PROGNOSIS OF DURABILITY OF CONCRETE BY EVALUATING FREEZING AND THAWING CYCLES

study of freezing and thawing cycles influence on durability of stablized eolian sand sediment

with considerable dispersion in many areas of the world sediments are among the most important sediments in deserted environments. a stabilization method for this type of beds is making use of the setting property of natural pozzolana in the vicinity of lime. these soils have little strength, both in natural humidity as well as in full saturation conditions. their dispersion in many areas of th...

Mechanical Properties and Freezing and Thawing Resistance of Concrete Incorporating

Modelling the Stability of Asphalt Concrete with Fuzzy Logic and Statistical Methods for Various Freezing and Thawing Cycles

The stability of asphalt concrete under the effects of freezing and thawing was studied experimentally, and the experimental test results were modelled using fuzzy logic and statistical methods. The stability was investigated experimentally using the Marshall and ultrasound methods. Asphalt core samples 10 cm in diameter were alternately frozen (–20°C for 16 hr) and thawed (16°C for 8 hr) for 5...

Genetic basis of evolutionary adaptation by Escherichia coli to stressful cycles of freezing, thawing and growth.

Microbial evolution experiments offer a powerful approach for coupling changes in complex phenotypes, including fitness and its components, with specific mutations. Here we investigate mutations substituted in 15 lines of Escherichia coli that evolved for 1000 generations under freeze-thaw-growth (FTG) conditions. To investigate the genetic basis of their improvements, we screened many of the l...

Effects of multiple freezing and refrigerator thawing cycles on the quality changes of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)

The freezing-thawing effect on the meat quality of whole, gutted and fillets of sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) were investigated. It was aimed to investigate the changes in the meat quality of whole, gutted and fillets of sea bass in multiple frozen (-18±2ºC) and thawed cycles in refrigerated conditions (4±2°C). The meat quality assessment of the sea bass groups (whole, gutted and fillets) sub...