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  • Laurens S., Hénocq P., Rouleau N., Deby F., Samson E., Marchand J., Bissonnette B. (2016) Steady-state polarization response of chloride-induced macrocell corrosion systems in steel reinforced concrete – numerical and experimental investigations, Cement and Concrete Research, vol. 79, p. 272-290, 2016
  • Samson E., Ouellet E., Marchand J., Optimizing the service life of concrete structures exposed to chloride using modeling and field data, submitted for ASCE Special Publication (NACE Concrete Service Life Extension Conf., Philadelphia, USA) 2015
  • Conciatori D., Grégoire E., Samson E., Marchand J., Chouinard L., Sensitivity of chloride ingress modelling in concrete to input parameter variability, Materials and Structures, vol.48, p. 3023-3036, 2015
  • Conciatori D., Grégoire E., Samson E., Marchand J., Chouinard L., Statistical analysis of concrete transport properties, Materials and Structures, vol. 47, p. 89-103, 2014
  • Brown K.G. et al., Cementitious Barriers Partnership (CBP): Training and Release of CBP toolbox software, Version 1.0, in Waste Management conference proceedings (February 24 – 28, Phoenix (AZ), USA), 2013
  • Brown K.G. et al., Cementitious Barriers Partnership (CBP): Using the CBP software toolbox to simulate sulfate attack and carbonation of concrete structures, in Waste Management conference proceedings (February 24 – 28, Phoenix (AZ), USA), 2013
  • Protière Y., Samson E., Henocq P., Modeling the long-term durability of concrete barriers in the context of low-activity waste storage, European Physical Journal Web of Conferences, vol. 56, 2013
  • Marchand J., Grégoire E., Samson E., Service-Life modeling for comprehensive management of concrete infrastructure – bridge deck application, Proceedings of Understanding the fundamental properties of concrete, (Trondheim, Norway) 2013
  • Marchand J., Ouellet E., Samson E., Improving the service life of concrete construction through performance-based specifications, Proceedings of International Congress on Durability of Concrete (Oslo,Norway), 2012
  • Henocq P., Samson E., Marchand J., Characterizing the initiation and propagation of steel corrosion in the presence of chloride ions, , Proceedings of International Congress on Durability of Concrete (Oslo,Norway), 2012
  • Henocq P., Samson E., Marchand J., Portlandite content and ionic transport properties of hydrated C3S pastes, Cement and Concrete Research, vol.42, p.321-326, 2012
  • Henocq P., Samson E., Marchand J., Langton C., Characterization of transport properties of wasteform mixtures, Proceedings of NUWCEM 2011 Conference (Avignon, France), 2011
  • Flach G., Projected impact of sulfate attack on the long-term performance of a concrete repository, in Waste Management conference proceedings (March 7 – 11, Phoenix (AZ), USA), 2010
  • Marchand J., Samson E., Predicting the service-life of concrete structures – Limitations of simplified models, Cement & Concrete Composites, vol. 31, p.515-521, 2009
  • Marchand J., Conciatori D., Samson E., Gaudry M., Sensitivity analysis of the parameters used in a multiionic chloride ingress model, in RILEM Proceedings 61 – Microstructure Related Durability of Cementitious Composites (Nanjing, China), Sun W. et al. eds, p. 1063-1074, 2008
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Extending the service life of an existing bridge structure using a predictive modeling software, Proceedings: Concrete Bridge Conference (St-Louis, USA), May 4-7, 2008
  • Samson E., Maleki K., Marchand J., Zhang T., Determination of the water diffusivity of concrete using drying/absorption test results, Journal of the ASTM International, vol.5 no.7, 2008
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Henocq P., Beausejour P., Recent advances in the determination of ionic diffusion coefficients using migration test results, in RILEM Proceedings 58 – CONMOD 2008 (Delft, The Netherlands), E. Schlangen and G de Schutter eds., p.65-78, 2008
  • Henocq H., Samson E., Marchand J., Effect of NaCl content in immersion solution on the decalcification of cement pastes, in RILEM Proceedings 57 – Workshop on performance of cement-based materials in aggressive aqueous environments - characterization, modelling, test methods and engineering aspects (September 3-5, Ghent, Belgium, 2007), N. de Belie ed., p. 61-72, 2008
  • Henocq P., Samson E., Marchand J., Clark B., Determination of the chloride content threshold to initiate steel corrosion, 5th Int. Essen Workshop on Transport in Concrete (Essen, Germany), M.J. Setzer ed. Aedificatio Publishers, p. 25-39, 2007
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Modeling the transport of ions in unsaturated cement-based materials, Computers and Structures, vol. 85, p.1740-1756, 2007
  • Henchi K., Samson E., Chapdelaine F., Marchand J., Advanced finite-element predictive model for the service life prediction of concrete infrastructures in support of asset management and decision-making, in ASCE Computing in Civil Eng. Conf. (Pittsburgh, USA), p.870-880, 2007
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Modeling the effect of temperature on ionic transport in cementitious materials, Cement and Concrete Research, vol.37, p.455-468, 2007
