The utilization of waste materials from the palm oil industry provides immense benefit to various sectors of the construction industry. Palm oil clinker is a by-product from the processing stages of palm oil goods. Channelling this waste material into the building industry helps to promote sustainability besides overcoming waste disposal problems. Environmental pollution due to inappropriate wa...

the sustainability of the built environment is increasingly coming to the forefront of infrastructure design and maintenance decisions. to address this, development of a new class of more sustainable cement-based materials is needed. fiber reinforced self-consolidating mortar (frscm) was developed by optimizing the micromechanical parameters, which control composite properties in the hardened s...

Breathing dust that contains respirable crystalline silica can lead to silicosis, a deadly lung disease. Respirable dust is that fraction of the aerosol that is small enough to reach the deeper, gas-exchange regions of the lungs. No effective treatment exists for silicosis, but it can be prevented by controlling workers’ exposures to dust containing crystalline silica. Exposure to crystalline s...

Computer modelling of the properties and performance of cement-based materials is complicated by the large range of relevant size scales. Processes occurring in the nanometer-sized pores ultimately tiect the performance of these materials at the structural level of meters and larger. One approach to alleviating thk complication is the development of a suite of models, consisting of individual d...

In this paper, fly ash is mixed into self-flowing cement mortar by the method of equal mass substitution cement, and redispersible latex powder according to percentage cementitious material mass, so as study influence on properties mechanical mortar. The test results show that incorporation prolongs setting time reduces flexural strength, compressive drying shrinkage. With increase in content p...

Protecting the built cultural heritage is one of most important tasks in architectural practice. The process repair time-consuming, weather-dependent, and sensitive to materials applied. Introducing new historic building order decrease time needed for repair, brings some risk preservation process. common material masonry lime mortar. Adding cement mortar can improve mechanical properties speed ...

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanofibers (CNFs) were synthesized on clinker and silica fume particles in order to create a low cost cementitious nanostructured material. The synthesis was carried out by an in situ chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process using converter dust, an industrial byproduct, as iron precursor. The use of these materials reduces the cost, with the objective of application ...