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Publications from Hamlin Jennings & Jeffrey Thomas

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1. Strategies for Improving Low CO2 Cements
2. Materials Science of Cement Primer
3. Safety Concrete
4. Informational Web Site on the Science of Cement
5. A Compendium of NDE Methods

Strategies for Improving Low CO2 Cements
(60020784)

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2009 Strategies for Improving Low CO2 Cements (SAFETEA-LU Year 2 Final Report)   PDF
2009 Influence of nucleation seeding on the hydration mechanisms of tricalcium silicate and cement. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 113: 4327-4334 J.J. Thomas, H.M. Jennings, and J.J. Chen N/A
2009 A constitutive model for drying shrinkage of a partially saturated porous material. Mechanics of Materials, 41: 319-328 I. Vlahinic, H.M. Jennings, and J.J. Thomas N/A
2008 Nanoscale Structure as the Basis for Fundamental Models of Concrete Durability.  In Microstructure Related Durability of Cementitious Composites – Proceedings of the 1st International Conference, Vol. 1. Nanjing, China, October 2008. RILEM, France. H.M. Jennings, J.J. Thomas, I. Vlahnic, and J.J. Chen N/A
2008 Can nano-models lead to improved concrete? Materials science as the intersection of chemistry and mechanics. In Maekawa, K., Nakamura, H., and Maruyama, I., editors, Creep, Shrinkage and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Proceedings of Eighth International Conference CONCREEP- 8, Shima, Japan. Jennings, H. M., Thomas, J., and Vlahnic, I. N/A
2008 The nanostructure of low-CO2 concrete for a sustainable infrastructure: Technical report on Year 1 activities for Lafarge Cement. Technical report, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Thomas, J. and Jennings, H. M. PDF
2008 Can nano-models lead to improved concrete? Materials science as the intersection of chemistry and mechanics. In Maekawa, K., Nakamura, H., and Maruyama, I., editors, Creep, Shrinkage and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures, Proceedings of Eighth International Conference CONCREEP- 8, Shima, Japan. Jennings, H. M., Thomas, J., and Vlahnic, I. N/A
2008 Characterization and modeling of pores and surfaces in cement paste: Correlations to processing and properties. Journal of Advanced Concrete Technology, 6:5–29. Jennings, H. M., Bullard, J. W., Thomas, J., Andrade, J., Chen, J., and Scherer, G. N/A

 

Materials Science of Cement Primer
(A474)

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  Materials Science of Cement Primer
(TEA-21 Year 5 Final Report)		   PDF

 

Safety Concrete
(A473, A499)

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  Development of a Frangible Concrete to Reduce Blast-Related Casualties
(TEA-21 Years 4-6 Final Report)		   PDF
2006 Measuring the chemical and physical properties of the nanoscale building blocks of concrete. NIST
Special Publication.		 Allen, A., Thomas, J., and Jennings, H. N/A
2005 A colloidal interpretation of chemical aging of the C-S-H gel and its effects on the properties of cement paste. Cement and Concrete Research, 36, 30-38. Thomas, J.J. and Jennings, H.M. N/A
2005 Relating the nanostructure of concrete to engineering properties. Proc. 2nd International Symposium on Nanotechnology in Construction, Bilbao, Spain. Jennings, H., Thomas, J., Gevrenov, G., Constantinides, G., and Ulm, F. N/A
2005 Nanostructure of C-S-H gel in cement paste as a function of curing conditions and relative humidity. International Conference on Creep, Shrinkage and Durability of Concrete and Concrete Structures, CONCREEP7, Nantes, France. Jennings, H., Thomas, J., Gevrenov, G., Constantinides, G., and Ulm, F. N/A
2005 Modeling the Nanostructure of C-S-H Gel. Cementitious Materials as Model Porous Media: Nanostructure and Transport Processes, Monte Verita, Switzerland, pp, 79-85. Jennings, H., Thomas, J., Gevrenov, G., Constantinides, G., and Ulm, F. N/A
2004 "Safety Concrete – A Material Designed to Fail", presented at the 106th Annual Meeting & Exposition of The American Ceramic Society, Indianapolis, Indiana. J. Thomas, J. Gevrenov, H. Jennings, E. O'Neil PDF
2004 Effects of decalcification on the microstructure and surface area of cement and tricalcium silicate pastes. Cement and Concrete Research, 34,
2297-2307.		 Thomas, J., Chen, J., Allen, J., and Jennings, H. N/A
2004 A discussion of the paper ‘The BET-specific surface area of hydrated Portland cement and related materials’ by Ivan Odler. Cement and Concrete Research, 34, 1959-1960. Thomas J., and Jennings, H. N/A
2004 Solubility and structure of calcium silicate hydrate. Cement and Concrete Research, 34, 1499–1599. Chen, J., Thomas, J., Jennings, H., and Taylor, H. N/A

Informational Web Site on the Science of Cement
(A498)

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  Informational Web Site on the Science of Cement (TEA-21 Year 8 Final Report) Jeffrey Thomas Link

A Compendium of NDE Methods
(A211)

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  A Compendium of NDE Methods (TEA-21 Year 8 Final Report) Jeffrey Thomas, David Kosnik PDF