Refereed International Journal Papers

(1) A.Castel, R.François, G.Arliguie, “Effect of loading on carbonation penetration in reinforced concrete members”. Cement and Concrete Research, Vol.29,p.561-565, (1999).
(2) A.Castel, R.François, G.Arliguie, “Mechanical behaviour of corroded reinforced concrete beams Part1: Experimental study of corroded beams”. Materials and Structures, Vol. 33, Novembre 2000, pp. 539-544.
(3) A.Castel, R.François, G.Arliguie, “Mechanical behaviour of corroded reinforced concrete beams Part2: Bond and notch effects”. Materials and Structures, Vol. 33, Novembre 2000, pp. 545-551.
(4) Castel, A., François, R., Arliguie, G. "Mechanical Behavior Model of corroded reinforced concrete". Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences – Série IIb/Mechanics, (330), janvier 2002, pp.45-50, Editions ELSEVIER.
(5) Castel, A., Vidal, T., François, R., Arliguie, G., "Influence of steel-concrete interface quality on reinforcement corrosion induced by chlorides", Magazine of Concrete Research, Vol. 55, no2, April 2003, p. 151-160.
(6) Vidal, T., Castel, A., François, R., "Analyzing crack width to predict corrosion in reinforced concrete", Cement and Concrete Research, 2004, Vol 34/1 pp 165-174.
(7) Castel, A., Vidal, T., François, R.,"Effective tension active cross-section of reinforced concrete beams after cracking", Materials and Structures, vol. 39, n°1, pp. 103-113, 2006.
(8) François, R., Castel, A., Vidal, T., "A finite element for corroded Reinforced Concrete", Materials and Structures, vol. 39, n°5, pp. 569-582, 2006.
(9) Castel A., Vidal T., Viriyametanont K., François R., "Effect of reinforcing bar orientation and location on bond with self-compacting concrete", ACI Structural Journal, Vol. 103, No4, pp. 559-567, 2006.
(10) François R., Castel A., Vidal T., Vu N.A., "Long Term Corrosion Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures in chloride environnement", Journal de Physique IV, Vol. 136, pp. 285-289, November 2006.
(11) Castel A., Vidal T., François R., "Model of corroded reinforced concrete serviceability based on the ceb-fip model code", Structural Concrete Journal of the FIB, Vol. 8, No3, pp. 139-146, 2007.
(12) Al-Mahmoud F., Castel A., François R., Tourneur C., "Effect of surface pre-conditioning on bond of carbon fiber reinforced polymer rods to concrete", Cement and Concrete Composite, Vol. 29, No 9, pp. 677-689, 2007.
(13) Vidal T., Castel A., François R., "Corrosion process and structural performance of a 17 years old reinforced concrete beam stored in chloride environment", Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 37, pp.1551-1561, 2007.
(14) Zohra Dahou, Mehdi Sbartaï, Arnaud Castel, Fouad Ghomari, “Artificial neural network model for steel-concrete bond prediction”, Engineering Structures, Volume 31, N08, pp. 1724-1733, August 2009.(15) Dario Coronelli, Arnaud Castel, Ngoc .A. Vu and Raoul François, "Corroded post-tensioned beams with bonded tendons and wire failure", Engineering Structures, Volume 31, N08, pp. 1687-1697, August 2009.
(16) Vu A., Castel A., François R., “Effect of stress corrosion cracking on stress-strain response of steel wires used in prestressed concrete beams”, Corrosion Science, Volume 51, 6, Pages 1453-1459, June 2009.
(17) D. Coronelli, A. Castel, R. François, D. Cleland, “Modelling the response of prestressed beams with corroded reinforcement”, European Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering (EJCEE), Vol. 13, 6, pp. 653-670, 2009.
(18) Zhang R., Castel A., François R., “Serviceability Limit State criteria based on steel-concrete bond loss for corroded reinforced concrete in chloride environment”, Materials & Structures, Vol. 42, Issue 10 (2009), Page 1407.
(19) Al-Mahmoud F., Castel A., François R., Tourneur C., " Strengthening of RC members with near-surface mounted CFRP rods", Composite Structures, Vol.91, Issue 2, November 2009, pp. 138-147.
(20) Zhang R., Castel A., François R., “The corrosion pattern of reinforcement and its influence on serviceability of reinforced concrete members in chloride environment”, Cement and Concrete Research, 39 (2009), pp. 1077-1086.
(21) Zhang R., Castel A., François R., “Effect of steel corrosion pattern on RC-beam performance”, Proceedings of the ICE - Construction Materials, Volume 163, Issue 2, 2010, pp. 97 –108 (ISSN: 1747-650X, E-ISSN: 1747-6518).
(22) Vu N.A., Castel A., François R., “Response of post-tensioned concrete beams with unbonded tendon including serviceability and ultimate state”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 32, Issue 2, February 2010, pp. 556-569.
(23) Zhang R., Arnaud Castel A., François R., “Concrete cover cracking with reinforcement corrosion of RC beam during chloride-induced corrosion process”, Cement and Concrete Research, Vol. 40, Issue 3, (2010), pp. 415-425.
(24) Castel A., Vidal T., François R., “Bond and cracking properties of self-consolidating concrete”, Construction and Building Materials, 24 (2010) 1222–1231.
(25) Al-Mahmoud F., Castel A., François R., Tourneur C., “RC beams strengthened with NSM CFRP rods and modeling of peeling-off failure", Composite Structures, 92 (2010), p 1920-1930.
(26) A. Nasser, A. Clément, S. Laurens, A. Castel, “Influence of steel-concrete interface condition on galvanic corrosion currents in carbonated concrete”, Corrosion Science, Volume 52, N09, Pages 2878-2890, September 2010.
(27) Arnaud Castel, Dario Coronelli, N.A. Vu, Raoul François, “Structural response of corroded prestressed beams with bonded strands”, Proceedings of the ICE - Structures and Buildings, 2011, Volume 164 Issue SB1.
(28) Arnaud Castel, Dario Coronelli, Raoul François, “Structural response of corroded unbonded post-tensioned beams”, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, Vol. 137, 2011, pp. 761-772.
(29) Al-Mahmoud F., Castel A., François R., Tourneur C., "Anchorage and tension-stiffening effect between Near Surface Mounted CFRP rods and Concrete", Cement and Concrete Composite, Vol 33, Issue 2, 2011, pp. 346-352.
(30) Kreit A. Al-Mahmoud F. Castel A., François R., “Repairing Corroded RC beam with Near-Surface Mounted CFRP Rods”, Materials & Structures, Vol. 44, Issue 7 (2011), pp. 1205-1217.
(31) Castel A., François R., “Modeling of steel and concrete strains between primary cracks for the prediction of cover controlled cracking in RC-beams”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 33, Issue 12, December 2011, pp. 3668-3675.
(32) Zhang R., Castel A., François R., “Influence of steel-concrete interface defects due to the Top-bar effect on the chloride-induced corrosion of reinforcement”, Magazine of Concrete Research, accepted for publication January 2011.
(33) Arnaud Castel, Thierry Vidal, Raoul François, “A Finite Element to calculate the overall stiffness of cracked reinforced concrete beams”, ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering, accepted for publication October 2011.

