The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials

J de Brito, R Kurda - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The negative impacts of cement-based material (CBM) production are way bigger than ever
expected. To illustrate the scale of this phenomenon, all the forests in the world, regardless …

Experimental characterization of the self-healing capacity of cement based materials and its effects on the material performance: A state of the art report by COST …

L Ferrara, T Van Mullem, MC Alonso, P Antonaci… - … and Building Materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Heuristically known at least since the first half of XIX century, the self-healing capacity of
cement-based materials has been receiving keen attention from the civil engineering …

Water absorption and electrical resistivity of concrete with recycled concrete aggregates and fly ash

R Kurda, J de Brito, JD Silvestre - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a literature review and experimental results on the effect of high
incorporation levels of fly ash (FA) and recycled concrete aggregates (RCA), individually …

A review on carbon-based self-sensing cementitious composites

J Han, J Pan, J Cai, X Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-sensing cementitious composite is a kind of cementitious material which possesses
both mechanical and sensing properties. The stress and strain state of the structure can be …

Assessment of self-healing and durability parameters of concretes incorporating crystalline admixtures and Portland Limestone Cement

P Azarsa, R Gupta, A Biparva - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2019 - Elsevier
The repair of concrete structures damaged by water or water borne chemicals is estimated to
cost billions of dollars annually worldwide. However, the solutions that can make concrete …

A review on material design, performance, and practical application of electrically conductive cementitious composites

L Wang, F Aslani - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Electrically conductive cementitious composite (ECCC) possesses the functional properties
of high conductivity and strain/stress sensitivity, thus can be used as an electrical heater for …

Electrical percolation threshold of cementitious composites possessing self-sensing functionality incorporating different carbon-based materials

A Al-Dahawi, MH Sarwary, O Öztürk… - Smart Materials and …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
An experimental study was carried out to understand the electrical percolation thresholds of
different carbon-based nano-and micro-scale materials in cementitious composites. Multi …

Self-healing performance of aged cementitious composites

G Yıldırım, AH Khiavi, S Yeşilmen… - Cement and Concrete …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigates the autogenous self-healing capability of one-year-old engineered
cementitious composites (ECC) with different mineral admixtures to understand whether self …

Effects of self-healing on the microstructure, transport, and electrical properties of 100% construction-and demolition-waste-based geopolymer composites

H Ulugöl, MF Günal, İÖ Yaman, G Yıldırım… - Cement and Concrete …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to investigate the self-healing capability of engineered geopolymer
composites (EGCs) produced with 100% construction and demolition waste (CDW)-based …

Self-sensing capability of Engineered Cementitious Composites: Effects of aging and loading conditions

G Yıldırım, O Öztürk, A Al-Dahawi, AA Ulu… - … and building materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Self-sensing capability of 7-, 28-, 90-and 180-day-old Engineered Cementitious
Composites (ECC) incorporated either with carbon fibers (CF/ECC-CF) at micro-scale or …