Prediction of mechanical properties of green concrete incorporating waste foundry sand based on gene expression programming

MF Iqbal, Q Liu, I Azim, X Zhu, J Yang, MF Javed… - Journal of hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Waste foundry sand (WFS) is a major pollutant generated from metal casting foundries and
is classified as a hazardous material due to the presence of organic and inorganic pollutants …

Review on corrosion of steel reinforcement in alkali-activated concretes in chloride-containing environments

W Tahri, X Hu, C Shi, Z Zhang - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Reinforcement corrosion reduces the service life of concrete buildings and infrastructures,
resulting in significant worldwide economic losses every year. Alkali-activated materials …

A numerical study on chloride transport in alkali-activated fly ash/slag concretes

Q Liu, Y Cai, H Peng, Z Meng, S Mundra… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated binders for concrete composites are emerging as the available low-
embodied-carbon alternatives to ordinary Portland cement (OPC). Despite decades of …

Prediction of chloride diffusivity in concrete using artificial neural network: Modelling and performance evaluation

Q Liu, MF Iqbal, J Yang, X Lu, P Zhang… - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
Chloride ingression is the main reason for causing durability degradation of reinforced
concrete (RC) structures. In this study, the distinguishing features of artificial neural network …

Influence of the incorporation of recycled coarse aggregate on water absorption and chloride penetration into concrete

J Bao, S Li, P Zhang, X Ding, S Xue, Y Cui… - Construction and Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge of the transport properties for recycled aggregate concrete (RAC)
exposed to chloride environment plays a critical role in assessing its durability and …

Develo** a sustainable concrete incorporating bentonite clay and silica fume: Mechanical and durability performance

M Ashraf, MF Iqbal, M Rauf, MU Ashraf, A Ulhaq… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) can improve the properties of
concrete, reduce pressure on natural resources and CO 2 emissions. However, certain …

Numerical study on cracking and its effect on chloride transport in concrete subjected to external load

Q Liu, Z Hu, X Wang, H Zhao, K Qian, L Li… - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Reinforced concrete (RC) structures have been severely threatened by chloride attacks
during long-term service, particularly under mechanical loading conditions. This study …

Sustainable utilization of foundry waste: Forecasting mechanical properties of foundry sand based concrete using multi-expression programming

MF Iqbal, MF Javed, M Rauf, I Azim, M Ashraf… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Waste Foundry sand (WFS), a major solid waste from metal casting industry, is posing a
significant environmental threat owing to its disposal to landfills. In this research, an …

A new model for investigating the formation of interfacial transition zone in cement-based materials

X Gao, Q Liu, Y Cai, L Tong, Z Peng, QX **ong… - Cement and Concrete …, 2025 - Elsevier
The interfacial transition zone (ITZ), located between aggregate and cement paste, has the
features of high porosity, low unhydrated cement content, and enrichment of calcium …

A novel lattice model to predict chloride diffusion coefficient of unsaturated cementitious materials based on multi-typed pore structure characteristics

L Tong, QX **ong, Z Zhang, X Chen, G Ye… - Cement and Concrete …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper develops a novel lattice diffusive model to quantitatively study the chloride
diffusion coefficient in unsaturated cementitious materials, in which the pore voxels are …