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 by Sumaiya Afroz, Yingda Zhang, Quang Dieu Nguyen, Taehwan Kim, Arnaud Castel

Does carbon footprint reduction impair mechanical properties and service life of concrete? by Kiran Ram, Marijana Serdar, Diana Londono-Zuluaga, Karen Scrivener

Speciation of iron(II/III) at the iron-cement interface: a review 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 by Pagona-Noni Maravelaki et al.

Reactivation of hydrated cement powder by thermal treatment for partial replacement of ordinary portland cement by Gustave Semugaza et al.

Multiscale micromechanics modeling of plant fibers: upscaling of stiffness and elastic limits from cellulose nanofibrils to technical fibers by Markus Königsberger, Markus Lukacevic, Josef Füssl 

Model fitting to concrete carbonation data with non-zero initial carbonation depth by Jessica C. Forsdyke, Janet M. Lees

Non-destructive screening methodology based on handheld XRF for the classification of concrete: cement type-driven separation 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 by Samanta Robuschi et al.

Using micro-XRF to characterize chloride ingress through cold joints in 3D printed concrete by Paula Bran-Anleu et al.