Last name

De Belie

Gender

Female

First name

Nele

Title

Prof. Dr. ir.

Date of birth

01/08/1970

Tel.

+32 9 2645522

Country

Belgium

E-mail

nele.debelie@ugent.be

Organization

Ghent University

Address

Magnel Laboratory for Concrete Research Tech Lane Ghent Science Park, Campus A, Technologiepark Zwijnaarde 904 B-9052 Gent, Belgium

Brief Curriculum Vitae

Nele De Belie (01-08-1970) is professor in Durability of Cement Bound Materials at Ghent University since 2000. She is the head of the “Concrete and Environment” group which consists of about 20 postdoctoral and Ph.D. researchers. She has supervised more than 50 national and international projects in these areas, and has recently coordinated an EC FP7 project on self-healing concrete.

Nele De Belie obtained her Master of Science (1994) and PhD (1997) from Ghent University both with the highest distinction, after which she carried out postdoctoral research at KULeuven (1997-2000), with 6 month research visits to Mt Albert Research Centre New Zealand and KVL University Copenhagen. She obtained the title of Collaborateur Scientifique à l’Unité de Résistance des matériaux et constructions, Gembloux (1997-1999) and has also spent one month at University of Stuttgart to focus on non-destructive testing (2004). She has been expert advisor for “Science and Innovation” of the Flemish Minister of Economy, Enterprise, Science, Innovation and Foreign Trade (2005 – 2009).

Nele De Belie is chair or member of several national and international scientific committees (e.g. within RILEM). She participated in the scientific/organizing committee of more than 50 international conferences and workshops, and was invited or keynote speaker in more than 20 international conferences. She is author of more than 300 publications in scientific journals and conference proceedings (>170 WoS). She is editor of 5 books, author of 16 book chapters and inventor in 3 patent applications. Furthermore, she regularly acts as reviewer for projects and scientific articles (on request of more than 50 different scientific journals) and is editorial board member of 4 scientific journals. Nele De Belie is laureate of different best paper prizes and awards in recognition of her scientific work, such as the RILEM Robert L’Hermite medal 2010 and RILEM fellowship (2015).

A list of publications (1992-now) can be found at http://lib.ugent.be/bibliografie/801000928732.

Research interests related to the TC 281-CCC WG4

Assessing the difference in CH and C–S–H carbonation proportioning and internal H2O production between different accelerated carbonation conditions and natural carbonation for concrete with/without SCMs, and including alkali-activated binders as an extreme case of high-volume SCM addition.

Determining the changes in mineralogy, evolution in microstructure and transport properties as a function of exposure time and carbonation degree under accelerated test conditions for concrete with/without SCMs.

Quantifying the effect of mechanical loads on the carbonation resistance of SCM-containing concretes through the development of standardized test setups for this combined attack mechanism.

Optimizing existing models for carbonation-induced steel depassivation in blended and alkali-activated cement concretes to make them account for all factors mentioned in the previous steps to achieve a more accurate service life prediction.

Relevant Publications

YAN YAO; LING WANG; FOLKER H. WITTMANN; NELE DE BELIE; ERIK SCHLANGEN; CHRISTOPH GEHLEN; ZHENDI WANG; HUGO EGUEZ ALAVA; YIN CAO; BALQIS MD YUNUS; JUAN LI. (2017). Recommendation of RILEM TC 246-TDC: Test methods to determine durability of concrete under combined environmental actions and mechanical load. Test method to determine the influence of applied stress on chloride diffusion. Materials and structures, 50: 155, 8 p.

EGÜEZ ÁLAVA, H., DE BELIE, N., DE SCHUTTER, G. (2016). Chloride interaction with concrete subjected to a permanent splitting tensile stress level of 65%. Construction and building materials, 127, 527–538.

YAO, Y., WANG, L., WITTMANN, F.H., DE BELIE, N., SCHLANGEN, E., EGÜEZ ALAVA, H., WANG, Z., KESSLER, S., GEHLEN, S., YUNUS, B.M.D., LI, J., LI, W., SETZER, M.J., XING, F., CAO, Y. (2017). Test methods to determine durability of concrete under combined environmental actions and mechanical load: final report of RILEM TC 246-TDC. Materials and structures, 50: 123, 13 p.

VILLAGRÁN ZACCARDI, Y.A., EGÜEZ ÁLAVA, H., DE BUYSSER, K., GRUYAERT, E., DE BELIE, N. (2017). Calibrated quantitative thermogravimetric analysis for the determination of portlandite and calcite content in hydrated cementitious systems. Materials and structures, 50, 179, 10 p.

