A systems thinking approach to understanding the challenges of achieving the circular economy

scientific article published on 07 December 2020

Accelerated ageing characteristics of glass-fibre reinforced cement made with new cementitious matrices

An application of a damage constitutive model to concrete at high temperature and prediction of spalling

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An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling ⬇️

scientific article published on 9 October 2017

Assessing the dynamic material criticality of infrastructure transitions: A case of low carbon electricity ⬇️

Assessing the role and use of recycled aggregates in the sustainable management of construction and demolition waste via a mini-review and a case study

scientific article published on 09 January 2020

Briefing: Infrastructure business models, valuation and innovation for local delivery ⬇️

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Briefing: Resource scarcity and resource security – a suppressed civil engineering challenge ⬇️

Circular economy and the matter of integrated resources

scientific article published on 27 June 2019

Circulating blame in the circular economy: The case of wood-waste biofuels and coal ash

scientific article published in June 2019

Co-Producing a Vision and Approach for the Transition towards a Circular Economy: Perspectives from Government Partners

Co-producing a Vision and Approach for the Transition towards a Circular Economy: Perspectives from Government Partners

Correction to “Material Nature Vs. Structural Nurture: The Embodied Carbon of Fundamental Structural Elements”

scientific article published on 8 March 2012

Critical materials for infrastructure: local vs global properties ⬇️

Degradation of fibre-reinforced cement composites

Durability and simulated ageing of new matrix glass fibre reinforced concrete

Durability models for GRC: uncertainties on strength predictions

Embodied carbon dioxide in concrete: Variation with common mix design parameters ⬇️

article by Phil Purnell & Leon Black published June 2012 in Cement and Concrete Research

Formation of thaumasite in synthetic cement mineral slurries

Fully integrated modelling for sustainability assessment of resource recovery from waste ⬇️

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Guest Editorial

Humidity and aggregate content correction factors for air-coupled ultrasonic evaluation of concrete.

scientific article published in February 2005

Identification of failure modes in glass/polypropylene composites by means of the primary frequency content of the acoustic emission event

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Interpretation of climatic temperature variations for accelerated ageing models

Is carbon dioxide pricing a driver in concrete mix design? ⬇️

Low carbon technology performance vs infrastructure vulnerability: analysis through the local and global properties space ⬇️

scientific article published on 22 October 2014

Managing critical materials with a technology-specific stocks and flows model ⬇️

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Material Nature versus Structural Nurture: The Embodied Carbon of Fundamental Structural Elements ⬇️

scientific article published on 05 December 2011

Meeting sustainable development goals via robotics and autonomous systems

scientific article published on 21 June 2022

Metrics for optimising the multi-dimensional value of resources recovered from waste in a circular economy: A critical review ⬇️

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Microstructural observations in new matrix glass fibre reinforced cement

Microstructure of interface between fibre and matrix in 10-year aged GRC modified by calcium sulfoaluminate cement ⬇️

Mining the physical infrastructure: Opportunities, barriers and interventions in promoting structural components reuse ⬇️

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Non-destructive evaluation of concrete using a capacitive imaging technique: Preliminary modelling and experiments

Noncontact ultrasonic diagnostics in concrete: A preliminary investigation

article published in 2004

On a voyage of recovery: a review of the UK’s resource recovery from waste infrastructure

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Pattern recognition of fiber-reinforced plastic failure mechanism using computational intelligence techniques

scholarly article published June 2008

Post-consumer plastic packaging waste in England: Assessing the yield of multiple collection-recycling schemes ⬇️

scientific article published on 10 February 2018

Preliminary investigations of the dimensional stability of super-critically carbonated glass fibre reinforced cement

Preliminary investigations of the phase composition and fine pore structure of super-critically carbonated cement pastes

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Quality of resources: A typology for supporting transitions towards resource efficiency using the single-use plastic bottle as an example ⬇️

Recycling of concrete

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Reply to comments to the paper “An application of a damage constitutive model to concrete at high temperature and prediction of spalling” by Rosen Tenchev and Phil Purnell [Int. J. Solids Struct. 42 (26) (2005) 6550–6565]

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Resource recovery and low carbon transitions: The hidden impacts of substituting cement with imported ‘waste’ materials from coal and steel production ⬇️

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Response to the Comment on “Material Nature versus Structural Nurture: The Embodied Carbon of Fundamental Structural Elements”

Service life modelling of fibre composites: A unified approach

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Single-sided capacitive imaging for NDT

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Study of strength durability models for GRC: Theoretical overview

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Super-critical carbonation of glass-fibre reinforced cement. Part 1: mechanical testing and chemical analysis

Super-critical carbonation of glass-fibre reinforced cement. Part 2: Microstructural observations

Supercritical carbonation of calcareous composites: Influence of curing ⬇️

Supercritical carbonation of calcareous composites: Influence of mix design ⬇️

Supercritical carbonation of lime based sustainable structural ceramics

Technical properties of biomass and solid recovered fuel (SRF) co-fired with coal: Impact on multi-dimensional resource recovery value ⬇️

scientific article published on 8 July 2017

The application of time-frequency analysis to the air-coupled ultrasonic testing of concrete

scientific article published in April 2006

The carbon footprint of reinforced concrete ⬇️

The effect of clay content in sands used for cementitious materials in developing countries

The use of smart technologies in enabling construction components reuse: A viable method or a problem creating solution? ⬇️

scientific article published on 05 May 2017

Towards resource-efficient and service-oriented integrated infrastructure operation ⬇️