Recycling solid waste to produce eco-friendly ultra-high performance concrete: A review of durability, microstructure and environment characteristics

HM Hamada, J Shi, F Abed, MS Al Jawahery… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recycling waste materials (WMs) is a cost-effective method for saving natural resources,
protecting the environment, and reducing the use of high-carbon raw materials. This review …

Comparative study of advanced computational techniques for estimating the compressive strength of UHPC

M Khan, J Lao, JG Dai - Journal of …, 2022 - jacf.sfulib3.publicknowledgeproject …
The effect of raw materials on the compressive strength of concrete is a complex process,
especially in the case of ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC), where a higher number of …

Predicting compressive strength of eco-friendly plastic sand paver blocks using gene expression and artificial intelligence programming

B Iftikhar, SC Alih, M Vafaei, MF Javed, MF Rehman… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Plastic sand paver blocks provide a sustainable alternative by using plastic waste and
reducing the need for cement. This innovative approach leads to a more sustainable …

Developing 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 …

Predicting the compaction characteristics of expansive soils using two genetic programming-based algorithms

FE Jalal, Y Xu, M Iqbal, B Jamhiri, MF Javed - Transportation Geotechnics, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, gene expression programming (GEP) and multi gene expression programming
(MEP) are utilized to formulate new prediction models for determining the compaction …

Effects of waste powder, fine and coarse marble aggregates on concrete compressive strength

B Basaran, I Kalkan, C Aksoylu, YO Özkılıç, MMS Sabri - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The use of marble wastes in concrete mixtures, causing air and water pollution, has been
promoted in the academic and practical spheres of the construction industry. Although the …

Progress and research challenges in concrete durability: ionic transport, electrochemical rehabilitation and service life prediction

Q Liu - RILEM Technical Letters, 2022 - letters.rilem.net
Concrete durability degradation problems have received considerable attention in both
research field and concrete industry during recent decades. To better understand the …

Estimation of rapid chloride permeability of SCC using hyperparameters optimized random forest models

DM Ge, LC Zhao, M Esmaeili-Falak - Journal of Sustainable …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Discovering concrete properties takes time, money, laboratory design, material preparation,
and testing with adequate equipment at the right ages. As a consequence, in the concrete …

New prediction models for the compressive strength and dry-thermal conductivity of bio-composites using novel machine learning algorithms

MA Khan, F Aslam, MF Javed, H Alabduljabbar… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bio-composites have become the prime material selection for green concrete because of the
increasing awareness of environmental issues. Due to their highly heterogenous nature …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning interpretable-prediction models to evaluate the slump and strength of fly ash-based geopolymer

S Nazar, J Yang, MN Amin, K Khan, M Ashraf… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study used three artificial intelligence-based algorithms–adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference
system (ANFIS), artificial neural networks (ANNs), and gene expression programming (GEP) …