Investigation of effects of temperature cycles on soil-concrete interface behavior using direct shear tests

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This publication was made possible by NPRP Grant NPRP-9-080-2-039 from Qatar National Research Fund (a member of the Qatar Foundation). L. M. Calado acknowledges Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia ( FCT ) for Ph.D. grant SFRH/BD/127341/2016 . Authors from Portugal acknowledge FCT for the additional funding under the projects UID/QUI/00100/2013 and UID/QUI/00100/2019 ; Sherwin-Williams for providing the coating formulations; Voestalpine AG for providing carbon steel; Dr. Marta Alves (Instituto Superior Técnico) for conducting the XRD tests; Dr. Sónia Eugénio (Universidade Atlântica) and Mário Vale (Instituto Superior Técnico) for performing FTIR and TG/DTG studies; Dr. Nick Laycock and Dr. Abitha Ramesh (Qatar Shell Research and Technology Centre) for the helpful technical guidance. Statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors.