| Call For Papers |
| TRB 91st Annual Meeting |
| Jan. 22-26, 2012 |
| Call Title: | |
| Portland-Limestone Cement for Sustainable Concrete | |
| Sponsoring Committee: | |
| AFN40 – Concrete Materials and Placement Techniques | |
| Co-Sponsoring Committee(s): | |
| AFN20 – Properties of Concrete | |
| AFN30 – Durability of Concrete | |
| Call Description: | |
| Suggested Paper Topics:1. Material Properties: fresh and hardened properties;
– Slump, Setting time, and Air Entrainment – Shrinkage and Strength Development – Use with Supplementary Cementing Materials – Durability: RCP, Freeze/Thaw, Salt Scaling and Sulfate Exposure – CSA and ASTM Standards 2. Why specify PLC and the sustainable benefits 3. Case Studies: field applications in elevated structures and concrete pavements in US, Canada and the World 4. Long Term Performance in North America and Europe, 5 years or more 5. DOTs Experience |
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| Subject Areas(s): | |
| Materials | |
| Authors interested in submitting papers are advised to visit www.TRB.org/AnnualMeeting and review the Information for Authors. Authors submitting papers in response to this Call for Papers should submit full papers for peer review to the Transportation Research Board online at www.TRB.org/AnnualMeeting. This paper submission is open from June 1 to August 1. Please show the sponsoring committee name or the Call for Papers title on the papers submission form. Please contact the Call for Papers organizer if you are submitting a paper or need additional information.
Paper Submission Requirements TRB has a single paper submittal deadline for the Annual Meeting. Papers must be in PDF format and submitted by August 1, 2011. The paper submission website will close when it is no longer August 1 anywhere in the world. Also, authors are asked to add line numbering to their papers in their word-processing program (starting with number one on each page) prior to converting to PDF to facilitate the review process. TRB recommends that authors submit their papers well before the deadline to avoid last minute complications and delays. |
| Call Organizer: | |
| Rico Fung ([email protected]) |
