Carbon Nanoreinforced Concrete

Sintesi

1 Materials

1.1 Multiscale Fibro-reinforced Concrete

1.2 Allotropes of carbon

1.3 Chemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes

2 State of the art

2.1 Carbon Nano Tubes

2.2 Carbon Fibers and Nano Fibers.

2.3 Other addictions in CNT/CNF Concrete

3 Experimental program

3.1 Hybrid Concrete added by Fiberglass and Multiwalled CNT

3.2 Nanoreinforced SelfCompacting Concrete (CNTSCC)

3.3 Concrete added by carboxyl-group functionalized MWCNT

3.4 Tensile Strength of high content by weight of CNTs

4 University of Houston

4.1 Electrical resistance of CNFs concrete

4.2 Development of CNFs aggregate concrete damage sensor

4.3 CNFs mortar early-stage hydration monitoring

5 Conclusions

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