Lightweight concrete from a perspective of sustainable reuse of waste byproducts

MF Junaid, Z ur Rehman, M Kuruc, I Medveď… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Traditional waste management schemes raise various environmental, social, and economic
concerns; thus, require productive replacements. A large amount of natural resource is …

Artificial alkali-activated aggregates developed from wastes and by-products: A state-of-the-art review

LP Qian, LY Xu, Y Alrefaei, T Wang, T Ishida… - Resources, Conservation …, 2022 - Elsevier
Natural resources depletion is gradually becoming a critical burden on the environmental
and ecological balance, pushing the development of artificial aggregates forward. In order to …

Multi-criteria optimization of recycled aggregate concrete mixes

K Rashid, MU Rehman, J de Brito, H Ghafoor - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study intends to develop a sustainable strategy for selection of recycled aggregate
concrete (RAC) through a series of experiments and using multi-criteria decision-making …

Lightweight geopolymer concrete: A critical review on the feasibility, mixture design, durability properties, and microstructure

MST Masoule, N Bahrami, M Karimzadeh… - Ceramics …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lightweight geopolymer concretes have gained attention because of their superior
durability, lower environmental impact and sustainable characteristics. They are the product …

Development of engineered cementitious composites (ECC) using artificial fine aggregates

LY Xu, BT Huang, JG Dai - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In this study, Engineered/Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC)
using artificial fine aggregates [ie, geopolymer aggregates (GPA) and cement-bonded …

Lightweight concrete—From basics to innovations

KC Thienel, T Haller, N Beuntner - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Lightweight concrete has a history of more than two-thousand years and its technical
development is still proceeding. This review starts with a retrospective that gives an idea of …

[HTML][HTML] Production and characterization of lightweight aggregates from municipal solid waste incineration fly-ash through single-and double-step pelletization process

A Ferraro, V Ducman, F Colangelo, L Korat… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The performance of a cold-bonding pelletization process was investigated for lightweight
aggregates (LWAs) production from municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) fly-ash (FA) …

The effectiveness of surrogate models in predicting the long-term behavior of varying compressive strength ranges of recycled concrete aggregate for a variety of …

AK Ibrahim, HY Dhahir, AS Mohammed… - Archives of Civil and …, 2023 - Springer
One of the most fundamental developments in improving the mechanical properties of
concrete is the introduction of recycled coarse aggregate, which offers an environmentally …

Development of self-foaming cold-bonded lightweight aggregates from waste glass powder and incineration bottom ash for lightweight concrete

Z Bian, Y Huang, JX Lu, G Ou, S Yang… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
To address the scarcity of natural aggregates and reduce the energy consumption of the
concrete industry, a self-foaming geopolymer cold-bonded lightweight aggregate (GCBLA) …

Mechanical and acoustic absorption properties of lightweight fly ash/slag-based geopolymer concrete with various aggregates

HA Mahmoud, TA Tawfik, MM Abd El-razik… - Ceramics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Acoustic absorption and thermal insulation play a key role in modern buildings to make
living comfortable and energy-saving. This paper aims to study the workability, physical and …