After the demolition of concrete structures, it is expected to recycle the whole of the demolished concrete. As of now, however, it is difficult to recycle the fine powders generated in the processes of demolition of concrete and manufacture of recycled aggregate because these powders may contain heavy metals exceeding the soil environmental standard, and such powders are disposed finally. It i...

In this paper, the effect of super plasticizer amount, water/cement ratio, the cement, silica fume and steel micro fiber content is studied on the ultimate compressive strength of new generation of Ultra High Strength Concrete (UHSC).Known as Reactive Powder Concrete (RPC) and also have used two non-linear functions; Genetic Programming (GP) and Group Method of Data Handling (GMDH), which are t...

In the modern construction practices, industrial wastes or by-products are largely used as raw materials in cement and concrete. These impart many benefits to the environment and bringabout an economic impact because the cost of waste disposal is constantly increasing due to strict environmental regulations. It was reported in literature that the leakage of oil onto concrete element in older ce...

Green concrete is a concept of thinking environment into concrete considering every aspect from raw materials manufacture over mixture design to structural design, construction and service life. Green concrete is a type of concrete which resembles the conventional concrete but the production or usage of such concrete requires minimum amount of energy and causes least harm to the environment. Si...

In the present investigation effect of urban environment city Xalapa, Ver., México in depth carbonation Sustainable Concrete made with Agro-Industrial and Industrial Waste Materials like Sugar Cane Bagasse Ash (SCBA) Silica Fume (SF), was evaluated. The Concretes Conventional (Concrete reference) were designed for a relation water/cement= 0.65 according to indicated ACI 211.1. elaborated 100% P...

The study is focused on ultra-light foam concrete (FC) aimed as a thermal insulation material. Two important properties of such material were investigated: compressive strength and conductivity. In the conducted tests, influence air-dry density (200–500 kg/m3), type foaming agent (synthetic protein) binder (ordinary Portland cement—OPC; calcium sulphoaluminate cement—CSA; metakaolin; siliceous ...

Problems relating to disposal of sludge accumulating at waste-water treatment plants (WWTP) in Croatia are described in the paper. The possibility and adequacy of using ash obtained through incineration of sludge is considered. A special emphasis is placed on the significance of ash in concrete industry during production of cement mortar and concrete. Results of worldwide research conducted so ...

Corrosion of reinforced concrete is one of the major problems in the construction industry causing premature deterioration of concrete structures well before their service life. This has placed incredible financial burden on many projects and also placed safety of users at risk. A research work was carried out to evaluate the effect of water cement ratio on corrosion of steel in reinforced conc...

This paper presents the results of an experimental research on the workability and compressive strength of self-compacting concrete. The work focused on concrete mixes having water/binder ratios of 0.35 and 0.45, which contained constant total binder contents of 500 kg/m and 400 kg/m, respectively. The concrete mixes contained four different dosages of a superplasticizer based on carboxylic wit...