Wojciech Kubissa¹, Roman Jaskulski¹, Pavel Reiterman^2*

Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.5, Suppl.1, pp. 53-61, 2017, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2017.634103

Abstract This article deals with an experimental study concerning the development of concrete mixtures with significant ecological benefits. The studied concrete mixtures were based on blast-furnace cement, with an additional application of supplementary cementitious materials—fly ash, metakaolin, and silica fume and fluidized fly ash. Coarse aggregate in the form of crushed concrete was applied for all studied concrete mixtures. The experimental program was primarily focused on the assessment of the durability properties of the studied mixtures in terms of mechanical tests, absorption tests, chloride migration coefficient tests, water penetration tests, and accelerated carbonation depth tests. The results obtained showed good potential… More >

Ali Naqi, Jeong Gook Jang^*

The International Conference on Computational & Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Vol.21, No.1, pp. 5-5, 2019, DOI:10.32604/icces.2019.05299

Abstract Concrete construction industry is facing a sustainability issue for a variety of reasons. First, it consumes enormous amounts of natural resources. Second, the primary content in the binder of concrete is Portland cement, which production is one of the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions leading to global warming. Third, durability concerns of concrete structures. To overcome these issues cement is substituted with high volumes of more sustainable cementitious materials such as slag and fly ash. Slag is a by-product of an iron blast furnace while fly ash is a by-product of coal-fired power plants. Both these supplementary cementitious materials… More >