Research progress and future prospective of soundless chemical demolition agents (SCDAs) and associated applications

Z Zhong, P Tao, H Zhang, H Jin, R Lou, Y Cui… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid urbanizations impose increasing challenges on safety decompositions of those
buildings that reached service life, so there is an urgent call for eco-friendly demolition …

[HTML][HTML] Revolutionizing mineral recovery: The untapped potential of non-explosive expansive agents for eco-friendly mining

T Kannangara, PG Ranjith - Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2025 - Elsevier
The growing global demand for minerals, coupled with the environmental and energy
inefficiencies of traditional mining, underscores the need for more sustainable alternatives …

[HTML][HTML] Strain energy dependent numerical simulation of rock fracture initiation and propagation using soundless cracking demolition agents (SCDA): Effects of SCDA …

VRS De Silva, H Konietzky, PG Ranjith… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Soundless Cracking Demolition Agents (SCDA) are gaining traction as an
innovative technique for controlled rock fracturing in applications such as underground …

Evaluation of Slow-Releasing Energy Material (SREMA) Injection for In-Situ Rock Breaking Under Uniaxial and Triaxial Loading: An Experimental Study

UI Manatunga, PG Ranjith, VRS De Silva, T Xu… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2024 - Springer
Permeability enhancement of impervious rock formations is crucial for the exploitation of ore
deposits, which are uneconomic using conventional mining methods. These deposits have …

Development of a novel cartridge for expansive cement application to hard rock breakage

T Chen, Y Li, KM Habib, HS Mitri - CIM Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Expansive cement (EC) is generally a slurry that it is poured into vertical holes for surface
rock breakage applications. This paper describes the development of a novel cartridge for …

A Novel Method for the Determination of Direct Tensile Strength of Brittle Materials Using Expansive Cement

KK Adams, HS Mitri - Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering, 2024 - Springer
A novel method for determining the Direct Tensile Strength (DTS) of brittle materials such as
rock and concrete is proposed in this study. Using an instrumented thick-walled cylindrical …

[HTML][HTML] A novel V-cut method for explosive-free breakage of biaxially loaded rock using soundless chemical demolition agents

T Chen, I Vennes, HS Mitri - Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Interest in soundless chemical demolition agents (SCDAs), also known as expansive
cements, as potentially viable alternatives to explosives for rock fragmentation, has been …

Quantitative Assessment and Optimized Utilization of Soundless Cracking Demolition Agent for Fragmentations of Basalt Fiber–Reinforced Concrete

Z Zhong, Y Cui, P Tao, C Gao, R Lou… - Journal of Materials in …, 2025 - ascelibrary.org
The soundless cracking demolition agent (SCDA) technique provides an environmentally
friendly approach for demolishing brittle structures. An integration of experimental and …

Experimental study on residual compressive bearing capacity of cracked reinforced concrete columns by SCDA

J Sun, S Liu, L Hu, Y Jia, Y Yao… - Materials Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The static demolition of structures via soundless chemical demolition agent (SCDA) is
attracting increasing attention because of its environmental friendliness and safety …