{"id":509953,"date":"2022-11-14T22:34:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/climate-change-creates-complications-for-concrete\/"},"modified":"2022-11-14T22:34:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T19:34:03","slug":"climate-change-creates-complications-for-concrete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/climate-change-creates-complications-for-concrete\/","title":{"rendered":"#Climate change creates complications for concrete"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a242f7d4581b\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a242f7d4581b\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/climate-change-creates-complications-for-concrete\/#%E2%80%9CClimate_change_creates_complications_for_concrete%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Climate change creates complications for concrete&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CClimate_change_creates_complications_for_concrete%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Climate change creates complications for concrete&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/climate-change-creates.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2022\/climate-change-creates.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Distribution of change in fatigue damage as compared to the existing climate for different climate change scenarios assuming a standard deviation of (a) 0.5\u00b0C and (b) 1\u00b0C for the 250\u00a0mm thick pavement in Phoenix, AZ. Credit: &lt;i&gt;Results in Engineering&lt;\/i&gt; (2022). DOI: 10.1016\/j.rineng.2022.100736\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/climate-change-creates.jpg\" alt=\"Climate change creates complications for concrete\" title=\"Distribution of change in fatigue damage as compared to the existing climate for different climate change scenarios assuming a standard deviation of (a) 0.5\u00b0C and (b) 1\u00b0C for the 250\u00a0mm thick pavement in Phoenix, AZ. Credit: &lt;i&gt;Results in Engineering&lt;\/i&gt; (2022). DOI: 10.1016\/j.rineng.2022.100736\" width=\"800\" height=\"446\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Distribution of change in fatigue damage as compared to the existing climate for different climate change scenarios assuming a standard deviation of (a) 0.5\u00b0C and (b) 1\u00b0C for the 250\u00a0mm thick pavement in Phoenix, AZ. Credit: <i>Results in Engineering<\/i> (2022). DOI: 10.1016\/j.rineng.2022.100736<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Pennsylvania drivers know the effects that weather can have on paved roads\u2014potholes, cracks and other pavement woes are a common occurrence. Climate change is accelerating the process, with devastating consequences for infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>                                                                                Concrete is thought to be better able to withstand intense heat than asphalt, which softens in the heat. However, new research led by Lev Khazanovich, Anthony Gill Chair Professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, finds that&#8217;s not quite true. <\/p>\n<p>The paper, published in the journal <i>Results in Engineering<\/i>, found that while concrete pavements are unaffected by an average increase in air temperature, they are extremely sensitive to sharp variations in air temperature during the day. <\/p>\n<p>In other words, as days get hotter and nights get colder, concrete pavements will be badly affected.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Concrete roads constitute less than 5% of all roads in the United States, but they carry about 26% of all vehicle-miles <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed and punch well above their weight when it comes to moving the economy forward,&#8221; explained Khazanovich. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Concrete does not change its properties regardless of how hot it gets. There was an untested belief that this meant concrete pavements are resilient to extreme temperatures, but now we know that&#8217;s not the whole picture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The study looked at the effects of such increasing extreme heat events in both mild and hot climates and found that concrete pavements in mild climates would be affected even more. Furthermore, they found that thicker pavements are more sensitive to extreme temperatures than thinner ones\u2014meaning that major highways and freeways are at the greatest risk. <\/p>\n<p>Khazanovich worked with postdoc Sushobhan Sen and graduate student Haoran Li on this research. They explained their findings based on the mechanics of how concrete pavements develop thermal stresses, which differs significantly from asphalt pavements. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As the climate continues to warm and temperature shifts become more extreme, we will need to develop innovative technologies to address the accelerating degradation of our roadways. For example, innovative concrete pavement cooling technologies, like cool and reflective pavements, could make them more resilient to extreme heat,&#8221; said Khazanovich. &#8220;It&#8217;s vital to our nation&#8217;s economy that our infrastructure evolves to handle the realities of a warming planet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The paper was published in <i>Results in Engineering<\/i>.\n                                                                                                                            <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-main__more p-4\">\n                                                                                                <strong>More information:<\/strong><br \/>\n                                                Sushobhan Sen et al, Effect of climate change and urban heat islands on the deterioration of concrete roads, <i>Results in Engineering<\/i> (2022).  <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-doi=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rineng.2022.100736\">DOI: 10.1016\/j.rineng.2022.100736<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-inline-block text-medium my-4\">\n                                                Provided by<br \/>\n                                                                                                    University of Pittsburgh<br \/>\n                                                                                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"icon_open\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pitt.edu\/\"><br \/>\n                                                        <svg><use href=\"https:\/\/techx.b-cdn.net\/tmpl\/v2\/img\/svg\/sprite.svg#icon_open\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 Climate change creates complications for concrete (2022, November 14)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 14 November 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/techxplore.com\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-11-climate-complications-concrete.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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