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Preface International Advisory Panel Keynote Paper Chapter 1: Effects of mechanical properties of ASR damaged concrete on structural design Chapter 2: Influence of alkali silica reaction on the chemistry of pore solutions in mortars with and without lithium ions Chapter 3: The effect of super absorbent polymers on the performance of immature cementitious mortars Chapter 4: Evaluation of durability to wet/dry cycling of cement mortar composites reinforced with nanofibrillated cellulose Chapter 5: Electric and thermoelectric properties of cement composites with expanded graphite Chapter 6: Modelling of fracture in fibre-cement based materials Chapter 7: Design of UHPC using artificial neural networks Chapter 8: Kinetics of sintering for a class-F fly ash: a sintering model Chapter 9: Numerical simulation of chloride-induced corrosion initiation in reinforced concrete structures with cracks Chapter 10: The role of deicing salts on the non-linear moisture diffusion coefficient of cementitious materials during drying Chapter 11: Influence of mineral additives on concrete carbonation Chapter 12: Influence of blended cements on the concrete resistance to carbonation Chapter 13: Reactive powder concrete âEUR" change in compressive strength and modulus of elasticity at high temperature Keynote Paper Chapter 14: Tensile behaviour of different high performance fibre reinforced cements Chapter 15: Study on the properties of cement mortars with basalt fibres Chapter 16: The influence of non-metallic and metallic fibres on the mechanical properties of cement mortars Chapter 17: Modelling the influence of composition on rheological parameters and mechanical properties of fibre reinforced polymer-cement mortars Chapter 18: Influence of fibres on rheological and mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete Chapter 19: Assessment of pore characteristics in virtual concrete by path planning methodology Chapter 20: Microhardness testing procedure applied to blended cement based matrix Chapter 21: The measurement of sedimentation of cement mix components using D-cube electrical resistance tests Chapter 22: Shape assessment in concrete technology by Fourier analysis Chapter 23: Comparative study of compressive and tensile basic creep behavior of concrete Chapter 24: Safe cement composites SRCC - the rope effect in HPFRC concrete Keynote Paper Chapter 25: Influence of mixture composition on shrinkage cracking of lightweight self-consolidating concrete Chapter 26: Shape simulation of granular particles in concrete and applications in DEM Chapter 27: Durable concrete structures with cracks which heal themselves Chapter 28: New eco-mechanical index for concrete structures Chapter 29: Influence of aggregate type on the durability of concrete made of blended cements with calcerous fly ash Chapter 30: Porosity of green concrete based on a gap-graded blend Chapter 31: Characteristics of secondary flexures in uniaxial tension test of concrete Chapter 32: Behavior of hybrid fiber ECC panels subjected to low and high velocity projectile impactâEURa review Chapter 33: Experimental study of shear failure mechanism in concrete beams Chapter 34: Modelling of fracture process zone and related energy dissipation during quasi-brittle fracture Chapter 35: Influence of calcerous fly ash on concrete resistance to migration of chlorides Chapter 36: Chloride penetration resistance of concrete mixtures with recycled concrete aggregates Chapter 37: Durability of cellulose-cement composites assessed by accelerated testing under temperature and moisture variations - effects of blending by rice husk ash Chapter 38: Behavior of polymer modified reactive powder concrete exposed to oil products Index of contributors Subject Index