Refereed International Conference Papers

(1) A.Castel, R.François, G.Arliguie, “Etude du comportement en flexion d'une poutre en béton armé dégradée par corrosion des armatures”. Premier colloque international de Toulouse sur la science des matériaux et propriétés des bétons, Mars 1998.

(2) R.François, G.Arliguie, A.Castel, “Influence of service cracking on service life of reinforced concrete”. CONSEC’98 : second international conference on concrete under severe conditions, Norvège, Juin 1998.

(3) A.Castel, R.François, G.Arliguie, “Factors other than Chloride Level influencing corrosion rate of reinforcements”, CANMET/ACI Int. Conf. On durability of concrete, A.C.I. SP-192 V.M. Malhotra Editor, vol.1, Barcelone, June 4-9 2000, pp.629-644.

(4) A.Castel, O. Francy, R.François, G.Arliguie, “Chloride Diffusion in reinforced concrete beam under sustained loading”, CANMET/ACI Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Concrete Technology, ACI SP 200, Singapore, July 29-August 1, 2001, pp. 647-662.

(5) A.Castel, R. François, G. Arliguie, “New design concepts for durable reinforced concrete structures”. CONSEC’01Third International Conference on Concrete Under Severe Conditions : Environment and Loading, Edited by N. Banthia, K. Sakai and O.E.Gjorv, Vancouver, Canada 18-20 juin 2001, pp. 811-818.

(6) T. Vidal, A.Castel, R. François, "Physical, chemical and mechanical analysis of a reinforced concrete beam corroded in chloride environment", CANMET/ACI Sixth International Conference on Durability of Concrete, ACI SP 212-5, V.M. Malhotra Editor, Thessaloniki, June 2003, pp. 59-76.

(7) T. Vidal, A.Castel, R. François, "Evaluation of the load carrying capacity of a corroded reinforced concrete bridge", Structural faults and repair international conference, London, July 2003.

