Recycling solid waste to produce eco-friendly foamed concrete: A comprehensive review of approaches

HM Hamada, J Shi, F Abed, AM Humada… - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Because of the global warming issue, stakeholders in the construction sector are searching
for a suitable alternative to traditional concrete owing to its undesired properties like thermal …

A review on durability of foam concrete

G Zhou, RKL Su - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Foam concrete is a promising material in building and construction applications, providing
such outstanding properties as high specific strength, excellent thermal insulation, and …

A systematic research on foamed concrete: The effects of foam content, fly ash, slag, silica fume and water-to-binder ratio

S Zhang, X Qi, S Guo, L Zhang, J Ren - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, the effects of foam content, different dosages of fly ash, slag, silica fume and
water-to-binder ratio on a series of properties of foamed concrete were examined. In total, 39 …

Physico-mechanical, thermal insulation and resistance characteristics of diatomite and attapulgite based geopolymer foam concrete: Effect of different curing regimes

G Kaplan, OY Bayraktar, B Bayrak, O Celebi… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the physicomechanical, durability and microstructure characteristics
of geopolymer foam concrete (GFC) with a unit weight of less than 1500 kg/m 3 produced …

[HTML][HTML] Modeling and optimization of the mechanical properties of date fiber reinforced concrete containing silica fume using response surface methodology

M Adamu, ML Marouf, YE Ibrahim, OS Ahmed… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Date palm fiber (DPF) has series of advantages when used as a natural fiber like availability,
lower cost, and sustainability, and it is obtained as a waste from date tree. Due to its …

[HTML][HTML] Prediction of sustainable concrete utilizing rice husk ash (RHA) as supplementary cementitious material (SCM): Optimization and hyper-tuning

MN Amin, K Khan, AMA Arab, F Farooq… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rice Husk ash (RHA) utilization in concrete as a waste material can contribute to the
formation of a robust cementitious matrix with utmost properties. The strength of HPC when …

Enhancement in compressive strength of foamed concrete by ultra-fine slag

M Li, H Tan, X He, S Jian, G Li, J Zhang, X Deng… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, ultra-fine slag (UFS) was used to prepare foamed concrete by replacing
Portland cement (PC) to enhance the compressive strength of foamed concrete. PC-UFS …

Eco-hybrid cement-based building insulation materials as a circular economy solution to construction and demolition waste

E Özçelikci, A Oskay, İR Bayer, M Şahmaran - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
The primary focus of this study is to develop non-structural ultra-lightweight circular building
insulation materials by utilizing a substantial amount of construction and demolition waste …

Thermal energy saving and physico-mechanical properties of foam concrete incorporating form-stabilized basalt powder/capric acid based composite phase change …

F Kocyigit, M Bayram, G Hekimoglu, VV Cay… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The incorporation of phase change materials (PCM) in construction materials for the
purpose of thermal energy storage (TES) can prevent temperature fluctuations and enable …

Development, characterization and thermo-regulative performance of microencapsulated phase change material included-glass fiber reinforced foam concrete as …

O Gencel, S Subasi, A Ustaoglu, A Sarı, M Marasli… - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Thermal energy storage (TES) materials present very crucial role for heating and cooling
load of building envelopes. This investigation focused on manufacturing of novel TES …