Please join the NJDOT Bureau of Research and attend our next Lunchtime Tech Talk! Webinar, Advanced Reinforced Concrete Materials for Transportation Infrastructure, to learn more about this recently completed research study.
New Jersey’s transportation infrastructure systems must resist conditioning from the natural environment and physical demands from service loading to meet the needs of users statewide. Reinforced concrete, which is widely used, deteriorates under environmental conditioning, contributing to durability and maintenance challenges. Notably, new materials, such as concrete materials with high ductility, have been developed to improve the service life of reinforced concrete transportation infrastructure.

In this webinar, Co-Directors of New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Materials and Structures Laboratory, Dr. Matthew Bendelt, and Dr. Matthew Adams, both Associate Professors at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, will speak about the team’s research conducted to assess the mechanical properties and long-term durability of these systems. Research results show benefits across a range of metrics suggesting the potential to substantially improve the in-service behavior of reinforced concrete transportation infrastructure. For example, life-cycle cost analyses were performed that show that bridge decks made with ductile concrete materials have high economic potential with structural deterioration occurring at a significantly slower rate compared to that of reinforced normal strength concrete systems.

This Lunchtime Tech Talk! webinar is free, but registration is required to receive the URL link to the webinar. PE credits are available, but you must be registered for the event. Click through the link below to register:

Lunchtime Tech Talk! Webinar: Advanced Reinforced Concrete Materials for Transportation Infrastructure https://rutgers.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_BJfKhLrATf2CAS0QDPNXjg
Date: Monday, July 10, 2023
Time: 12:00 – 1:15 PM