Juan Antonio Polanco

Research professor. LADICIM Quality Director, Concrete Coordinator

Juan Antonio Polanco is a Road, Channel and Port Engineer from the University of Cantabria (1983) and a Doctor from the same university (1989). As a researcher he has participated in numerous competitive projects at regional, national and European level. He is currently Professor of the UC.


LINES OF INVESTIGATION

Design and characterization of cement based materials. Development of elements that make up the railway track superstructure. Material fatigue behavior.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (5)

A. GARCÍA, D. CASTRO, J.A. POLANCO . : Evolution of penetration resistance in fresh concrete . Cement and Concrete Research , Volume 38 , Issue 5, September 2008, Pages 649-659. ISSN 0008-8846 .
J.A. CASADO, I. CARRASCAL, S. DIEGO, J.A. POLANCO, F. GUTIÉRREZ-SOLANA, A. GARCÍA . M echanical behaviour of recycled reinforced polyamide railway fasteners . Polymer Composites , (2010), Pages 1142-1149. ISSN 0272-8397 .
J.A. POLANCO, J.M. MANSO, J. SETIÉN, J.J. GONZÁLEZ . Strength and durability of concrete made with electric steelmaking slag . ACI Materials Journal , Volume 108, Issue 2, April 2011, Pages 196-203, ISSN: 0889-325x .
I.A. CARRASCAL, J.A. CASADO, S. DIEGO, J.A. POLANCO, F. GUTIÉRREZ-SOLANA . Fatigue damage analysis based on energy parameters in reinforced polyamide . Fatigue & Fracture of Engineering Materials & Structures , Volume 35, 2012, Pages 683-691. ISSN: 8756-758X .
D. CASTRO, J.J. COZ, M. ALONSO, E. BLANCO-FERNÁNDEZ, J.A. POLANCO . Numerical and experimental study of a new type of clip for joining cables . Engineering Structures . Volume 44, 2012, Pages 107-121. ISSN: 0141-0296 .

CONTACT

Juan Antonio Polanco
UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA
Laboratorio de la División de Ciencia e Ingeniería de los Materiales
E.T.S. de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos.
Avda. de los Castros, s/n
39005 Santander – Cantabria – ESPAÑA
Telf.: +34 942 20 09 15 / 620 60 72 89
Fax: +34 942 20 18 18
eMail: polancoa@unican.es