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Raw earth: an ancient building material with a bright future

Raw earth has regained its place in modern construction in recent years thanks to its many qualities, particularly its ecological benefits.

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Souad Abou Zeid, chemistry researcher

Find out more about Souad Abou Zeid, a chemistry researcher who is contributing to the fight against environmental pollution.

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Daniella Gabra Gilda, chemistry researcher

Find out more about Daniella Gabra Gilda, a researcher who is helping to make the construction of buildings more environmentally friendly.

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Photo ancienne de l’arc du viaduc de Garabit en cours de montage

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Gustave Eiffel and his construction of metal arch bridges

Gustave Eiffel is known worldwide as the builder of the Eiffel Tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, but he is also remembered for having built metal railway structures, in particular metal arch bridges.

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Déchets de béton Droits Hugues Delahousse pour Ifsttar

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Can concrete be green?

The widespread use of concrete has consequences, for example on CO2 emissions, mainly due to the manufacture of cement, or the production of mineral wastes after deconstruction.

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Recommendations for preventing disorders due to delayed ettringite formation

The delayed ettringite formation causes an expansion and a cracking of concrete. Concrete durability experts are familiar with the phenomenon, the conditions under which it occurs and how to prevent it for future structures.

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The data tell you everything about the behaviour of concrete!

How special concrete structures age. The partners of the national CEOS.fr project publish, in open data, their datasets on the cracking and durability of concretes.

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Crédit : IFSTTAR - Sophie Jeannin

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Ageing of reinforced concrete in a natural environment

What pathologies affect reinforced concrete structures? How do scientists study their lifespan?

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Accelerated recarbonation of recycled concrete

Accelerated recarbonation is a solution for improving the performance of recycled concrete while also storing CO2

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Crédit Photo - université Gustave Eiffel - MAST/EMGCU

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The civil engineering structures test platform

Large-scale equipment for studying the operational safety and serviceability of civil engineering and building structures.

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