Development of cement-based lightweight composites : part 1: mix design methodology and hardened properties

By Q. Yu, P. Spiesz, H. Brouwers. 2013

166 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering

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In Building and Construction

1. H. Brouwers
2. P. Spiesz
3. R. Yu
4. Q. Yu
5. X. Gao
6. Hongjian Du
7. Suhuan Du
8. X. Liu

In Civil and Structural Engineering

1. H. Brouwers
2. P. Spiesz
3. R. Yu
4. Q. Yu
5. Hongjian Du
6. Suhuan Du
7. X. Liu
8. Biwan Xu

Citations in the corpus

• Effect of nano-silica on the hydration and microstructure development of Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) with a low binder amount (2014, methodology): “The modified Andreasen and Andersen packing model has already been successfully employed in optimization algorithms for the design of normal density concrete [20] and lightweight concrete [27,28].”
• Influence of magnesia-to-phosphate molar ratio on microstructures, mechanical properties and thermal conductivity of magnesium potassium phosphate cement paste with large water-to-solid ratio (2015, background): “Generally, more thermally conductive composite components and denser composite microstructures have higher composite thermal conductivity [26,27].”
• Paraffin/expanded vermiculite composite phase change material as aggregate for developing lightweight thermal energy storage cement-based composites (2015, background): “Lightweight cement-based composites with bulk density lower than 2000 kg/m have been attracting great attention, as they can contribute to simplifying constructions, saving space and reducing costs [20,21].”
• Effect of nano-silica on the mechanical and transport properties of lightweight concrete (2015, methodology): “In this study, the specimens were saturated in water under vacuum condition, which is reported as the most efficient technique [36].”
• Ultra-lightweight concrete: Conceptual design and performance evaluation (2015, methodology): “This type of LWA has a particle density ranging from 300 to 800 kg/m(3) (depending on the size fraction), with a crushing resistance of up to 6 N/mm(2) [2], which indicates that concrete produced using this aggregates can be potentially used for structural purposes [19,20].”
• Properties of alkali activated slag-fly ash blends with limestone addition (2015, methodology): “By using fine limestone powders in slag and fly ash mixes, more fine particles with relatively low water demand will be filled in the micro voids, then a better particle packing is achieved; therefore, more available water can be provided to lubricate the particles resulting in a higher slump flow [”
• Development of an eco-friendly Ultra-High Performance Concrete (UHPC) with efficient cement and mineral admixtures uses (2015, background): “As presented in the literature [44–47], different types of concrete can be designed using Eq.”
• Development of Ultra-High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC): Towards an efficient utilization of binders and fibres (2015, methodology): “In the literature, many examples of application of the modified Andreasen and Andersen packing model for the concrete design can be found [53–58].”
• A study of multiple effects of nano-silica and hybrid fibres on the properties of Ultra-High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) incorporating waste bottom ash (WBA) (2014, unknown): “The modified Andreasen and Andersen packing model has already been successfully employed for the design of normal density concrete [40–42] and lightweight concrete [43,44].”
• Mix design and properties assessment of Ultra-High-Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) (2014, methodology): “The modified Andreasen and Andersen packing model has already been successfully employed in optimisation algorithms for the design of normal density concrete [18–19] and lightweight concrete [28,29].”
• Static properties and impact resistance of a green Ultra-High Performance Hybrid Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPHFRC): Experiments and modeling (2014, methodology): “The modified Andreasen and Andersen packing model has already been successfully employed in optimization algorithms for the design of normal density concrete [46,49,50,76,77] and lightweight concrete [47,48].”
• Traditional, state-of-the-art and renewable thermal building insulation materials: An overview (2019, background): “In their study, Yu et al. [178] utilized a cement-based light-weight composites for durability with a good balance between the thermal and mechanical properties.”
• Design and performance evaluation of ultra-lightweight geopolymer concrete (2016, methodology): “(with an oven dry density of about 1500 kg/m(3)) [22] and non-structural concrete (with anoven dry density of about 650 kg/m(3), also called ultralightweight concrete) [23] using cement as the binder and the excellent tested results indicates the validity of the applied design approach as well as th”