Materials
Improving the Self-Healing of Cementitious Materials with a Hydrogel System
Author(s) Hao Wang, Mohammad Habibi, Riadh Marzouki, Ali Majdi, Morteza Shariati, Nebojsa Denic 6,Aleksandar Zakić, Majid Khorami 8,Mohamed Amine Khadimallah and Ahmed Abdel Khalek Ebid Insight Abstract Despite cement’s superior performance and inexpensive cost...
Experimental Mechanical Properties and Numerical Simulation of C80 Concrete with Different Contents of Stone Powder
Author(s) Hongmei Wu, Kai Liu, Fang Yang, Bo Shen, Kejian Ma, Jiyang Zhang and Bo Liu Abstract In this paper, we show the influence of stone powder content on the mechanical properties of concrete by experiments and numerical simulations. In numerical...
Investigation of Strength Properties for Concrete Containing Fine-Rubber Particles Using UPV
Author(s) Yeol Choi, Il-Hyun Kim, Hyeon-Jin Lim and Chang-Geun Cho Abstract Since the early 1990s, many studies were conducted to utilize waste tires as a replacement for natural coarse and fine aggregates in concrete, known as rubberized concrete or...
Effect of the Progressive Failure of Shear Connectors on the Behavior of Steel-Reinforced Concrete Composite Girders
Author(s) Fahad Alsharari, Alaa El-Din El-Sisi, Mohammed Mutnbak, Hani Salim and Ayman El-Zohairy Abstract Pre-stressed steel-concrete composite beams are widely used in bridges around the world. Loads during the service life of bridges may cause failure in the...
Influence of Fineness of Wheat Straw Ash on Autogenous Shrinkage and Mechanical Properties of Green Concrete
Author(s) Muhammad Nasir Amin, Muhammad Armaghan Siffat,Khan Shahzada and Kaffayatullah Khan Abstract This study investigates the effectiveness of an agricultural by-product wheat straw ash (WSA) as an internal curing agent in reducing the autogenous shrinkage...
Assessment of Woodcrete Using Destructive and Non-Destructive Test Methods
Author(s) Ashraf A.M. Fadiel, Taher Abu-Lebdeh and Florian Ion T. Petrescu Abstract Utilizing solid wastes and industrial by-products as a partial replacement for raw materials has become an acceptable practice among researchers and scientists in the civil...
Properties of Concrete with Recycled Aggregates Giving a Second Life to Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash Concrete
Author(s) Aneeta Mary Joseph, Stijn Matthys and Nele De Belie Abstract Economic and environmental factors call for increased resource productivity. Partial or full replacement of Portland cement by wastes and by-products, and natural aggregates by construction...
Circular Economy of Coal Fly Ash and Silica Geothermal for Green Geopolymer: Characteristic and Kinetic Study
Author(s) Himawan Tri Bayu Murti Petrus, Muhammad Olvianas 1ORCID,Muhammad Faiz ShafiyurrahmanI Gusti Agung Arvin Nanda Pratama, Siti Nurul Aisyiyah Jenie ,Widi Astuti, Muhammad Istiawan Nurpratama 6,Januarti Jaya Ekaputri and Ferian Anggara Abstract The study...
Flexural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Beams under Instantaneous Loading: Effects of Recycled Ceramic as Cement and Aggregates Replacement
Author(s) Mostafa Samadi, Mohammad Hajmohammadian Baghban, Ziyad Kubba 3ORCID,Iman Faridmehr, Nor Hasanah Abdul Shukor Lim, Omrane Benjeddou 5ORCID,Nur Farhayu Binti Ariffin and Ghasan Fahim Huseien Abstract The flexural behavior of five reinforced concrete...