Materials and Structures - Top 10 Downloaded Articles 2023

We want to thank the authors of our most-downloaded articles in 2023, and highlight to our readers some of the most impactful research to have been published in the journal. We hope that you will find the articles interesting.

Shrinkage of blended cement concrete with fly ash or limestone calcined clay (this opens in a new tab) by Sumaiya Afroz, Yingda Zhang, Quang Dieu Nguyen, Taehwan Kim, Arnaud Castel

Does carbon footprint reduction impair mechanical properties and service life of concrete? (this opens in a new tab) by Kiran Ram, Marijana Serdar, Diana Londono-Zuluaga, Karen Scrivener

Speciation of iron(II/III) at the iron-cement interface: a review (this opens in a new tab) by Erich Wieland, George Dan Miron, Bin Ma, Guoqing Geng, Barbara Lothenbach

RILEM TC 277-LHS report: additives and admixtures for modern lime-based mortars (this opens in a new tab) by Pagona-Noni Maravelaki et al.

Reactivation of hydrated cement powder by thermal treatment for partial replacement of ordinary portland cement (this opens in a new tab) by Gustave Semugaza et al.

Multiscale micromechanics modeling of plant fibers: upscaling of stiffness and elastic limits from cellulose nanofibrils to technical fibers (this opens in a new tab)by Markus Königsberger, Markus Lukacevic, Josef Füssl 

Model fitting to concrete carbonation data with non-zero initial carbonation depth (this opens in a new tab) by Jessica C. Forsdyke, Janet M. Lees

Non-destructive screening methodology based on handheld XRF for the classification of concrete: cement type-driven separation (this opens in a new tab) by Marija Nedeljković, Nikola Tošić, Patrick Holthuizen, Fernando França de Mendonça Filho, Oğuzhan Çopuroğlu, Erik Schlangen, Sonja Fennis

Impact of cracks on distribution of chloride-induced reinforcement corrosion (this opens in a new tab) by Samanta Robuschi et al.

Using micro-XRF to characterize chloride ingress through cold joints in 3D printed concrete (this opens in a new tab) by Paula Bran-Anleu et al.