Collections and calls for papers

RILEM TC 298-EBD: Test Methods to Evaluate Durability of Blended Cement Pastes Against Deleterious Ions

The primary aim of TC 298-EBD is to develop the use of cement paste test methods to evaluate the effects of novel SCMs in modifying the resistance of cement pastes to the ingress and damage by deleterious io...

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Open

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Ongoing

RILEM TC 295-FBB: Fingerprinting bituminous binders using physico-chemical analysis

The special issue gathers state-of-the-art research from the RILEM TC 295-FBB committee, focusing on advanced physico-chemical techniques for characterizing bituminous binders. This collection includes studi...

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Open

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Ongoing

RILEM TC 315-DCS: Recent Advances in Data-Driven Concrete Science and Applications

This topical collection explores the latest advances in the application of machine learning (ML) and other data-driven techniques to concrete materials and structures. Building on a thorough review of releva...

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Open

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Ongoing

RILEM TC 280-CBE: Multiphase Characterisation of Cold Bitumen Emulsion Materials

Cold bitumen emulsion (CBE) technologies are essential for developing environmentally friendly and sustainable bituminous pavements. They allow production and laydown of paving mixtures at ambient temperatur...

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Open

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Ongoing

75 Years of RILEM: Materials & Structures

RILEM is proud to announce the release of the Topical Collection “75 years of RILEM: Materials and Structures”. The collection also features a preface from RILEM President Nicolas Roussel explaining the sele...

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Closed

RILEM TC 258-AAA: Recommendations for Avoiding Alkali Aggregate Reactions in Concrete – Performance Based Concept

The purpose of this proposed Technical Committee (TC) is to develop and promote a performance based testing concept for the prevention of deleterious Alkali Aggregate Reactions (AAR) in concrete. Strong emph...

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Closed

50 years of Materials and Structures

Our journal Materials and Structures is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. A special issue commemorates this milestone, the first articles are now online.

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Closed

RILEM TC 265-TDK, development and assessment of a RILEM Recommendation: Testing methods for determination of the double-K criterion for crack propagation in concrete

The aim of this TC is to make the knowledge of double-K internationally available by preparing a RILEM recommendation.

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Closed

RILEM TC 303-PFC and TC 304-ADC: Testing and Assessment of Printable and Printed Concrete

Due to its many potential advantages, additive manufacturing of cement-based materials is enjoying a rapid growth around the globe. Further adoption into the industry requires commonly accepted methods to de...

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Open

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Ongoing

RILEM TC 301-ASR: Risk Assessment of Concrete Mixtures with ASR Aggregates

The overall goal of the proposed TC is to develop a framework for risk assessment of mixture designs for concrete prone to alkali-silica reaction (ASR). This includes validating current test methods for aggr...

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Open

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Ongoing

RILEM TC 281-CCC: Carbonation of Concrete With Supplementary Cementitious Materials

The objectives of this TC include assessing the difference in CH and C–S–H carbonation proportioning and internal H2O production between different accelerated carbonation conditions and natural carbonation f...

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Open

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Ongoing

RILEM TC 309-MCP: Mineral Carbonation for the Production of Construction Materials

Mineral carbonation technology as a means to produce construction materials is an innovative and rapidly developing field that is expanding in various application domains. The conversion of CO2 into solid, s...

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Open

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Ongoing

RILEM TC 266-MRP: Round-Robin Rheological Tests on High Performance Mortar and Concrete With Adapted Rheology (Bethune, France, 2018)

Recent developments in understanding the rheology of mortar and concrete as well as applying this understanding in the practice of construction necessitate an accurate assessment of materials’ rheological pr...

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Open

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Ongoing

RILEM TC 299-TES: Thermal Energy Storage in Cementitious Composites

Energy consumption by heating/cooling of the existing building stock accounts for almost 40 percent of the total European energy demand. Energy efficiency, by implementing novel technologies, is considered t...

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Open

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Ongoing

RILEM TC 282-CCL: Calcined Clays as Supplementary Cementitious Materials

The most suitable path to achieve sustainability in cement production is the reduction of the clinker factor by adding Supplementary Cementitious Materials (SCM). The most common SCMs used today are fly ash,...

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Open

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Ongoing

RILEM TC 267-TRM: Development and Validation of Tests for Measuring the Reactivity of Supplementary Cementitious Materials

Supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) are commonly used in concrete practice nowadays, either in blended cements or as separate additions into the concrete mixture. The use of cementitious and pozzolani...

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Open

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Ongoing

RILEM TC 275-HDB: Testing Methods for Determination of the Hygrothermal and Capillary of Vegetal Concrete

In less than 10 years, the construction of houses in the world using plant based materials has exited the field of a limited use by a few environmentalists and emerged as a valuable concept for healthy, ecol...

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Open

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Ongoing