Incorporation of biochar in cementitious materials: A roadmap of biochar selection

H Maljaee, R Madadi, H Paiva, L Tarelho… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Increasing cement production in construction sector and waste generation in industrial
sectors are of the major sources of CO 2 emission. For decades, it has been the concern of …

Autogenous shrinkage of high performance concrete: A review

L Wu, N Farzadnia, C Shi, Z Zhang, H Wang - Construction and Building …, 2017 - Elsevier
Autogenous shrinkage is a major concern in early age cracking of high performance
concrete (HPC). Low water-to-binder ratio and incorporation of supplementary cementitious …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of air agent on mechanical properties and microstructure of lightweight geopolymer concrete under high temperature

BA Tayeh, A Hakamy, M Amin, AM Zeyad… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent innovations in the field of concrete have contributed to the development of
lightweight geopolymer concrete (LGC), which can be produced by adding an air agent. This …

Engineering properties of self-cured normal and high strength concrete produced using polyethylene glycol and porous ceramic waste as coarse aggregate

M Amin, AM Zeyad, BA Tayeh, IS Agwa - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the effect of curing regimes generally used for self-curing concretes
(SC) on the engineering properties of normal strength concrete (NSC) and high-strength …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the feasibility of using waste eggshells in cement-based materials for sustainable construction

K Khan, W Ahmad, MN Amin, AF Deifalla - Journal of Materials Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
To investigate the effect of eggshell powder on the water-absorption capacity of cement
mortar, this research employed experimental testing followed by machine learning (ML) …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluating the relevance of eggshell and glass powder for cement-based materials using machine learning and SHapley Additive exPlanations (SHAP) …

MN Amin, W Ahmad, K Khan, S Nazar… - Case Studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study used machine learning methods to predict the water absorption (WA) of cement-
based material (CBM) containing eggshell and glass powder as sand and cement …

Performance of concrete mixtures made with electric arc furnace (EAF) steel slag aggregate produced in the Arabian Gulf region

SI Abu-Eishah, AS El-Dieb, MS Bedir - Construction and Building Materials, 2012 - Elsevier
This research aims to investigate the effect of using electric arc furnace (EAF) steel slag as
coarse aggregate in concrete. Properties of fresh and hardened concrete were evaluated for …

Experimental study on water absorption of unsaturated concrete: w/c ratio, coarse aggregate and saturation degree

L Yang, G Liu, D Gao, C Zhang - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Better understanding of water transport in concrete is of great significance to assess the
durability and predict service life. In this study, effects of water to cement ratio (W/C), volume …

[HTML][HTML] Durability and mechanical characteristics of sustainable self-curing concrete utilizing crushed ceramic and brick wastes

MO Younis, M Amin, AM Tahwia - Case Studies in Construction Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Saving natural resources and utilizing building wastes (crushed bricks (CB) and crushed
ceramic (CC)) are the major goals of this project. Polyethylene glycol 6000 (PEG6000) was …

State of art review on self compacting concrete using mineral admixtures

S Dey, VVP Kumar, KR Goud, SKJ Basha - Journal of Building Pathology …, 2021 - Springer
Concrete is the most widely used construction material because of its molded ability into any
required structural form and shape due to its fluid behavior at early ages. In compaction the …