Concrack 2 Workshop

A second workshop dedicated to control of cracking in reinforced concrete structures, titled Concrack 2, was held in Paris, from 20-22 of June. The M3C4 team presented the results of their simulation, and discussed it with the other participants. Further work is expected to make the simulation results more "realistic", and thus closer to measurements. Fruitful discussions with other participants on the topic of concrete modelling are apreciated. Till next time!

Members of the M3C4 team participated in the Concrete Microscopy Course 2011 (16-20 May), organized by Microlab, TU Delft. Lecturers from the Microlab, as well as guest lecturers from abroad (Mr. Per Hagelia of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration and Dr. Karl Peterson of University of Toronto) made sure that participants learned as much as possible about microscopy and its use in concrete research and practice. We will surely use the knowledge extensively in our research!

Next course is already in planning, and all info can be found at: www.cmc.tudelft.nl.

IS2C kick-off Woerden

On Thursday, 19th of May 2011, participants of the IS2C program have met in Woerden for the official kick-off of the program. All of the projects were represented by posters, so was of course the M3C4 project! An introduction by the program committee was followed by a workshop and discussions amongst the participants. Industry representatives were present and actively involved in the discussion. Cooperation between related projects is now envisioned and in the works!

Rob Polder gave his Professor speech

Prof. Rob B Polder did his Professor inaugural speech on May 13th 2011. He was joined by family, friends and colleagues in TU Delft's AULA. Pictures will come soon...

- J

Cracking of specimens

The M3C4 team has carried out the first set of trials for cracking concrete. The results are satisfactory and the overall outcome of the experiment is promising. The next step will include casting more cubes with different concrete compositions and start the curing.
Let the cracking begin!

- J

Concrete cores from the sea

The team has just had two concrete cores delivered by one of our industrial partners, BAM Infraconsult. The cores have been taken out of massive concrete blocks, which had been laid at sea for a number of years. Being exposed to these harsh environmental conditions for so long, their investigation promises to be very interesting!

CTC project about to start!

The instrumentation of the tank for CTC project is done. The team is about to start working on concrete specimens according to the recommendation of RILEM CTC committee. More details regarding the process of the project will follow.

- J

Rob Polder on your screen!

Check out the recorded presentation of Prof. Rob B. Polder on Cathodic Protection

http://videolectures.net/asfs09_polder_cpelcb/

Wanting more?

Check out the discussion:

http://videolectures.net/asfs09_jacob_dmp/

Madrid - RILEM PhD Workshop

A PhD meeting was organized by RILEM members, C. Andrade and J. Gulikers, taking place in Madrid, Spain on the 19th -November. Thanks for the opportunity, the exciting discussion and until next time!

New year - new blog!

Hi all,

With the beginning of year 2011 the team of STW's project M3C4 "Chloride ingress in cracked concrete" has started a new blog. In this site, you'll find the now-and-then experience of the research. Feel free to give any feedback to the team members.

The team,