The construction industry has realized that the available natural resources are limited, and
the desert sand (DS) reserves are large and not well utilized. Sustainable production thus is …

Sand and gravel are the world's most exploited resources, even surpassing fossil fuels; they
are mostly used for producing concrete. On the one hand, due to restrictions on the use of …

A multicollinearity-aware multi-objective optimisation (MA-MOO) framework was developed
to minimise the main environmental issues and the cost of production of green concrete …

Quartz sand is a kind of advanced aggregate and can be utilized to produce Ultra-High-
Performance-Concrete (UHPC). However, its production process always create …

The escalating demand for natural resources within the construction industry is progressing
upward. At the same time, however, there is a great concern regarding the depletion of these …

Urban growth in the developing world has prompted researchers to seek alternatives to fine
aggregate due to the severe environmental impact of extensive natural sand depletion. On …

Deterioration of ancient masonry is a contemporary problem. The initial properties of the
masonry material that determine its durability, deterioration and degree of preservation have …

Granite dust is regarded as a valuable and easy-to-obtain alternative for customary, natural
fine aggregate. However, granite dust can be employed in engineered cement composites …

The possibility of using granite dust as partial replacement to natural sand in reinforced
concrete beams is evaluated in this paper through a series of experimental investigations …

Machine learning is widely used in engineering applications. In civil engineering, soft
computing has been investigated for the prediction of concrete mechanical properties. In this …