2017 with work on reactive transport simulation, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at EPFL's Laboratory of Construction Materials. His research combines experimental and modeling approaches to understand cement microstructure development and its impact on long-term material properties. His significant contributions include developing the edxia framework for microstructure characterization
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