Fly ash and slag

Z Giergiczny - Cement and concrete research, 2019 - Elsevier
Low-calcium (FA) and high-calcium (HCFA) fly ash and granulated blast furnace slag
(GBFS) are the most widely known, standardized and used SCMs in the composition of …

Monitoring of in-place strength in concrete structures using maturity method–An overview

D Miller, NM Ho, N Talebian - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Quality assurance of concrete used in structures requires in-situ monitoring of early age
compressive strength development. Unlike traditional approaches, accurate estimation of …

Nano-CSH modified high volume fly ash concrete: Early-age properties and environmental impact analysis

Z Zhou, M Sofi, J Liu, S Li, A Zhong, P Mendis - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
To reduce the carbon footprint in concrete industry, fly ash (FA) as the solid waste has been
widely used to replace cement in concrete material. Nano-CSH crystals is used in this …

Enabling sustainable rapid construction with high volume GGBS concrete through elevated temperature curing and maturity testing

F Kanavaris, M Soutsos, JF Chen - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Nowadays, low carbon footprint concrete for construction relies heavily on ground
granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) as a partial cement replacement material (CRM) in …

Ground granulated blast-furnace slag

W Matthes, A Vollpracht, Y Villagrán… - … State-of-the-Art Report of …, 2018 - Springer
Since the discovery of the latent hydraulic reactivity of ground granulated blast-furnace slag
(ggbfs) by Emil Langen at the end of the 19th century, this material has been used …

Effect of temperature on the strength development of mortar mixes with GGBS and fly ash

M Soutsos, A Hatzitheodorou… - Magazine of …, 2017 - icevirtuallibrary.com
The concrete mixes used in this study had 28 d mean strengths of 50 and 30 MPa and also
had Portland cement (PC) partially replaced with ground granulated blast-furnace slag …

Applicability of the Modified Nurse-Saul (MNS) maturity function for estimating the effect of temperature on the compressive strength of GGBS concretes

M Soutsos, F Kanavaris - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The non-destructive real-time evaluation of compressive strength of concrete is of significant
interest to the concrete industry as it can serve as a decision tool for performing critical …

Enhanced massivity index based on evidence from case studies: Towards a robust pre-design assessment of early-age thermal cracking risk and practical …

F Kanavaris, A Jędrzejewska, IP Sfikas… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Tensile stresses resulting from a combination of thermal volumetric changes, due to the heat
of hydration and ambient conditions, autogenous deformations and boundary restraints …

Strength development of GGBS and fly ash concretes and applicability of fib model code's maturity function–A critical review

A Vollpracht, M Soutsos, F Kanavaris - Construction and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper is the joint work of working group 4 of the RILEM TC 238-SCM and the fib Task
Group 4.6. It was the aim of this literature study to quantify the effect of ground granulated …

Sustainable concrete production: The potential of utilizing recycled waste materials

O Turk, S Yehia, A Abdelfatah, M Elchalakani - Journal of Building …, 2024 - Elsevier
Approaching sustainable production of concrete has become a significant priority due to the
massive depletion of natural resources. Hence, there is an increasing demand to implement …