Multi-scale modeling of the microstructure and transport properties of contemporary concrete

Performance evaluation of concrete incorporating glass powder and glass sludge wastes as supplementary cementing material

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Effects of water content, magnesia-to-phosphate molar ratio and age on pore structure, strength and permeability of magnesium potassium phosphate cement paste

Ma, H., Xu, B., Liu, J., Pei, H., & Li, Z. (2014) · Materials & Design (1980-2015) · doi:10.1016/j.matdes.2014.07.073 · Cited by 238

Utilization of fly ash cenosphere as lightweight filler in cement-based composites – A review

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Properties improvement of fly ash cenosphere modified cement pastes using nano silica

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Chloride transport and microstructure of concrete with/without fly ash under atmospheric chloride condition

Liu, J., Ou, G., Qiu, Q., Chen, X., Hong, J. X., & Xing, F. (2017) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.04.018 · Cited by 162

Strength Improvement of Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites with Ultrahigh-Volume Fly Ash

Yu, J., & Leung, C. K. Y. (2017) · Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering · doi:10.1061/(asce)mt.1943-5533.0001987 · Cited by 152

Properties investigation of fiber reinforced cement-based composites incorporating cenosphere fillers

Hanif, A., Lu, Z., Diao, S., Zeng, X., & Li, Z. (2017) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.02.093 · Cited by 145

XRD and 29Si MAS NMR study on carbonated cement paste under accelerated carbonation using different concentration of CO2

Liu, W., Li, Y.-Q., Tang, L.-P., & Dong, Z.-J. (2019) · Materials Today Communications · doi:10.1016/j.mtcomm.2019.05.007 · Cited by 137

Effect of fiber types on creep behavior of concrete

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Two-scale modeling of transport properties of cement paste: Formation factor, electrical conductivity and chloride diffusivity

Ma, H., Hou, D., & Li, Z. (2015) · Computational Materials Science · doi:10.1016/j.commatsci.2015.08.048 · Cited by 111

Hydration and Fractal Analysis on Low-Heat Portland Cement Pastes Using Thermodynamics-Based Methods

Zhou, Y., Li, W., Peng, Y., Tang, S., Wang, L., Shi, Y., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Geng, Z., & Wu, K. (2023) · Fractal and Fractional · doi:10.3390/fractalfract7080606 · Cited by 106

Transport Properties of Sulfate and Chloride Ions Confined between Calcium Silicate Hydrate Surfaces: A Molecular Dynamics Study

Hou, D., Jia, Y., Yu, J., Wang, P., & Liu, Q. (2018) · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b07484 · Cited by 105

Influence of cenospheres on properties of magnesium oxychloride cement-based composites

Xu, B., Ma, H., Hu, C., & Li, Z. (2015) · Materials and Structures · doi:10.1617/s11527-015-0578-6 · Cited by 105

External sulfate attack to reinforced concrete under drying-wetting cycles and loading condition: Numerical simulation and experimental validation by ultrasonic array method

Zhang, J., Sun, M., Hou, D., & Li, Z. (2017) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.02.064 · Cited by 96

Characterization of sugarcane bagasse ash as a potential supplementary cementitious material: Comparison with coal combustion fly ash

Zhang, P., Liao, W., Kumar, A., Zhang, Q., & Ma, H. (2020) · Journal of Cleaner Production · doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123834 · Cited by 92

Estimate the relative electrical conductivity of C–S–H gel from experimental results

Ma, H., Hou, D., Liu, J., & Li, Z. (2014) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.08.036 · Cited by 88

Two-scale modeling of the capillary network in hydrated cement paste

Ma, H., Hou, D., Lu, Y., & Li, Z. (2014) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2014.04.005 · Cited by 80

Fiber-reinforced cementitious composites incorporating glass cenospheres – Mechanical properties and microstructure

Hanif, A., Parthasarathy, P., Lu, Z., Sun, M., & Li, Z. (2017) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.07.235 · Cited by 77

Hydration of Binary Portland Cement Blends Containing Silica Fume: A Decoupling Method to Estimate Degrees of Hydration and Pozzolanic Reaction

Liao, W., Sun, X. W., Kumar, A., Sun, H., & Ma, H. (2019) · Frontiers in Materials · doi:10.3389/fmats.2019.00078 · Cited by 72

Numerical modeling of drying shrinkage deformation of cement-based composites by coupling multiscale structure model with 3D lattice analyses

