A review of waste products utilized as supplements to Portland cement in concrete

JM Paris, JG Roessler, CC Ferraro, HD DeFord… - Journal of cleaner …, 2016 - Elsevier
The amendment of concrete with waste products serves as an avenue to decrease the
volume of wastes landfilled and to reduce the use of naturally mined materials, therefore …

The effect of curing regimes on physico-mechanical, microstructural and durability properties of alkali-activated materials: A review

M Nodehi, T Ozbakkaloglu, A Gholampour… - … and building materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated materials (AAMs) refer to a group of alternative materials to ordinary
Portland cement concrete with reduced environmental footprint. Despite several benefits of …

Characteristics of hemp fibre reinforced foam concretes with fly ash and Taguchi optimization

O Gencel, OY Bayraktar, G Kaplan, A Benli… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents investigation on microstructural, mechanical, durability and thermal
characteristics of hemp fibers (HFs) reinforced foam concrete with fly ash (FA) and Taguchi …

A review of the role of lightweight aggregates in the development of mechanical strength of concrete

J Fořt, A Afolayan, I Medveď, L Scheinherrová… - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
The application of lightweight aggregates (LWA) in concrete is aimed mainly at the reduction
of weight, improvements of durability, or better thermal and acoustic properties. However …

Utilization of marble powder as fine aggregate in mortar mixes

KISA Kabeer, AK Vyas - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
The construction industry has been responsible for plaguing the environment due to
ecological imbalance caused during the extraction and production of building materials. To …

High-strength self-compacting concrete produced with recycled clay brick powders: Rheological, mechanical and microstructural properties

AF Şenol, C Karakurt - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
High-strength self-compacting concrete (HSSCC), which has superior workability and filling
ability compared to conventional concrete, is increasingly used in modern densely …

A novel energy-effective and carbon-emission reducing mortars with bottom ash and phase change material: Physico-mechanical and thermal energy storage …

O Gencel, G Hekimoğlu, A Sarı, M Sutcu, Y Er… - Journal of Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Novel cement based mortars containing bottom ash (BA) and phase change material (PCM)
as thermal energy storing material were developed for thermal controlling of buildings. Form …

A novel study for the estimation of crack propagation in concrete using machine learning algorithms

G Bayar, T Bilir - Construction and building materials, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the crack pattern and propagation in a random concrete surface has been
examined using machine learning algorithm called voronoi diagrams. A random photo of a …

Eco-friendly utilization of corncob ash as partial replacement of sand in concrete

SA Memon, U Javed, RA Khushnood - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
The natural sand reservoirs are depleting globally due to nonstop consumption of aggregate
in concrete. The detrimental effect of uncontrolled fine aggregate extraction from riverbeds is …

The evaluation of the life cycle and corrosion properties of recycled aggregate geopolymer concrete incorporating fly ash and GGBS

B Gopalakrishna, P Dinakar - Journal of Building Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The mechanism of steel corrosion in the recycled aggregate geopolymer concrete (RAGPC)
is still unclear considering the potential utilization of industrial by product and recycled …