A review of “3D concrete printing”: Materials and process characterization, economic considerations and environmental sustainability

GH Ahmed - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing of cementitious materials or concrete (3DCP) has developed
unbelievably in past 10 years and has the potential to revolutionize the concrete industry …

Advances in understanding hydration of Portland cement

KL Scrivener, P Juilland, PJM Monteiro - Cement and Concrete Research, 2015 - Elsevier
Progress in understanding hydration is summarized. Evidence supports the geochemistry
dissolution theory as an explanation for the induction period, in preference to the inhibiting …

State-of-the-art of 3D printing technology of cementitious material—An emerging technique for construction

GW Ma, L Wang, Y Ju - Science China Technological Sciences, 2018 - Springer
In recent few years, significant improvement has been made in developing largescale 3D
printer to accommodate the need of industrial-scale 3D printing. Cementitious materials that …

Correlations of the dispersing capability of NSF and PCE types of superplasticizer and their impacts on cement hydration with the adsorption in fresh cement pastes

Y Zhang, X Kong - Cement and concrete research, 2015 - Elsevier
Comparative study of NSF and PCE superplasticizers was carried out aiming at correlating
the adsorption in fresh cement pastes (fcps) with their dispersing capability and the impacts …

Effects of the charge characteristics of polycarboxylate superplasticizers on the adsorption and the retardation in cement pastes

YR Zhang, XM Kong, ZB Lu, ZC Lu, SS Hou - Cement and Concrete …, 2015 - Elsevier
The traditional polycarboxylate (PC) superplasticizers are usually negatively charged
polymers, in which the carboxylate functionalities are responsible for their adsorption on …

A critical review of preparation design and workability measurement of concrete material for largescale 3D printing

G Ma, L Wang - Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering, 2018 - Springer
In recent few years, significant improvement has been made in developing largescale 3D
printers to accommodate the need of industrial-scale 3D printing. It is of great feasibility to …

Investigation of using recycled powder from the preparation of recycled aggregate as a supplementary cementitious material

S Li, J Gao, Q Li, X Zhao - Construction and Building Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Considerable amounts of hybrid powder are produced when recycled aggregate is being
prepared. An economic and environmental-friendly method of treatment is to take this …

Rheology of alkali-activated slag pastes. Effect of the nature and concentration of the activating solution

F Puertas, C Varga, MM Alonso - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2014 - Elsevier
An understanding of the rheological behaviour of OPC-based products has been widely
studied, for it is essential to determining and predicting the fresh and hardened …

Recent advance of chemical admixtures in concrete

J Liu, C Yu, X Shu, Q Ran, Y Yang - Cement and Concrete Research, 2019 - Elsevier
Recent advance on chemical admixtures and their influence on the concrete properties is
summarized. The conformational properties of PCE molecules both in solution and on the …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative study of the characteristics of nano silica-, silica fume-and fly ash-incorporated cement mortars

H Biricik, N Sarier - Materials Research, 2014 - SciELO Brasil
The structural characteristics of cement mortars, impregnated with nano silica (NS), silica
fume (SF) and fly ash (FA), were comparatively studied using Fourier transform infrared …