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 …

Recent advances in high strength lightweight concrete: From development strategies to practical applications

JX Lu - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Lightweight cementitious composite has been used in construction for thousand years.
However, before the Second World War, lightweight concrete was mainly limited to non …

Use of oil palm shell as an aggregate in cement concrete: A review

HM Hamada, BS Thomas, B Tayeh, FM Yahaya… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
The rapid development and increasing demand for construction materials have resulted in
the underperformance of traditional construction materials. The production of traditional …

Alternative coarse aggregate for sustainable and eco-friendly concrete-A review

NR Mohanta, M Murmu - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Coarse aggregate is considered as the most important component, which provides volume
as well as strength to the concrete. It is mainly obtained from natural resources by quarrying …

Development of high performance lightweight concrete using ultra high performance cementitious composite and different lightweight aggregates

JX Lu, P Shen, HA Ali, CS Poon - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2021 - Elsevier
To reduce the dead load of concrete structures, this study developed a high performance
lightweight aggregate concrete (HPLAC) by combining the use of ultra high performance …

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 …

Fibre-reinforced lightweight engineered cementitious composites for 3D concrete printing

J Sun, F Aslani, J Lu, L Wang, Y Huang, G Ma - Ceramics International, 2021 - Elsevier
While the 3D printing technology for cementitious composites has developed rapidly, a
combination of 3DP technology and lightweight engineered cementitious composites …

[HTML][HTML] Optimizing the concrete strength of lightweight concrete containing nano palm oil fuel ash and palm oil clinker using response surface method

HM Hamada, AA Al-Attar, B Tayeh… - Case Studies in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lightweight aggregate concrete (LWAC) has gradually gained popularity as a significant
material in the concrete industry worldwide. One of the important lightweight aggregates is …

Green high strength concrete containing recycled waste ceramic aggregates and waste carpet fibers: Mechanical, durability, and microstructural properties

SA Zareei, F Ameri, N Bahrami, P Shoaei… - Journal of Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper investigated the combined utilization of recycled waste ceramic aggregate
(RWCA) and waste carpet fibers (WCFs) in high strength concrete (HSC). Concrete mixes …

Development and characteristics of ultra high-performance lightweight cementitious composites (UHP-LCCs)

JX Lu, P Shen, H Zheng, HA Ali, CS Poon - Cement and Concrete …, 2021 - Elsevier
High strength and light weight are two recent opposite development trends of concrete. This
study proposed a design concept of an ultra high-performance lightweight cementitious …