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DurabilityMechanicsofCalciumLeachingofConcreteandBeyond

In recent years, Durability Mechanics emerged as a new discipline of Engineering Mechan- ics, driven by the rapid decay of our built infrastructure, and by some critical problems related to safe and economic hazardous waste storage. One critical problem in…

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Abstract

In recent years, Durability Mechanics emerged as a new discipline of Engineering Mechan- ics, driven by the rapid decay of our built infrastructure, and by some critical problems related to safe and economic hazardous waste storage. One critical problem in this field is calcium leaching of cemen- titious materials; and the progress made in this field may well improve health monitoring capabilities in other fields, such as durability problems in biological materials, related for instance to bone diseases as Osteoporosis. Focus of this paper is a review of recent results dealing with the strength properties and modeling of cementitious materials subjected to a severe chemical softening, which may well serve beyond.