In the last two years, four concrete bridges along Harris County's extensive toll road system have developed telltale cracks that are costing millions to repair. The little-known culprit is ASR, or ...

MIT’s Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub) explored the impact of alkali-silica reactivity (ASR) on premature concrete deterioration in its latest Research Brief, “Simulating the Formation of ASR Gels.

Bridges, dams, nuclear plants and other concrete structures are built to stand for decades, but they are not indestructible. One phenomenon that shortens the life of concrete buildings and structures ...

LAKEWAY, Texas — The city of Lakeway has voted to amend its pool permitting ordinance in an effort to help homeowners dealing with Alkali-Silica Reaction, also known as ASR or "concrete cancer." ASR ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The KVUE Defenders have discovered a hidden defect in possibly thousands of pools built in Central Texas in 2017 and later. It's called "concrete cancer," and it's costing families ...

‘Concrete cancer’, a chemical reaction that eats into a building’s structure, has been in the headlines in recent months. This follows the announcement in January that for more than two years, the ...

To understand phenomena like alkali-silica reactions (ASR), alkali-carbonate reactions (ACR) and alkali-aggregate reactions (AAR), it is important to investigation reaction kinetics in cement, mortar ...

Summary: The focus of this project is to model the shear strength of concrete panels that have experienced alkali silica reaction. The end goal is to be able to derive an equation that relates the ...

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says they found no problems with the response to cracks in concrete at Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant during a recent inspection. Their new report is another step ...

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