In the last three decades, the gigantic demand for sustainable and environmentally friendly
concrete with reduced environmental footprints has resulted in the development of low …

The climatic changes associated with global warming due to greenhouse gases emission
from cement production attracted researchers towards geopolymer based cementitious …

Nanomaterials, owing to their extraordinary properties are known to improve the
microstructure of concrete, enhances the fresh and hardened properties of cement concrete …

The bond of textile reinforcements towards concrete matrices plays an important role in the
mechanical performance of Textile Reinforced Concretes, and the textile impregnation …

In this paper, the mechanical properties of geopolymer paste, mortar, and concrete
containing activated zeolite and ground granulated blast-furnace slag (GGBS) were …

In this study, metakaolin was activated using an alkali activator containing silica fume and
sodium hydroxide to obtain a metakaolin-based geopolymer. Silica fume was used to …

State-of-the-art textile reinforcements are well employed to strengthen, rehabilitate or build
new structures, whilst polymeric impregnation degrades considerably in elevated …

There are inconsistent results in previous studies that focused on the effect of elevated
temperatures on metakaolin (MK) geopolymers. Likewise, some studies reported a positive …

Mineral impregnations can be used to improve the bond of multifilament carbon yarns
towards cementitious matrices, even at elevated temperatures. In this work, the effectiveness …

This research investigates the mechanical and microstructural evolution of a metakaolin-
based geopolymer (GP) subjected to combined temperature and pressure curing conditions …