Recent developments in Engineered/Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC) with high and ultra-high strength

JX Zhu, LY Xu, BT Huang, KF Weng, JG Dai - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the excellent tensile strain-hardening and multiple-cracking behavior, Engineered
Cementitious Composites (ECC), which are also known as Strain-Hardening Cementitious …

The double-K fracture model: A state-of-the-art review

X Yin, Q Li, Q Wang, HW Reinhardt, S Xu - Engineering Fracture …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past three decades, the double-K fracture model has received widespread
recognition and application in the field of engineering material fracture. As the …

Seawater sea-sand Engineered Geopolymer Composites (EGC) with high strength and high ductility

JC Lao, BT Huang, LY Xu, M Khan, Y Fang… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, seawater sea-sand Engineered Geopolymer Composites (SS-EGC) were
developed and investigated for the first time. The developed EGC achieved high …

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 …

Tensile over-saturated cracking of ultra-high-strength engineered cementitious composites (UHS-ECC) with artificial geopolymer aggregates

LY Xu, BT Huang, JC Lao, J Yao, VC Li… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ultra-High-Strength Engineered Cementitious Composites (UHS-ECC)
incorporating artificial geopolymer aggregates (GPA) were developed and over-saturated …

Ultra-High-Strength Engineered Cementitious Composites (UHS-ECC) panel reinforced with FRP bar/grid: Development and flexural performance

JX Zhu, KF Weng, BT Huang, LY Xu, JG Dai - Engineering Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, Ultra-High-Strength Engineered Cementitious Composites (UHS-ECC)
panels with Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) reinforcement (ie, FRP bars and girds) were …

Fly ash-dominated high-strength engineered/strain-hardening geopolymer composites (HS-EGC/SHGC): influence of alkalinity and environmental assessment

JC Lao, RY Ma, LY Xu, Y Li, YN Shen, J Yao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, fly ash (FA)-dominated High-Strength Engineered Geopolymer Composites
(HS-EGC) were designed and developed. The influence of alkalinity and the underlying …

Utilization of sodium carbonate activator in strain-hardening ultra-high-performance geopolymer concrete (SH-UHPGC)

JC Lao, LY Xu, BT Huang, JX Zhu, M Khan… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In this study, strain-hardening ultra-high-performance geopolymer concrete (SH-UHPGC)
was produced using Na2CO3, Na2SiO3 and their hybridization (1: 1 in mole ratio) as …

High-strength engineered cementitious composites with nanosilica incorporated: Mechanical performance and autogenous self-healing behavior

Z Zhang, Z Li, J He, X Shi - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2023 - Elsevier
It is highly desirable to achieve better self-healing performance of high-strength engineered
cementitious composite (ECC) incorporating hydrophobic polyethylene (PE) fibers. This …

Feasibility of utilising waste tyre steel fibres to develop sustainable engineered cementitious composites: Engineering properties, impact resistance and environmental …

T Zhang, J Cui, M Chen, X Feng, X Jiang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the feasibility of developing sustainable engineered cementitious
composite (ECC) with polyvinyl alcohol fibre (PVAF) and recycled tyre steel fibre (RTSF) to …