by GCO | Sep 11, 2020 | Buildings & Structures
Author(s) Muhammad Khubaib Ilyas Khan Mohammad Masud Rana Yixia Zhang Chi King Lee Abstract Although high-strength concrete (HSC) has higher compressive strength than normal-strength concrete (NSC), its application in column construction is often limited by its...
by GCO | Sep 11, 2020 | Buildings & Structures
Author(s) Zhiyang Chen Min Deng Peng Liu Abstract Growth in the production of cement has led to increasing demands for mineral additions. This study was conducted to develop an alternative addition by calcining dolomite at 800°C to obtain a mixture of periclase...
by GCO | Sep 11, 2020 | Buildings & Structures
Author(s) Shiju Joseph Özlem Cizer Abstract The effect of grinding hydrated tricalcium silicate (C3S) pastes on the bound water content (BWC) measured by thermogravimetric analysis was investigated. The samples were subjected to different curing regimes at 20°C...
by GCO | Sep 11, 2020 | Buildings & Structures
Author(s) Guillermina Marchetti, PhD Edgardo Fabián Irassar, MEng Viviana Fátima Rahhal, Dr MEng Abstract Optimisation of the packing density of cementitious materials by the addition of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) is a way of obtaining the same...
by GCO | Sep 11, 2020 | Buildings & Structures
Author(s) Ikmal Hakem Aziz Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah Cheng-Yong Heah Yun-Ming Liew Abstract In this paper, the thermal performance of ground-granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) geopolymers is investigated. The geopolymers were prepared with sodium-based...
by GCO | Sep 11, 2020 | Buildings & Structures
Author(s) Jedadiah F. Burroughs, Charles A. Weiss Jr., John E. Haddock, and W. Jason Weiss Abstract This study presents the application of an analytical model to describe the rheological behavior of cement pastes containing silica fume at replacement rates of...
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