Materials
Fibre-Reinforced Polymer Reinforced Concrete Members under Elevated Temperatures: A Review on Structural Performance
Author(s) Fariborz Sharifianjazi, Parham Zeydi, Milad Bazli, Amirhossein Esmaeilkhanian, Roozbeh Rahmani , Leila Bazli and Samad Khaksar Abstract Several experimental and numerical studies have been conducted to address the structural performance of...
Impregnating Compound for Cement-Concrete Road Pavement
Author(s) Rauan Lukpanov, Duman Dyusembinov, Zhanbolat Shakhmov, Denis Tsygulov, Yelaman Aibuldinov and Nikolai Ivanovich Vatin Abstract The paper proposes an impregnation composition for cement concrete roads used as an ice-phobic coating. The composition has...
Experimental Investigation of the Stress–Strain Behavior and Strength Characterization of Rubberized Reinforced Concrete
Author(s) Hanif Ullah, Mudassir Iqbal, Kaffayatullah Khan, Arshad Jamal, Adnan Nawaz, Nayab Khan, Fazal E. Jalal, Abdulrazak H. Almaliki 5ORCID andEnas E. Hussein Abstract Due to the rapid increase in population, the use of automobile vehicles increases day by...
Effects of Sulfate and Sulfuric Acid on Efficiency of Geopolymers as Concrete Repair Materials
Author(s) Rayed Alyousef, Ahmed Abdel Khalek Ebid, Ghasan Fahim Huseien, Hossein Mohammadhosseini, Hisham Alabduljabbar, Shek Poi Ngian and Abdeliazim Mustafa Mohamed Abstract Various geopolymer mortars (GPMs) as concrete repairing materials have become...
Cement With High-volume Limestone Powder: Effect of Powder Fineness on Packing Density, Strength and Hydration Behaviour
Author(s) Pengfei Zhu Linhua Jiang Hongqiang Chu Yi Yu Yanran Shi Ning Xu Mingwei Liu Abstract The effects of limestone powder (LP) of different fineness on the packing density, strength and hydration behaviour of cement blended with a high volume of LP were...
Mechanism of Bacterial Control of Mineralisation Gradient at the Surface Layer of Cement-based Materials
Author(s) Chunxiang Qian Zhexin Hao Xiaomeng Wang Bin Xue Abstract Cement-based composites reinforced with steel bars are the primary material in the construction of infrastructure. Their durability in the service environment is thus a crucial topic. The...
Temperature and RH of Normal Concrete and Mortar Subjected to Drying in an Indoor Cesidential Environment
Author(s) Mohammad Kamran Kaustav Sarkar Abstract The evolution of internal temperature and relative humidity (RH) distributions in initially saturated normal concrete and mortar cubes with water/cement (w/c) ratios of 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6 stored in an indoor...
Mitigation of Autogenous Shrinkage of High-strength Concrete Using Rice Husk Ashes with Distinct Pore Structures
Author(s) Amanda Pereira Vieira Romildo Dias Toledo Filho Luís Marcelo Tavares Guilherme Chagas Cordeiro Abstract The effect of particle size (50% passing size (D50) of 20 μm, 14 μm and 7 μm) and content (8%, 10% and 12% by mass) of rice husk ash (RHA) on the...
Fresh and Hardened Properties of 3D-printable Polymer-fibre-reinforced High-performance Cementitious Composite
Author(s) Luong Pham Biranchi Panda Phuong Tran Abstract The aim of this research was to develop a three-dimensional (3D) printable high-performance cementitious composite (CC) reinforced with polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and polypropylene (PP) fibres. The...