GRUYAERT, E., VAN DEN HEEDE, P., DE BELIE, N. (2013). Carbonation of slag concrete: effect of the cement replacement level and curing on the carbonation coefficient – effect of carbonation on the pore structure. Cement and concrete composites, 35, 39-48.

VAN DEN HEEDE, P., DE BELIE, N. (2014). A service life based global warming potential for high-volume fly ash concrete exposed to carbonation. Construction and Building Materials, 55, 183–193.

EGÜEZ ALAVA, H., DE BELIE, N., DE SCHUTTER, G. (2014). The influence of carbonation on deicer scaling resistance of Blast Furnace Slag Concrete. In: Quattrone M. and John V.M. (eds). XIII International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and Components (DBMC), 2-5 September 2014, São Paulo, Brazil, full paper in RILEM online proceedings PRO 96, p. 126-133 (8 p.), e-ISBN: 978-2-35158-149-0.

EGÜEZ ALAVA, H., DE BELIE, N., DE SCHUTTER, G. (2015). The ingress of chlorides in concrete under compressive or tensile loads. Proceedings of the 14th international congress on Chemistry of Cement (ICCC), 13-16 October 2015, Beijing, p. 438 in abstract book, 7 p. paper on Proceedings CD.

EGÜEZ ALAVA, H., DE BELIE, N., DE SCHUTTER, G. (2016). Chloride penetration in concrete under compression or splitting tensile load representing 60 - 65 per cent of the ultimate load. In: Jensen, O.M., Kovler, K., De Belie, N. (Eds.). Proceedings of the International RILEM conference Materials, Systems and Structures in Civil Engineering, Segment on Concrete with Supplementary Cementitious Materials, PRO113, Lyngby, 21-24 August 2016, 319-330. ISBN 978-2-35158-178-0, e-ISBN: 978-2-35158-179-7.

VILLAGRÁN ZACCARDI Y.A. EGÜEZ ÁLAVA H., K. DE BUYSSER, DE BELIE N. (2017). On the quantitative thermogravimetric analysis of calcite content in hydrated cementitious systems. In: De Schutter G., De Belie N., Janssens A., Van Den Bossche N. (eds.) XIV DBMC – 14th International conference on durability of building materials and components, Ghent, 29 May – 1 June 2017, paper 221 (6 p.) on USB, p. 221-222 in book of abstracts. PRO 107, RILEM publications S.A.R.L., e-ISBN: 978-2-35158-159-9.

EGÜEZ ÁLAVA H., DE SCHUTTER G., DE BELIE N. (2017). Sodium Chloride ingress into OPC concrete subjected to compressive load. In: De Schutter G., De Belie N., Janssens A., Van Den Bossche N. (eds.) XIV DBMC – 14th International conference on durability of building materials and components, Ghent, 29 May – 1 June 2017, p. 189-190 in book of abstracts. PRO 107, RILEM publications S.A.R.L., e-ISBN: 978-2-35158-159-9.

EDWIN, R.S, GRUYAERT, E., DILS, J., DE BELIE, N. (2017). Influence of vacuum mixing on the carbonation resistance and microstructure of reactive powder concrete containing secondary copper slag as supplementary cementitious material (SCM), 3rd SCESCM – International Conference on Sustainable Civil Engineering Structures and Construction Materials, 5-7 September 2016, Bali, Indonesia, Procedia Engineering, 171, 534-542.

DE BELIE N., LAMMERTIJN, S. (2008). Gas transport and carbonation for high-volume fly ash concrete versus age at testing. In: Bilek V. & Kersner Z. (eds.) Non-traditional Cement and Concrete III, Brno, 10-12 June 2008, 76-85. ISBN 978-80-214-3642-8.

VAN DEN HEEDE, P., DE BELIE, N. (2011). Influence of curing on the ‘greenness’ of concrete with various amounts of fly ash for use in carbonation exposed environments. RILEM week and International conference on Advances in Construction Materials through Science and Engineering, Hong Kong, 5-7 Sept 2011, full paper on USB, 8 p.

VAN DEN HEEDE, P., DE BELIE, N. (2015). Durability based life cycle assessment of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials exposed to carbonation. Invited lecture. Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Structural Concrete, La Plata, Argentina, 15-18 September 2015, p. I-13 to I-24. ISBN: 978-987-3838-02-6

VAN DEN HEEDE, P., CALLENS, R., DE BELIE, N. (2015). Global warming potential of carbonation/chloride exposed concrete with(out) consideration of the propagation period in service life assessment. Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Structural Concrete, La Plata, Argentina, 15-18 September 2015, p. 369-380. ISBN: 978-987-3838-02-6