Alternative Cementitious Materials (ACMs) For Durable and Sustainable Transportation Infrastructures (C7.2018)

Concrete produced with Alternative Cementitious Materials (ACMs) often exhibits superior mechanical performances and lower carbon footprint compared to those produced with Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC). ACMs also allow utilizing high-volume of industrial by-products as the binding materials instead of OPC, thus offering an environment-friendly alternative of traditional concrete. However, the durability performances of ACMs can vary depending on the selection of the reaction route (i.e., strength gaining mechanism). As a result, any definite evidence on the service life performances and life cycle cost of these materials are still in infancy. To address these challenges, the research team will investigate the durability performances of ACM concrete in comparison to those of traditional OPC-concrete, specifically for typical cold-climatic regions. Two ACM systems will be evaluated in this project, including (i) alkali-activated binders and (ii) CO2 activated binders.

• Record URL:
  https://tidc.umaine.edu/tidc_project/c7-2018-umaine/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $166538
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551847101

• Sponsor Organizations:

  University of Maine, Orono

  103 Boardman Hall
  Orono, ME  United States  04469

  Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center

  University of Maine
  Orono, ME  United States  04469

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Project Managers:

  Dunn, Denise

• Performing Organizations:

  Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center

  University of Maine
  Orono, ME  United States  04469

  University of Maine, Orono

  103 Boardman Hall
  Orono, ME  United States  04469
• Principal Investigators:

  Landis, Eric N.

  Kolour, Hosain (Amir)

• Start Date: 20190601
• Expected Completion Date: 20230630
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Binders; Cement; Durability; Frigid regions; Materials; Portland cement; Service life
• Geographic Terms: Maine
• Subject Areas: Materials; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01713587
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Infrastructure Durability Center
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551847101
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 8 2019 8:09AM