The existing worldwide road length of concrete pavements is significant. Furthermore, concrete pavements have a number of specific applications, even though they are second to asphalt pavements in terms of current popularity. ...

Many studies have explored the prospect of using Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) in rigid pavements by looking at aspects such as mechanical performance, temperature susceptibility, cost, and environmental impact. ...

Good structural performance in a fire scenario necessitates that the structural material possesses chemical stability, deformation resistance and strength endurance. Excellent chemical stability for geopolymers has been ...

This study investigated potential reactivity of fly ash for geopolymerization. A combined dissolution of fly ash in NaOH in conjunction with HCl extraction of fly ash-NaOH residue is proposed in this study to more accurately ...

Pavements need frequent maintenance and management, for which one needs detailed information related to the road condition. At present, much of the condition monitoring around the world is done manually in situ or using ...

The increasing problem of industrial wastes' (IWs) accumulation and shortage of conventional construction materials such as aggregates can be simultaneously addressed by a careful selection and utilization of IWs in concrete. ...

NMR is a very useful technique used in analytical chemistry for quality and molecular structure determination of a compound as well as its chemical environment. It works on the principle of the energy gap between two nuclei ...

This chapter describes how a series of metakaolin (MK)-based geopolymer specimens measuring 50 mm cubes with different Si/Al ratios were prepared and exposed to different heating profiles in an electric furnace. The crumbling ...

Geopolymer is an emerging alternative green binder to Portland cement. Geopolymer is often more brittle and thus it is highly desirable to impart self-healing into geopolymer. Unlike Portland cement concrete, self-healing ...