Liu, L., Wang, X., Chen, H., Wan, C., & Zhang, M. (2016) · Computers & Structures · doi:10.1016/j.compstruc.2016.10.005 · Cited by 61

Effect of curing temperature on creep behavior of fly ash concrete

Zhao, Q., Liu, X., & Jiang, J. (2015) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.08.030 · Cited by 60

Microstructure-based fractal models for heat and mass transport properties of cement paste

Yu, P., Duan, Y. H., Chen, E., Tang, S., & Wang, X. R. (2018) · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer · doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2018.05.150 · Cited by 55

Multi-level homogenization for the prediction of the mechanical properties of ultra-high-performance concrete

Haile, B. F., Jin, D.-H., Yang, B., Park, S., & Lee, H. K. (2019) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.116797 · Cited by 54

Monitoring setting and hardening of concrete by active acoustic method: Effects of water-to-cement ratio and pozzolanic materials

Zhang, J., Fan, T., Ma, H., & Li, Z. (2015) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.04.010 · Cited by 53

Deterioration of mortars exposed to sulfate attack under electrical field

Huang, Q., Wang, C., Zeng, Q., Yang, C., Luo, C., & Yang, K. (2016) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2016.05.004 · Cited by 53

Accelerated sulfate attack on mortars using electrical pulse

Huang, Q., Wang, C., Yang, C., Zhou, L., & Yin, J. (2015) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2015.07.034 · Cited by 52

Non-destructive tracing on hydration feature of slag blended cement with electrochemical method

Dong, B., Li, G., Zhang, J., Liu, Y., Xing, F., & Hong, S. (2017) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2017.05.042 · Cited by 51

Hydration and Properties of Slag Cement Activated by Alkali and Sulfate

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Iodide and chloride ions diffusivity, pore characterization and microstructures of concrete incorporating ground granulated blast furnace slag

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Steel corrosion in magnesia–phosphate cement concrete beams

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New Pore Structure Assessment Methods for Cement Paste

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Surface Chloride Concentration of Concrete under Shallow Immersion Conditions

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Modeling the evolved microstructure of cement pastes governed by diffusion through barrier shells of C–S–H

Wei, Z., Duan, L., Tang, S., Chen, E., & Hanif, A. (2018) · Journal of Materials Science · doi:10.1007/s10853-018-03193-x · Cited by 24

Long-term performance of the healed mortar with polymer containing phosphazene after exposed to sulfate attack

Tanyıldızı, H. (2018) · Construction and Building Materials · doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2018.02.054 · Cited by 16

Durability performance and microstructure of binary blended high-performance concrete

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Mechanical behavior and leaching characteristics of cementitious composites incorporating silicomanganese fume

Rashid, S., Khalid, H. R., & Hanif, A. (2025) · European Journal of Environmental and Civil engineering · doi:10.1080/19648189.2025.2494131 · Cited by 7

Properties of Hardened Concrete

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Multi-Scale Modeling of Transport Properties in Cementitious Materials with GO Admixture

Liu, B., Kang, W., Lian, W., Xing, F., Sun, H., & Ma, H. (2025) · Nanomaterials · doi:10.3390/nano15030222 · Cited by 6

Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Polymer-Phosphazene Mortar Exposed to Sulfate Attack

Tanyıldızı, H. (2019) · ACI Materials Journal · doi:10.14359/51716818 · Cited by 2

Estimation and Mitigation of Stresses in Mass Concrete Structures Containing Ground Granulated Blast FurnaceSlag and Fly Ash

Leon, G. (2021) · The Research Repository @ WVU (West Virginia University) · doi:10.33915/etd.10245

The Future and Development Trends of Concrete

Li, Z., Zhou, X., Ma, H., & Hou, D. (2022) · Wiley eBooks · doi:10.1002/9781119806219.ch9

Multi-scale modeling of the microstructure of concrete

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Multi-scale picture of concrete and its transport properties:

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A multiscale/multiphysics model for concrete

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Multi-scale modelling of the mechanics of concrete based on the cement paste properties

Sherzer, G. L., Gal, E., Schlangen, E., & Ye, G. (2018) · CRC Press eBooks · doi:10.1201/9781315182964-16 · Cited by 1

Multiscale microstructural modeling in cement and concrete: : From hydration to poroelasticity, creep, and strength

Königsberger, M. (2016) · reposiTUm (TU Wien) · doi:10.34726/hss.2016.40444 · Cited by 1