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Overview

R.D. Hooton is a researcher affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada, specializing in engineering with a primary focus on civil and structural engineering. Their work encompasses several subfields, including materials chemistry, building and construction, earth-surface processes, and mechanical engineering.

Their research is centered around topics such as concrete and cement materials, innovative concrete reinforcement materials, magnesium oxide properties and applications, concrete properties and behavior, recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production, building materials and conservation, and recycled aggregate concrete performance.

Notable recent publications by R.D. Hooton include:

  • Understanding the carbonation of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials: a critical review by RILEM TC 281-CCC (2020) published in Materials and Structures
  • Report of RILEM TC 267-TRM phase 3: validation of the R3 reactivity test across a wide range of materials (2022) published in Materials and Structures
  • ASTM C618 Fly Ash Specification: Comparison with Other Specifications, Shortcomings, and Solutions (2021) published in ACI Materials Journal
  • Influence of the calcination temperature of phosphogypsum on the performance of supersulfated cements (2020) published in Construction and Building Materials
  • Report of RILEM TC 267-TRM phase 2: optimization and testing of the robustness of the R3 reactivity tests for supplementary cementitious materials (2022) published in Materials and Structures

Frequent co-authors in Hooton's work include:

  • Prannoy Suraneni
  • Lisa Burris
  • Christopher R. Shearer
  • Yan He
  • Shuhua Liu

Hooton's publications are often featured in journals such as:

  • Materials and Structures
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
  • Cement and Concrete Research
  • ACI Materials Journal

In addition to journal articles, R.D. Hooton has contributed to book publications, including titles released by National Academies Press eBooks and International Federation for Structural Concrete. Recent book titles include Use of Marginal and Unconventional-Source Coal Ashes in Concrete (2024) and fib Bulletin 112. (2024).

Best Publications

  • Supplementary cementitious materials

    Barbara Lothenbach;Karen Scrivener;R.D. Hooton

  • The effect of supplementary cementitious materials on chloride binding in hardened cement paste

    M.D.A. Thomas;R.D. Hooton;A. Scott;H. Zibara

  • A study of the effect of chloride binding on service life predictions

    B Martı́n-Pérez;H Zibara;R.D Hooton;M.D.A Thomas

  • Understanding the carbonation of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials: a critical review by RILEM TC 281-CCC

    Stefanie von Greve-Dierfeld;Barbara Lothenbach;Anya Vollpracht;Bei Wu

  • An overview and sensitivity study of a multimechanistic chloride transport model

    Andrea Boddy;Evan Bentz;M.D.A. Thomas;R.D. Hooton

  • INCREASING CONCRETE DURABILITY WITH HIGH-REACTIVITY METAKAOLIN

    K.A Gruber;Terry Ramlochan;Andrea Boddy;R.D Hooton

  • INFLUENCE OF SILICA FUME REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT ON PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND RESISTANCE TO SULFATE ATTACK, FREEZING AND THAWING, AND ALKALI-SILICA REACTIVITY

    R. D. Hooton

  • Effects of interface roughness and interface adhesion on new-to-old concrete bonding

    Yan He;Yan He;Xiong Zhang;R.D. Hooton;Xiaowei Zhang

  • Corrosion Effects on Bond Strength in Reinforced Concrete

    Kyle Stanish;R. D. Hooton;S. J. Pantazopoulou

  • Effects of cyclic chloride exposure on penetration of concrete cover

    K. Hong;R.D. Hooton

  • Time dependent diffusion in concrete—three laboratory studies

    Michelle Nokken;Andrea Boddy;R.D. Hooton;M.D.A. Thomas

  • Influence of the C/S and C/A ratios of hydration products on the chloride ion binding capacity of lime-SF and lime-MK mixtures

    H. Zibara;R.D. Hooton;M.D.A. Thomas;K. Stanish

  • Using pore parameters to estimate permeability or conductivity of concrete

    M. R. Nokken;R. D. Hooton

  • Long-term testing of the chloride-penetration resistance of concrete containing high-reactivity metakaolin

    Andrea Boddy;R.D Hooton;K.A Gruber

  • The effect of pozzolans and slag on the expansion of mortars cured at elevated temperature: Part I: Expansive behaviour

    T. Ramlochan;P. Zacarias;M.D.A. Thomas;R.D. Hooton

  • Evaluation of the Katz-Thompson model for estimating the water permeability of cement-based materials from mercury intrusion porosimetry data

    A.S. El-Dieb;R.D. Hooton

  • Effects of organosilane-modified polycarboxylate superplasticizer on the fluidity and hydration properties of cement paste

    Yan He;Yan He;Xiong Zhang;R.D. Hooton

  • Water-permeability measurement of high performance concrete using a high-pressure triaxial cell

    A.S. El-Dieb;R.D. Hooton

  • STUDY OF THE JOULE EFFECT ON RAPID CHLORIDE PERMEABILITY VALUES AND EVALUATION OF RELATED ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF CONCRETES

    G.A. Julio-Betancourt;R.D. Hooton

  • Pore Structure and Permeability

    N Hearn;RD Hooton;RH Mills

  • THE EFFECT OF POZZOLANS AND SLAG ON THE EXPANSION OF MORTARS CURED AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURE PART II: MICROSTRUCTURAL AND MICROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS

    T Ramlochan;M.D.A Thomas;R.D Hooton

Frequent Co-Authors

Barbara Lothenbach
Barbara Lothenbach Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Paul W. Brown
Paul W. Brown Pennsylvania State University
Karen Scrivener
Karen Scrivener École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Susan A. Bernal
Susan A. Bernal University of Bath
Nele De Belie
Nele De Belie Ghent University
John L. Provis
John L. Provis Paul Scherrer Institute
Maria C. G. Juenger
Maria C. G. Juenger The University of Texas at Austin
Kamal H. Khayat
Kamal H. Khayat Missouri University of Science and Technology

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