High-performance fiber-reinforced concrete: a review

V Afroughsabet, L Biolzi, T Ozbakkaloglu - Journal of materials science, 2016 - Springer
In recent years, an emerging technology termed,“High-Performance Fiber-Reinforced
Concrete (HPFRC)” has become popular in the construction industry. The materials used in …

A review on eminent application and performance of nano based silica and silica fume in the cement concrete

DS Vijayan, P Devarajan, A Sivasuriyan - Sustainable Energy Technologies …, 2023 - Elsevier
In last few years, the revolution of nanotechnology has escalated great in varied science
streams. In the, study of effective utilization of Nano particles in construction industry has …

Predicting the compressive strength of silica fume concrete using hybrid artificial neural network with multi-objective grey wolves

A Behnood, EM Golafshani - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of silica fume as a partial replacement for Ordinary Portland Cement provides a
wide variety of benefits such as reduced pressure on natural resources, reduced CO 2 …

Flexural behavior and durability properties of high performance hybrid-fiber-reinforced concrete

S Teng, V Afroughsabet, CP Ostertag - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of the present study is to investigate the flexural behavior and durability properties
of high performance hybrid-fiber-reinforced concrete. In the fiber-reinforced concrete (FRC) …

Mechanical and durability properties of self consolidating high performance concrete incorporating natural zeolite, silica fume and fly ash

FA Sabet, NA Libre, M Shekarchi - Construction and Building Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
Mineral admixtures are widely used as cement replacement materials in both high
performance concrete (HPC) and self consolidating concrete (SCC). While the effect of …

Effect of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibre on dynamic and material properties of fibre reinforced concrete

A Noushini, B Samali, K Vessalas - Construction and Building Materials, 2013 - Elsevier
The effect of uncoated polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) fibre addition on dynamic properties of fibre
reinforced concrete (FRC) has been investigated in the current study. PVA fibres of two …

Fractal characteristics of pore structure of hybrid Basalt–Polypropylene fibre-reinforced concrete

D Li, D Niu, Q Fu, D Luo - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2020 - Elsevier
The pore characteristics of hybrid basalt–polypropylene fibre-reinforced concrete (HBPRC)
are investigated using mercury intrusion porosimetry. The research results indicate that the …

Properties of high strength polypropylene fiber concrete containing recycled aggregate

TW Ahmed, AAM Ali, RS Zidan - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, there has been a growing interest in using recycled aggregate which is locally
available from the devastating buildings damaged by the war in Iraq's Mosul City (2017) as a …

Estimating the optimal mix design of silica fume concrete using biogeography-based programming

EM Golafshani, A Behnood - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of silica fume in concrete mixtures has been dramatically increased in concrete
industry, especially for achieving high strength concrete. An accurate model of estimating …

Effect of diameter of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on mechanical properties and microstructure of the cement-based materials

F Gao, W Tian, Z Wang, F Wang - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper is intended to investigate the effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes
(MWCNTs) with different inner diameters on the mechanical properties (flexural strength and …