A critical review examining the characteristics of modified concretes with different nanomaterials

M Mohtasham Moein, K Rahmati, A Saradar, J Moon… - Materials, 2024 - mdpi.com
The movement of the construction industry towards sustainable development has drawn
attention to the revision of concrete. In addition to reducing pollution, the use of nano …

Effect of fly ash on early-age properties and viscoelastic behaviors of supersulfated cement concrete under different degrees of restraint

Z Feng, D Shen, Q Huang, T Zhang - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aimed to study the early-age properties and viscoelastic behaviors of
supersulfated cement (SSC) concrete with different replacement ratios (15%, 30%, and …

Nano CaCO3 for enhancing properties of cement-based materials: a comprehensive review

H Sharma, DK Ashish - Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Nanomaterials have emerged as a future application to concrete technology due to their
unique composition. This study presents a review of nano CaCO3 in terms of microstructure …

Effect of polypropylene fiber on early-age properties and stress relaxation of ultra-high-performance concrete under different degrees of restraint

Z Feng, D Shen, Y Luo, Q Huang, Z Liu… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aimed to investigate the effect of polypropylene (PP) fibers on mechanical
properties, shrinkages, cracking potential, and stress relaxation of ultra-high-performance …

Modification and mechanism of polymer in high-performance concrete with full aeolian sand: An integrated macro-to-micro perspective

L Zhu, M Zheng, S Zhang, W Zhang, W Chen… - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Producing high-performance concrete with full aeolian sand (FA-HPC) can achieve efficient
utilization of desert resources to combat the shortage issue of aggregates. However, low …

Performance and mechanism of the structure formation and physical-mechanical properties of concrete by modification with nanodiamonds

AN Beskopylny, SA Stel'makh, EM Shcherban… - … and Building Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Nanomodifying additives in the building materials production is a relevant and widely
studied topic in current building materials science. Nanodiamonds are used in various fields …

Experimental study on cracking potential and viscoelastic behaviors of supersulfated cement concrete with different compositions

Z Feng, D Shen, Q Huang, T Zhang, H Shao - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Supersulfated cement (SSC) is considered as an eco-friendly alternative to ordinary
Portland cement. However, the investigations of SSC concrete with fly ash (FA) and …

Comparing durability and compressive strength predictions of hyperoptimized random forests and artificial neural networks on a small dataset of concrete containing …

O Arasteh-Khoshbin, SM Seyedpour… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Through the increasing use of supplementary cementitious materials, the properties of
concrete have taken on increased significance in a design code. Using reliable prediction …

Relationship between internal relative humidity and autogenous shrinkage of early‐age concrete containing prewetted lightweight aggregates

C Wen, D Shen, Z Feng, C Liu, S Deng - Structural Concrete, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Internal curing (IC) agents such as prewetted lightweight aggregates (LWAs) have been
proved to be advantageous in reducing the autogenous shrinkage and early‐age cracking …

Early-age Cracking Control on High Strength Concrete with Nano-CaCO3

D Shen - Early-age Cracking Control on Modern Concrete, 2024 - Springer
Nanomaterial is taken as a rapidly advancing material in improving the durability of concrete
structures. Considering the excellent enhancement, nano-CaCO3 is relatively suitable …