(8) T. Vidal, A.Castel, R. François, "Mechanical diagnosis of reinforced concrete structures damaged by steel corrosion", 2nd International RILEM workshop on life prediction and aging management of concrete structures, Paris, May 2003.

(9) R. François, A. Toumi, M. Ismail, A. Castel, T. Vidal, R. Gagné, "Effects of cracks on local diffusion of chloride and long-term corrosion behavior of reinforced concrete members". Pro. Int. Workshop on Durability of Reinforced Concrete under Combined Mechanical and Climatic Loads, Qingdao, China, Oct. 2005.

(10) François R., Castel, A., Vidal, T., "Modeling of the behavior of corroded reinforced concrete members" CANMET/ACI seventh International Conference on Durability of Concrete, ACI SP 212-5, V.M. Malhotra Editor, ACI SP-234-24, pp. 399-416, Montréal, may 28- june 3, 2006.

(11) Al-Mahmoud F., Castel, A., François R., Tourneur C., "Anchorage and tension stiffening effect between near surface mounted Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer rods and concrete", Proceedings PRO51 of the 2nd International Symposium Advances in Concrete through Science and Engineering Edited by J. Marchand, B. Bisonnette, R. Gagné, M. Jolin and F. Paradis, Québec 11-13 septembre 2006.

(12) Castel A., Vidal T., Zhang R., François R., Sirivivatnanon V., "Initiation and propagation phase in Reinforced Concrete corrosion due to long term exposure in saline environment", CONSEC'07, Edited by F. Toutlemonde, K. Sakai, O.E. Gjorv and N. Banthia, Tours, France, Juin 2007, pp. 307-314..

(13) Castel A., Vidal T., Zhang R., François R., Sirivivatnanon V., "Corrosion Initiation and Propagation In the service life of Reinforced Concrete in chloride environment", Proceeding of the international RILEM Workshop on Integrated service life modelling of concrete structures, Guimaraes, Portugal, November 2007, pp. 239-246.

(14) Vu A., Castel A., François R., " Global behaviour prestressed beam after broken prestressing cables by corrosion", 1st International conference on Modern Design, Construction and Maintenance of Structures, Hanoi, Vietnam, 10-11 December 2007.

(15) Al-Mahmoud F., Castel, A., François R., Tourneur C., "Strengthening of RC members with near-surface mounted CFRP composites", CONSEC'07, Tours, France, Juin 2007.

(16) Amjad KREIT, Firas Al-MAHMOUD, Arnaud CASTEL, Raoul FRANCOIS, Corroded RC beam repaired with near surface mounted CFRP rods, 2nd International conference on concrete repair rehabilitation and Retrofitting, Cape Town South Africa, November 2008.

(17) Al-Mahmoud F., Castel, A., François R., Tourneur C., "Strengthening of RC cantilever members with Near Surface Mounted CFRP rods", 13th International Congress on Polymers in Concrete, 10-12 February 2010, Madeira, Islands.

(18) A. Castel, R. Zhang, R. François, “Influence of the steel-concrete interface condition on the chloride corrosion rate and pattern”, CONSEC'10, Merida, Mexico, June 2010.

(19) I. Khan, R. François, A. Castel, “Mechanical Behavior of Long-Term Corroded Reinforced Concrete Beam”, Joint FIB- RILEM workshop on modelling of corroding concrete structures, 22-23 November 2010, Madrid, Spain.

(20) Castel A, Coronelli D., l François R., Cleland D., “Modeling the stiffness reduction of corroded reinforced concrete beams after cracking”, Joint FIB- RILEM workshop on modelling of corroding concrete structures, 22-23 November 2010, Madrid, Spain.

(21) Z. Dahou, M. Sbartaï, A. Castel, F. Ghomari “A statistical model for reinforced concrete bond prediction”, International Conference on Computational modelling of concrete structures, EURO-C, Rhormoos/Schladming, Austria, March 15-18, 2010.

(22) R. François, I. Khan, A. Castel, N-A. Vu, “Study of the impact of localized cracks on the corrosion mechanism”, Workshop Construction under Exceptional Condition, October 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam.

(23) I. Khan, R. François, A. Castel, “Ultimate performance of a 26 years old corroded reinforce concrete beam”, Workshop Construction under Exceptional Condition, October 2010, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Book Chapters

Contribution to COST 534, 2009, New Materials, Systems, Methods and Concepts for Prestressed Concrete Structures, Final Report, Eds. R.B. Polder, M.C. Alonso, D.J. Cleland, B. Elsener, E. Proverbio, Ø. Vennesland, A. Raharinaivo, COST Office, ISBN 9789059863323.