Utilization of desert sand in the production of sustainable cement-based materials: A critical review

M Zhang, X Zhu, J Shi, B Liu, Z He, C Liang - Construction and building …, 2022 - Elsevier
The construction industry has realized that the available natural resources are limited, and
the desert sand (DS) reserves are large and not well utilized. Sustainable production thus is …

Concrete made with dune sand: Overview of fresh, mechanical and durability properties

J Ahmad, A Majdi, AF Deifalla, HJ Qureshi, MU Saleem… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
According to the authors' best information, the majority of research focuses on other waste
materials, such as recycling industrial waste (glass, silica fume, marble and waste foundry …

Multi-objective optimization of the mix proportion for dune sand concrete based on response surface methodology

X Luo, G Xing, L Qiao, P Miao, X Yu, K Ma - Construction and Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dune sand (DS) concrete (DSC) has attracted increasing attention due to the scarce of river
sand and the abundance and low cost of DS. To promote more construction applications of …

Evaluation of bond strength between sand concrete as new repair material and ordinary concrete substrate (The surface roughness effect)

K Gadri, A Guettala - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
In the present work, a great deal of importance is attached to sand concrete as a new repair
material. An investigation was conducted to evaluate the bond strength and the type of …

Multi-scale study on mechanical property and strength prediction of aeolian sand concrete

Y Li, H Zhang, G Liu, D Hu, X Ma - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The aim of this work is to promote the utilization of aeolian sand for concrete production. The
workability and mechanical property of aeolian sand concrete (ASC) is studied. The effect …

Mix design and characteristics evaluation of high-performance concrete with full aeolian sand based on the packing density theory

W Zhang, M Zheng, L Zhu, Y Lv - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
To solve the shortage issue of high-quality construction aggregates in desert areas and
improve the utilization rate of aeolian sand, this study introduces the mix design and …

Investigation of steel fiber reinforced high-performance concrete with full aeolian sand: Mix design, characteristics and microstructure

W Zhang, M Zheng, L Zhu, Y Ren, Y Lv - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
High-performance concrete with full aeolian sand (FA-HPC) has the characteristics of low
water binder ratio, large cementitious materials content and no restriction of coarse …

An overview on mixture design of self‐compacting concrete

DK Ashish, SK Verma - Structural Concrete, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐compacting concrete (SCC) was developed in 1988 and introduced by Professor H.
Okamura to achieve durability of structures with low skilled laborers. The three properties of …

Optimization of the mix proportion for desert sand concrete based on a statistical model

W Yan, G Wu, Z Dong - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
To promote more construction applications of desert sand (DS), this study provides a method
to design and optimize the mix proportion of desert sand concrete (DSC) based on a …

On the use of fine dune sand in Reactive Powder Concrete: Effect on resistance, water absorption and UPV properties

N Khelil, MO Ouali, L Meziane - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper is presented an experimental study investigating the impact of dune sand
inclusion in engineered Reactive Powder Concretes (RPC). RPCs are built upon specifically …