Recent advances in CSH nucleation seeding for improving cement performances

A Cuesta, A Morales-Cantero, AG De la Torre… - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Reducing cement CO2 footprint is a societal need. This is being achieved mainly by
replacing an increasing amount of Portland clinker by supplementary cementitious …

Thermal and mechanical properties of ultra-high performance concrete incorporated with microencapsulated phase change material

M Ren, X Wen, X Gao, Y Liu - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
A novel structural–functional integrated concrete (MPCM-UHPC) with excellent mechanical
properties and thermal storage capacity was developed by incorporating microencapsulated …

Influence of silica fume, metakaolin & SBR latex on strength and durability performance of pervious concrete

H Bilal, T Chen, M Ren, X Gao, A Su - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This study evaluates the performance of pervious concrete subjected to rapid freeze–thaw
(FT) cycling, calcium leaching and the combined attack of calcium leaching and FT cycling …

Incorporation of self-ignited coal gangue in steam cured precast concrete

J Zhang, T Chen, X Gao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
Steam curing is commonly adopted in the production of precast concretes (PC) for modern
industrialized buildings. To propel recycling of harmful waste and reduce carbon emission …

Utilization of natural sisal fibers to manufacture eco-friendly ultra-high performance concrete with low autogenous shrinkage

G Ren, B Yao, M Ren, X Gao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
This study aims to explore a new method to reduce autogenous shrinkage of ultra-high
performance concrete (UHPC) by incorporating natural sisal fibers. The water absorption …

Experimental research on ductility enhancement of ultra-high performance concrete incorporation with basalt fibre, polypropylene fibre and glass fibre

P Yan, B Chen, S Afgan, MA Haque, M Wu… - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
The research aims to enhance the ductility characteristics of ultra-high performance concrete
fibre material (UHPC-FM) comprising with different micro-synthetic fibres such as basalt fibre …

Eco-friendly UHPC prepared from high volume wet-grinded ultrafine GGBS slurry

J Yang, J Zeng, X He, H Hu, Y Su, H Bai… - Construction and Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of ultra-high performance (UHPC) concrete was restricted due to the large
consumption and high cost of cement. In this study, eco-friendly UHPC was prepared by …

Study on the curing mechanism of cemented backfill materials prepared from sodium sulfate modified coal gasification slag

P Yang, Y Suo, L Liu, H Qu, G Xie, C Zhang… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to promote the resource utilization of coal gasification slag (CGS) solid waste, the
use of modified coal gasification slag (MCGS) to replace the cement in the cemented backfill …

An accelerator prepared from waste concrete recycled powder and its effect on hydration of cement-based materials

X Deng, H Guo, H Tan, X He, Z Zheng, Y Su… - … and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Utilization of waste concrete recycled powder (RP) in cementitious materials faced
enormous challenge, because of low activity and huge water demand. In this paper, RP was …

Strength evolutions of varying water content-dredged sludge stabilized with alkali-activated ground granulated blast-furnace slag

L Lang, B Chen, B Chen - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
The variation of water content significantly affects the strength development of stabilized
dredged sludge (DS), as well as the rational use of binder. This paper experimentally …