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MUSES: Sustainable Infrastructure Materials and Systems: Integration of Microstructure Tailoring and Life Cycle Analysis of Engineered Cementitious Compounds (ECC)

Sep 15, 2002 -
Aug 31, 2003
Concrete use in infrastructures such as roadways, bridges and pipes causes huge material flows between natural and human systems. Global concrete construction exceeds 6 billion tons/yr and contribu...

MUSES: Sustainable Concrete Infrastructure Materials and Systems: Developing an integrated life cycle design framework

Sep 1, 2003 -
Aug 31, 2009
Global production of concrete drives huge flows of material between natural and human systems.The shear magnitude of this material flow, which exceeds 12 billion tons each year, causes significant ...
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