Green materials in civil engineering /

Green Materials in Civil Engineering provides a comprehensive resource for practitioners to learn more about the utilization of these materials in civil engineering, as well as their practical applications. Novel green materials such as fly ash, slag, fiber-reinforced concrete and soil, smart materi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	GuhaRay, Anasua
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, MA : Woodhead Publishing, 2024.
Series:	Woodhead Publishing series in civil and structural engineering.
Subjects:	Civil engineering. Materials. Sustainable engineering. Matériaux. Ingénierie durable. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Front Cover
Green Materials in Civil Engineering
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
List of contributors
Preface
1 A model to predict water retention characteristic curve of fly ash
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Previous studies on water retention characteristic curve of fly ash
1.3 Objectives of the present study
1.4 Experimental program
1.5 Measurement of suction
1.6 Results and discussion
1.6.1 Water retention characteristic curves of fly ash
1.6.2 Regression models for water retention characteristic curve of fly ash
1.7 Validation with published study
1.8 Conclusion
Acknowledgments
References
2 Experimental study of the parameter for predicting the strength of geopolymer concretes based on ground granulated blast ...
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Experimental program
2.2.1 Materials used
2.2.2 Mix proportions
2.3 Cast and curing of geopolymer concrete specimens
2.3.1 Testing procedure for compressive strength test
2.3.1.1 Compressive strength of geopolymer concrete
2.3.2 Flexural strength or modulus of rupture (tensile strength in bending) of geopolymer concrete
2.4 Test results and discussions
2.4.1 Effect of molarity (M)/concentration of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution
2.4.1.1 On the compressive strength of geopolymer concrete
2.4.1.2 On the flexural strength of geopolymer concrete
2.4.2 Effect of the alkaline activator to binder ratio (A/B)
2.4.2.1 On the compressive strength of geopolymer concrete
2.4.2.2 On the flexural strength of geopolymer concrete
2.4.3 Effect of ground granulated blast furnace slag to fly ash ratio (G/F)
2.4.3.1 On the compressive strength of geopolymer concrete
2.4.3.2 On the flexural strength of geopolymer concrete
2.4.4 Validation of binder index
2.5 Conclusion
References.
3 Mitigating the environmental impacts of conventional concrete-a quantitative sustainable concrete approach
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Autodesk Revit
3.2.1 Tally
3.2.2 Life cycle assessment
3.3 Literature review
3.3.1 Life cycle assessment integrated building information modeling software
3.4 Methodology
3.5 Case study
3.5.1 System boundaries
3.5.2 Functional unit
3.5.3 Life cycle inventory
3.6 Results and discussion
3.7 Conclusion
References
4 Consistency, setting, and strength properties of fly ash and slag based geopolymer mortar activated with water glass
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Materials used
4.3 Experimental program
4.3.1 Consistency of geopolymer paste
4.3.2 Setting time
4.3.3 Compressive strength of mortar
4.4 Results and discussion
4.4.1 Consistency of geopolymer paste
4.4.2 Setting time geopolymer past
4.4.3 Variation of compressive strength of geopolymer mortar for different water-to-water glass ratios
4.5 Conclusion
References
5 Developing flyash and slagbased high-strength geopolymer concrete
5.1 Introduction
5.1.1 The objective of the study
5.1.2 Scope of work
5.1.3 Literature study
5.1.3.1 Geopolymerization
5.1.3.2 Raw materials for geopolymer concrete
5.1.3.3 Factors influencing geopolymer concrete properties
5.2 Experimental program
5.2.1 Materials
5.2.1.1 Coarse and fine aggregates
5.2.1.2 Fly ash and GGBS
5.2.1.3 Alkaline liquid (Na2SiO3)
5.2.1.4 Alkaline solid (NaOH)
5.2.2 Mix design
5.2.2.1 Geopolymer concrete mix design
5.2.2.2 Chemical composition of geopolymer concrete as per mix design
5.2.2.3 Observations for geopolymer concrete pilot mix revised trial-1
5.2.2.4 Mean compressive strength results for all mix trials
5.3 Conclusion
Abbreviations
References.
