Utilization of fly ash cenosphere as lightweight filler in cement-based composites–A review

A Hanif, Z Lu, Z Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
Fly ash cenospheres (FACs) are the hollow spherical particles obtained during coal burning
process in coal fired power plants. FAC has been used as a lightweight filler (LWF) material …

Properties of fresh and hardened concrete

K Kovler, N Roussel - Cement and Concrete Research, 2011 - Elsevier
The present paper reviews the literature related to the properties of fresh and hardened
concrete published after the previous (12th) International Congress on the Chemistry of …

Effects of expanded polystyrene (EPS) particles on fire resistance, thermal conductivity and compressive strength of foamed concrete

AA Sayadi, JV Tapia, TR Neitzert, GC Clifton - Construction and building …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper deals with the contribution of expanded polystyrene (EPS) particles on fire
resistance, thermal conductivity and compressive strength of foamed concrete. The foamed …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating compressive strength of lightweight foamed concrete using neural, genetic and ensemble machine learning approaches

BA Salami, M Iqbal, A Abdulraheem, FE Jalal… - Cement and Concrete …, 2022 - Elsevier
Foamed concrete is special not only in terms of its unique properties, but also in terms of its
challenging compositional mixture design, which necessitates multiple experimental trials …

[PDF][PDF] The effect of the using waste marble dust as fine sand on the mechanical properties of the concrete

B Demirel - International journal of the physical sciences, 2010 - academicjournals.org
In this experimental study, the effects of using waste marble dust (WMD) as a fine material
on the mechanical properties of the concrete have been investigated. For this purpose four …

Green lightweight cementitious composite incorporating aerogels and fly ash cenospheres–Mechanical and thermal insulating properties

A Hanif, S Diao, Z Lu, T Fan, Z Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
The research focused on the development of an ultra-lightweight cementitious composite
with both excellent mechanical and thermal insulating properties. Fly ash cenosphere (FAC) …

Characterization of sustainable ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) including expanded perlite

X Wang, D Wu, Q Geng, D Hou, M Wang, L Li… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the performance of ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) containing
expanded perlite powder (or expanded perlite sand) has been investigated …

Lightweight mortars containing expanded polystyrene and paper sludge ash

V Ferrándiz-Mas, T Bond, E García-Alcocel… - … and Building Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
The objective of this research was to develop lightweight cement mortars with good thermal-
insulation properties by incorporating expanded polystyrene (EPS) and paper sludge ash …

Hemp fiber reinforced one-part alkali-activated composites with expanded perlite: Mechanical properties, microstructure analysis and high-temperature resistance

OY Bayraktar, DE Tobbala, M Turkoglu… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of the current research is to find out what impacts hemp fibers (HF) lengths
and percentages have on the fresh, physical, mechanical, sorptivity, dry shrinkage, and …

Investigation and optimization of the C-ANN structure in predicting the compressive strength of foamed concrete

DV Dao, HB Ly, HLT Vu, TT Le, BT Pham - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Development of Foamed Concrete (FC) and incessant increases in fabrication technology
have paved the way for many promising civil engineering applications. Nevertheless, the …