  • Marchand J., Samson E., Snyder K., Beaudoin J.J., Ion transport mechanisms in unsaturated porous media: Modeling, in Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, Taylor and Francis (USA) 2nd ed., p.3065-3074, 2006
  • Maltais Y., Ouellet E., Marchand J., Samson E., Burke D., Prediction of the long-term durability of lightweight aggregate concrete mixtures under severe marine environment, Materials and Structures, vol.39, p.911-918, 2006
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Multiionic approaches to model chloride binding in cementitious materials, in Proceedings of the 2nd Int. Symp. On Adv. In Concrete Through Science and Engineering (Québec, Canada), Marchand et al. Eds, RILEM Proceedings 51, p. 101-122, 2006
  • Zhang T., Samson E., Marchand J., Effect of temperature on ionic transport properties of concrete, Proceeding of the ConMAT Conference, Vancouver (Canada), August 22-24, 2005
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Snyder K.A., Beaudoin J.J., Modeling ion and fluid transport in unsaturated cement systems in isothermal conditions, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 35, p. 141-153, 2005
  • Maltais Y., Marchand J., Ouellet E., Samson E., Tourney P., Service life prediction of high performance concrete mixture subjected to chloride penetration, Proceedings of the Int. Conf. on Durability of HPC and Final Workshop of Conlife (Essen, Germany), M.J. Setzer & S. Palecki eds., AEDIFICATIO Publishers (Freiburg, Germany), p. 19-36, 2004
  • Maltais Y., Marchand J., Samson E., Predicting the durability of Portland cement systems in aggressive environments – Laboratory validation, Cement and Concrete Research, vol.34, no.9, p.1579-1589, 2004
  • Maltais Y., Ouellet E., Marchand J., Samson E., Prediction of the long-term durability of lightweight aggregate concrete mixtures under severe marine environment, in Advances in Cement and Concrete, D.A. Lange, K.L. Scrivener and J. Marchand eds., p.329-338, 2003. (Proceedings of the ECI conference, Copper Mountain, Colorado, USA, August 10-14, 2003)
  • Marchand J., Samson E., Burke D., Tourney P., Thaulow N., Sahu S., Predicting the microstructural degradation of concrete in marine environment, ACI Special Publication SP-212, p.1127-1153, 2003
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Snyder K.A., Calculation of ionic diffusion coefficients on the basis of migration test results, Materials and Structures, vol.36, p.156-165, 2003
  • Marchand J., Samson E., Maltais Y., Lee R.J., Sahu S., Predicting the performance on concrete structures exposed to chemically aggressive environment – field validation, Materials and Structures, vol.35, p.623-631, 2002
  • Marchand J., Samson E., Beaudoin J.J., Modeling ion transport mechanisms in unsaturated porous media, in Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, A. Hubbard ed., Marcel Dekker, p.3466-3471, 2002
  • Marchand J., Samson E., Maltais Y., Beaudoin J.J., Theoretical analysis of the effect of weak sodium sulfate solutions on the durability of concrete, Cement and Concrete Composites, vol. 24, p. 317-329, 2002
  • Marchand J., Modeling the behavior of unsaturated cement systems exposed to aggressive chemical environments, Materials and Structures, vol. 34, p.195-200, 2001
  • Marchand J., Bentz D., Samson E., Maltais Y., Influence of calcium hydroxide dissolution on the transport properties of hydrated cement systems, Materials Science of Concrete -- Special Volume: Calcium Hydroxide in Concrete, American Ceramic Society (USA), eds. J.P. Skalny et al., p.113-129, 2001
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Maltais Y., Modeling ionic diffusion mechanisms in saturated cement-based materials - an overview, Materials Science of Concrete -- Special Volume: Ion and Mass Transport in Cement-Based Materials, American Ceramic Society (USA), D. Hooton & al. eds., p. 97-111, 2001
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Beaudoin J.J., Modeling the influence of chemical reactions on the mechanisms of ionic transport in porous materials: an overview, Cement and Concrete Research, vol.30, p.1895-1902, 2000
  • Marchand J., Samson E., Maltais Y., Modeling microstructural alterations of concrete subjected to external sulfate attack, Materials Science of Concrete -- Special Volume: Sulfate Attack Mechanisms, American Ceramic Society (USA), eds. J. Marchand & J.P. Skalny, p.211-257, 1999
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Beaudoin J.J., Describing ion diffusion mechanisms in cement-based materials using the homogenisation technique, Cement and Concrete Research, vol.29, no.8, p.1341-1345, 1999
  • Samson E., Lemaire G., Marchand J., Beaudoin J.J., Modeling chemical activity effects in strong ionic solutions, Computational Materials Science, vol.15, no.3, p.285-294, 1999
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Numerical solution of the extended Nernst-Planck model, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, vol.215, p.1-8, 1999
  • Samson E., Marchand J., Robert J.-L., Bournazel J.-P., Modelling ion diffusion mechanisms in porous media, Int. J. for Num. Methods in Engineering, vol.46, p.2043-2060, 1999

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