6 Interfacial direct shear behavior of aluminum slag and uniaxial geogrids
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Materials used
6.2.1 Aluminum slag
6.2.2 Geogrid
6.3 Experimental program
6.4 Results and discussion
6.4.1 Basic characteristics of aluminum slag
6.4.2 Direct shear testing
6.4.3 Interface direct shear testing
6.5 Conclusion
References
7 Fly ash-granulated blast furnace slag: better replacement materials for subbase flexible pavement construction
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Properties of materials
7.2.1 Fly ash and granulated blast furnace slag
7.2.2 Marine clay
7.2.3 Reinforcement
7.2.4 Chemical properties of the materials
7.3 Methodology
7.3.1 Laboratory experimentation
7.4 Model pavement
7.5 Sample preparation of model pavement
7.5.1 Subgrade
7.5.2 Subbase layer
7.5.3 Experimental procedure
7.6 Results and discussion
7.7 Summary and conclusions
References
8 High performance concrete using fly ash
8.1 Introduction
8.1.1 Applications of high performance concrete
8.1.2 Advantages of high performance concrete
8.2 Mix design of high performance concrete
8.3 High performance green concrete
8.3.1 Cement and supplementary cementitious materials
8.3.1.1 Cement
8.3.1.2 Fly ash
8.3.1.3 Silica fume
8.3.1.4 Aggregates
8.3.1.5 Fine aggregate
8.3.1.6 Coarse aggregate
8.4 Role of superplasticizer in high performance green concrete
8.5 Mix proportion
8.6 Strength development
8.7 Transporting and placing of high performance green concrete
8.8 Curing of high performance green concrete
8.9 Conclusion
References
9 Engineering green concrete for sustainable infrastructure
9.1 Introduction
9.1.1 Concrete and green concrete
9.1.2 Proportioning
9.1.3 Key ingredients
9.1.4 Other ingredients
9.1.5 Hydration.
9.1.6 Aggregates
9.1.7 Fine aggregates
9.1.8 Coarse aggregates
9.1.9 Reinforcing bars
9.2 Engineering green concrete strategies for sustainability
9.2.1 Materials replacing cement
9.2.1.1 Fly ash
Durability properties of fly ash concrete
High volume fly ash concrete
9.2.1.2 Ground granulated blast furnace slag
9.2.1.3 Silica fume
9.2.2 Materials replacing aggregate
9.2.3 Materials replacing cement and aggregates
9.2.4 Materials forming ternary systems for concrete
9.3 Engineered concretes
9.3.1 High-performance concrete
9.3.2 Ultrahigh-performance concrete (Ambily et al., 2015
Iyer et al., 2013
Prem et al., 2012)
9.3.2.1 Ultrahigh-performance concrete constituents
9.3.2.2 Physical and chemical properties of copper slag
9.3.2.3 Chemical composition of copper slag
9.3.2.4 Optimization of granular materials
9.3.2.5 Mix composition
9.3.2.6 Optimized mix
9.3.3 Mixing of ultrahigh-performance concrete
9.3.3.1 Preparation of trial mixes
9.3.3.2 Casting of ultrahigh-performance concrete specimens
Trial mix
Optimized mix
9.3.3.3 Specimen preparation
9.3.3.4 Curing regime
9.3.3.5 Tests on ultrahigh-performance concrete
Compressive strength test
Flexural strength test
Fracture energy test
9.3.3.6 Test results
Trial mix results
Optimized mix results
Cube compressive strength
Flexural strength of ultrahigh-performance concrete
Fracture energy of ultrahigh-performance concrete prisms
References
10 Behavior assessment of poor subgrade soil using natural coir geotextile under static and repeated load condition
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Materials used for the study
10.3 Experimental setup
10.4 Results and discussion
10.4.1 California Bearing Ratio test results
10.4.2 Wheel tracking test results
10.5 Conclusion.