Role of building material in thermal comfort in tropical climates–A review

PK Latha, Y Darshana, V Venugopal - Journal of Building Engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Changing climatic scenario and raising temperature is likely to subject nearly 60% of the
working populations in India to thermal discomfort in their workplaces. Half of the total …

Coal bottom ash in field of civil engineering: A review of advanced applications and environmental considerations

HK Kim, HK Lee - KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2015 - Springer
The utilization of coal bottom ash in civil engineering is one of the most promising options to
reduce, or possibly eliminate, the environmental and social problems related to the disposal …

Properties of autoclaved aerated concrete incorporating rice husk ash as partial replacement for fine aggregate

K Kunchariyakun, S Asavapisit… - Cement and concrete …, 2015 - Elsevier
This study examines the effects of rice husk ash (RHA) on the physical, mechanical and
microstructural properties of autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) produced at a temperature …

Physical and mechanical properties of lightweight aerated geopolymer

JG Sanjayan, A Nazari, L Chen, GH Nguyen - Construction and Building …, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, it is going to investigate properties of lightweight geopolymer specimens
aerated by aluminium powder. It has been established well that aluminium powder can be …

Feasibility study on utilization of municipal solid waste incineration bottom ash as aerating agent for the production of autoclaved aerated concrete

Y Song, B Li, EH Yang, Y Liu, T Ding - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2015 - Elsevier
Instead of pre-treating IBA to remove or to immobilize metallic aluminum, this paper
proposes to utilize IBA as aerating agent to replace costly aluminum powder and as silica …

New synthesis method for the production of coal fly ash-based foamed geopolymers

N Böke, GD Birch, SM Nyale, LF Petrik - Construction and building …, 2015 - Elsevier
Foamed geopolymers were synthesised using a South African Class F coal fly ash (FA),
sodium hydroxide (NaOH), and the novel foaming agent sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) at …

Use of coal ash as geopolymer binder and coarse aggregate in pervious concrete

Y Zaetang, A Wongsa, V Sata… - Construction and Building …, 2015 - Elsevier
Fly ash (FA) and bottom ash (BA) are wastes from coal combustion power plant. Due to its
coarse and porous particle, BA is usually disposed of at landfill sites. While, as-received FA …

Utilization of waste glass in autoclaved aerated concrete

P Walczak, J Małolepszy, M Reben, P Szymański… - Procedia …, 2015 - Elsevier
This experimental study aimed to design an autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) with
different kind of glass wastes as an alternative fine aggregates for mass housing projects …

Strength and toughness of lightweight foamed concrete with different sand grading

SK Lim, CS Tan, X Zhao, TC Ling - KSCE Journal of Civil Engineering, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Lightweight Foamed Concrete (LFC) is one of the recent advancement of concrete
technology in civil engineering. Different gradation of sand in lightweight foamed concrete …

Effect of fineness and dosage of aluminium powder on the properties of moist-cured aerated concrete

EM Kumar, K Ramamurthy - Construction and Building Materials, 2015 - Elsevier
The influence of fineness of aluminium powder through an evaluation of variation in the
workability of the mix, rate of aeration and fresh density with time, dry density, compressive …