Utilization of alternative sand for preparation of sustainable mortar: A review

A Srivastava, SK Singh - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapid urbanization and industrialization in last few decades has led to depletion of the
construction materials like sand and accumulation of industrial wastes. The detrimental …

Modification of construction waste derived recycled aggregate via CO2 curing to enhance corrosive freeze-thaw durability of concrete

X Peng, F Shi, J Yang, Q Yang, H Wang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the utilization of construction waste derived recycled aggregate (CWDRA) has
been reported as a promising way to reduce carbon emission and energy consumption for …

Wear and fragmentation resistance of mineral aggregates—a review of micro-Deval and Los Angeles tests

P Strzałkowski, U Kaźmierczak - Materials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The aim of this article is to present the current knowledge and experiences related to wear
and fragmentation resistance tests and to indicate those of their aspects that require further …

Evaluation of the tridymite formation as a technique for enhancing geopolymer binders based on glass waste

S Dadsetan, H Siad, M Lachemi… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The low solubility of glass powder is one of the important elements hindering the large
volume recycling of glass waste (GW) in structural geopolymer materials. The current study …

Characterization of recycled aggregate by the combined method: acid soaking and mechanical grinding technique

A Verma, VS Babu, S Arunachalam - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2022 - Elsevier
Every year, large quantities of construction and demolition waste are generated in India,
which is a mixture of different grades of concrete. Such waste disposal required an immense …

Determination of the relationship between the Los Angeles abrasion values of aggregates and concrete strength using the Response Surface Methodology

ET Tunc, KE Alyamac - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The present study aims to determine the relationship between aggregate abrasion strength
and concrete strength considering water-to-cement and aggregate-to-cement ratios. For this …

Physicochemical and elemental analyses of sandstone quarrying wastes to assess their impact on soil properties

A Singhal, S Goel, D Sengupta - Journal of Environmental Management, 2020 - Elsevier
The use of sandstone as a building material has increased around the world and sandstone
quarrying and its wastes pose a potential threat to human health and the environment. More …

Utilization of various industrial wastes in ordinary concrete under normal manufacturing conditions

SH Al-Tersawy, SE Zakey, RA El-Sadany… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The main objective of the present work is to evaluate using alkaline wastewater from pot
factories (recycled NaOH solutions with variant concentrations and pH values) along with …

Study of Cerchar abrasive parameters and their relations to intrinsic properties of rocks for construction

G Zhang, H Konietzky, Z Song, M Zhang - Construction and Building …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Cerchar test method and its index, the so-called Cerchar abrasivity index, are most
commonly used to determine the abrasivity of rocks and other geo-materials for construction …

Potential of natural and recycled concrete aggregate mixtures for use in pavement structures

O Đokić, A Radević, D Zakić, B Đokić - Minerals, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study investigates the feasibility of using recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) as a
partial substitution of natural aggregate in pavement engineering. Despite RCA's good …