Properties of a molten slag and concrete containing the molten slag as a fine aggregate were investigated, which was emitted in Kure City in Hiroshima Prefecture. Water t [...]

Iron-welding slag is one of industrial wastes discharged in large quantities from shipyards. This study aimed at proposing an idea of utilizing the iron-welding slag as a [...]

By calcination and dehydration of paper sludge, which is a by-product of recycled paper waste, a non toxic mineral with a highly pozzolanic activity is formed. Besides th [...]

In the traditional mix proportion of anti-washout underwater concrete, the unit content of water and cement were much larger than that of normal concrete. The authors stu [...]

This paper presents some preliminary results achieved within the scope of a research programme with the main objective of studying the effect of rice husk ash (RHA) parti [...]

Though discussed a lot, the interfacial transition zone (ITZ), the linking phase between aggregate and bulk paste, still undertakes ambiguity on its knowledge. In this pa [...]

Green concretes containing low amounts of Portland cement clinker were developed to reduce the environmental impact such as the global warming potential of concrete struc [...]

A Walloon entrepreneur developed and patented Cimorné cement render at the beginning of the 1930s in Braine-l’Alleud (south of Brussels, Belgium). This peculiar façad [...]

A Walloon entrepreneur developed and patented Cimorné cement render at the beginning of the 1930s in Braine-l’Alleud (south of Brussels, Belgium). This peculiar façad [...]

The development of innovative eco-efficient cementitious materials is, nowadays, a wide-spread concern to assure the sustainability of the built environment. In this scop [...]

Self-compacting concretes are special concretes, highly flowable, which can flow into place under their own weight and compacted without any external vibration. In additi [...]

A new ecological concrete has been developed which utilizes CO2 emitted from a power plant and which can achieve CO2 emission levels below zero. This ecological concrete [...]

Application of the recycled aggregate is a promising technology for resource saving and low environmental impacts, which is more effectively performed when recycled fine [...]

Key green policies of Korea, such as Low Carbon Green Growth, Target Management, and Emission Trading, are first introduced. Recent efforts to systematically develop envi [...]

The study aims at using Shirasu, which is a pyroclastic flow deposit like volcanic ash, as one of the binders in mortar or concrete. It is one of the unused natural resou [...]

The Public Works Research Institute has initiated a collaborative research project with the goal of developing a guideline for effective use of supplementary cementing ma [...]

This paper reports the potential reuse of incineration fly ash (IFA) as cement supplements in the production of engineered cementitious composites (ECC), a unique class o [...]

The present paper is directed towards development of statistical models for the evaluation of efficiency factors of fly ash so that its contribution on concrete strength [...]

In Japan, coal-fired power is one of the main electric powers along with atomic power and natural gas -fired power. The annual amount of coal used for coal-fired power ge [...]

Lime is the most commonly used binder for the preparation of mortars for restoration purposes. In the near future the reviewed EN 459 will standardise a new group of lime [...]

In order to reduce environmental loading, it is important to propose the way for the usage of large particles of Fly Ash. In this research, relationship between packing f [...]

An experimental investigation was conducted to study the shear strength of full-scale beams constructed with both high-volume fly ash concrete (HVFAC) – concrete with a [...]

Frost is one of the main degradation processes affecting historic buildings in cold environments. Lime mortar is particularly sensitive to degradation by freeze-thaw cycl [...]

In this paper some production processes and possibilities of alkaline activation of fly ash are examined. This fly ash is used as a binder in new type of concrete without [...]

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the behaviour of lime mortars in cold climates, namely by the effect of freeze/thaw cycles. Twelve compositions of mortars were p [...]

This study investigates performance of slag as an alternative cementitious binder against ordinary Portland cement (OPC), fly ash (FA) and palm oil fuel ash (POFA). To ac [...]

Due to incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions during clinker production more and more of the clinker fraction of cement is being replaced with supplementary cement [...]

Fracture energy tests were carried out on Portland blast furnace cement-type B (BB) concrete where as an internal curing material, partial replacement of course aggregate [...]

The properties of concrete with high amount of the mineral admixtures with a few carbon footprint other than cement were showed. The experiment examines the influence tha [...]

Porous ceramic aggregate produced from roof tile waste was used as an internal curing agent. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of the porous ceramic aggr [...]

The major environmental impact of concrete is caused by CO2-emissions during the cement production. Great potential for the reduction of the global warming potential and [...]

Low calcium fly ash-based geopolymer (LCFG) concrete binder, which results from the reaction of a source material rich in silica & alumina (low calcium fly ash) and a [...]

This study investigated the performance of two high-volume fly ash concrete (HVFAC) mixes with 70% replacement of Portland cement with a Class C fly ash (with one mix hav [...]

Currently, the precast industry represents 20% of concrete production around the world and the use of steam curing to accelerate hydration has been adopted as one of the [...]

Recently, blended cement is needed in order to lower the energy consumption and CO 2 emission from cement industries. On the other hand, waste management and environmenta [...]

It is a fact well known that the active additions improves the mechanical as well as de durability of concrete structures. Usually the materials are tested in laboratory [...]

The deterioration of concrete by sulfuric acid attack in sewage environments has become a serious problem. In this study, it was shown that the resistance to sulfuric aci [...]

An experimental investigation was conducted to study both the mechanical and durability performance of various specimens constructed with both high-volume fly ash concret [...]

This paper reports on an experimental program investigating the durability and mechanical properties of alkali activated slag concrete (AASC). The AASC was prepared using [...]

For high durability and strength, decreasing of the water to binder ratio of cement is needed by using of fly ash, blast furnace slag as mineral admixture. And it is poin [...]

Ground Granulated Slag, from Blast furnace has been in use in Concrete as partial replacement of cement since a century. Benefits of this hydraulic material are well know [...]

Properties of concrete using newly developed high slag cement which includes over 60% ground granulated blast-furnace slag was studied. It is known that conventional high [...]

In order to reduce the amount of CO2 gas in cement industry, the use of blended cement is valid. Share of blended cement in Japan, has not changed over last 10 years. One [...]

In this paper, effect of cement type and expansive additive content on resistance to both drying shrinkage cracking and thermal cracking of concrete using fly ash and gro [...]

In this study, optimum combinations of the replacement ratios of fly ash (FA) and ground granulated blast-furnace slag (BS) with cement were examined from the aspect of p [...]