The greening of engineered cementitious composites (ECC): A review

D Shoji, Z He, D Zhang, VC Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Concern over sustainability in the construction industry is growing. Engineered cementitious
composites (ECC) have the potential to reduce the carbon and energy footprints of the built …

Recent developments in Engineered/Strain-Hardening Cementitious Composites (ECC/SHCC) with high and ultra-high strength

JX Zhu, LY Xu, BT Huang, KF Weng, JG Dai - Construction and Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the excellent tensile strain-hardening and multiple-cracking behavior, Engineered
Cementitious Composites (ECC), which are also known as Strain-Hardening Cementitious …

Seawater sea-sand Engineered Geopolymer Composites (EGC) with high strength and high ductility

JC Lao, BT Huang, LY Xu, M Khan, Y Fang… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, seawater sea-sand Engineered Geopolymer Composites (SS-EGC) were
developed and investigated for the first time. The developed EGC achieved high …

Tensile over-saturated cracking of ultra-high-strength engineered cementitious composites (UHS-ECC) with artificial geopolymer aggregates

LY Xu, BT Huang, JC Lao, J Yao, VC Li… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ultra-High-Strength Engineered Cementitious Composites (UHS-ECC)
incorporating artificial geopolymer aggregates (GPA) were developed and over-saturated …

Seawater sea-sand engineered/strain-hardening cementitious composites (ECC/SHCC): Assessment and modeling of crack characteristics

BT Huang, JQ Wu, J Yu, JG Dai, CKY Leung… - Cement and Concrete …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Seawater sea-sand Engineered Cementitious Composites (SS-ECC) is a new
version of ECC for marine constructions facing the scarcity of freshwater and …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered geopolymer composites: A state-of-the-art review

H Zhong, M Zhang - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2023 - Elsevier
Engineered cementitious composite (ECC) featuring extraordinary tensile ductility is a
promising option for many structural applications but its large-scale manufacture is not eco …

Microbial induced calcium carbonate precipitation study using Bacillus subtilis with application to self-healing concrete preparation and characterization

J Feng, B Chen, W Sun, Y Wang - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aimed to develop novel bacteria-based self-healing concrete by microbial
induced calcium carbonate precipitation mechanism. A group of spore-forming bacterium …

Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) with limestone calcined clay cement (LC3)

D Zhang, B Jaworska, H Zhu, K Dahlquist… - Cement and Concrete …, 2020 - Elsevier
Recent research have recognized that coupled use of calcined clay, limestone and cement
clinker in concrete is viable to reduce environmental footprints at manufacture and to …

Fly ash-dominated high-strength engineered/strain-hardening geopolymer composites (HS-EGC/SHGC): influence of alkalinity and environmental assessment

JC Lao, RY Ma, LY Xu, Y Li, YN Shen, J Yao… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, fly ash (FA)-dominated High-Strength Engineered Geopolymer Composites
(HS-EGC) were designed and developed. The influence of alkalinity and the underlying …

Dynamic tensile properties of steel fiber reinforced polyethylene fiber-engineered/strain-hardening cementitious composites (PE-ECC/SHCC) at high strain rate

Y Huo, T Liu, D Lu, X Han, H Sun, J Huang, X Ye… - Cement and Concrete …, 2023 - Elsevier
Although the conventional engineered/strain-hardened cementitious composites
(ECC/SHCC) have excellent static performance, their performance under the high-speed …