Strategic progress in foam stabilisation towards high-performance foam concrete for building sustainability: A state-of-the-art review

NP Tran, TN Nguyen, TD Ngo, PK Le, TA Le - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lightweight, high energy reservation and excellent functional performance are the main
benefits of cellular concrete. Its properties mainly depends on the pore characteristics …

Cellular concrete review: New trends for application in construction

L Chica, A Alzate - Construction and building materials, 2019 - Elsevier
In the last years the use of cellular concretes has been extended, due to the rise in the ratio
strength/weight reached, as well as the development of new cementitious raw materials …

Fibre-reinforced foamed concretes: A review

M Amran, R Fediuk, N Vatin, Y Huei Lee, G Murali… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Foamed concrete (FC) is a high-quality building material with densities from 300 to 1850
kg/m3, which can have potential use in civil engineering, both as insulation from heat and …

Mechanical characterization of structural lightweight aggregate concrete made with sintered fly ash aggregates and synthetic fibres

S Sahoo, AK Selvaraju - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2020 - Elsevier
This study explores the development of fibre reinforced structural lightweight aggregate
concrete (SLWAC) using sintered fly ash aggregate (SFA) as coarse aggregate. SFA is …

[HTML][HTML] An ultra-lightweight cellular concrete for geotechnical applications–A review

M Amran, AM Onaizi, R Fediuk, A Danish… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
For decades, lightweight concrete has been used in various civil engineering applications.
Cellular concrete is a type of lighweight concrete that is an emerging composite in materials …

Mechanical performance and durability of banana fibre and coconut coir reinforced cement stabilized soil blocks

K Thanushan, N Sathiparan - Materialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural waste disposal is said to be amongst one of the pressing environmental
problems in many countries. Finding economical usage for this waste by incorporating it in a …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study on the performance of protein and synthetic-based foaming agents used in foamed concrete

M Hashim, M Tantray - Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Foamed concrete is a composite material with a density that is significantly lower than
standard concrete. The property of being lightweight is due to tiny air voids produced by the …

Reinforcement effects of multi-scale hybrid fiber on flexural and fracture behaviors of ultra-low-weight foamed cement-based composites

Y Yang, Q Zhou, Y Deng, J Lin - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, the flexural behavior and fracture parameters of ultra-low-weight foamed
cement-based composites (FCC) reinforced by a novel fiber hybridization containing short …

A solution for squeezing deformation control in tunnels using foamed concrete: A review

K Wu, Z Shao, S Qin - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Foamed concrete possesses characteristics such as high deformability and low density.
Using foamed concrete in tunnel support is able to absorb a certain amount of rock creep …

Experimental investigation on mechanical properties of hybrid fibre reinforced concrete

ZX Li, CH Li, YD Shi, XJ Zhou - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
In order to improve the work behaviour of Plain Concrete (PC) of the shear keys in the
immersed tunnel, a series of test programs consisting of direct shear, four points flexure …