Fire spalling behavior of high-strength concrete: A critical review

M Amran, SS Huang, AM Onaizi, G Murali… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Building and infrastructure damages, such as tunnels, have become a more important issue
because of the continuous expansion of rural and urban constructions. It is well-known that …

The effect of curing regimes on physico-mechanical, microstructural and durability properties of alkali-activated materials: A review

M Nodehi, T Ozbakkaloglu, A Gholampour… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Alkali-activated materials (AAMs) refer to a group of alternative materials to ordinary
Portland cement concrete with reduced environmental footprint. Despite several benefits of …

Microstructure and micromechanical properties of interfacial transition zone in green recycled aggregate concrete

G Fang, J Chen, B Dong, B Liu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Green recycled aggregate concrete (GRAC) is considered one of the sustainable building
materials, which is made up of recycled aggregates (RAs) and green binding materials …

Study of mix design and performance of alkali-activated concrete with recycled concrete aggregate

X Wang, Z Liu, C Liu, L Wang, M Chen… - Construction and Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) are produced from demolished buildings and old rigid
pavements, which are deemed as solid waste, comprising primarily old aggregate and …

Cradle-to-gate life cycle and economic assessment of sustainable concrete mixes—alkali-activated concrete (Aac) and bacterial concrete (bc)

KK Ramagiri, R Chintha, RK Bandlamudi… - Infrastructures, 2021 - mdpi.com
The negative environmental impacts associated with the usage of Portland cement (PC) in
concrete induced intensive research into finding sustainable alternative concrete mixes to …

Durability-related performance of recycled aggregate concrete containing alkali-activated municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash

F Miguel, J de Brito, RV Silva - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The increasing demand for sustainable construction materials has led to a growing interest
in the use of recycled materials in concrete production. The main motivation for this research …

Green Thermal Aggregates: Influence of the Physical Properties of Recycled Aggregates with Phase Change Materials

Z Jia, J Aguiar, S Cunha, C de Jesus - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Increasing construction and demolition waste (CDW) and the large amount of energy
consumption in the building operation process are high-profile issues at present. In the …

Sustainable one-part alkali activated slag/fly ash Geo-SIFCOM containing recycled sands: Mechanical, flexural, durability and microstructural properties

OY Bayraktar, TH Bozkurt, A Benli, F Koksal… - Sustainable Chemistry …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Slurry Infiltrated Fiber Concrete or Composite (SIFCOM) is a unique form of steel-
fiber-reinforced cement composite that possesses exceptional toughness and superior …

Performance evaluation and multi-objective optimization for alkali-activated slag concrete with recycled aggregate

X Zheng, S You, H Huang, H Lu, S Easa, Y Yu… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the effect of combined alkali-activators and alkali contents on
the engineering and sustainability performance of the alkali-activated slag recycled …

A closed-form fracture model to predict tensile strength and fracture toughness of alkali-activated slag and fly ash blended concrete made by sea sand and recycled …

S Yang, L Li, Z Sun, J Wang, Q Guo, Y Yang - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
A new type of concrete, namely alkali-activated slag and fly ash blended sea sand recycled
aggregate concrete (AASRAC), is developed in this paper. By considering its future service …