High Performance Mortars and Concretes Using Secondary Raw Materials: Self-compacting cementitious systems - Softcover

Rizwan, Syed Ali

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639178785 ISBN 13: 9783639178784

Publisher: VDM Verlag, 2009

Synopsis

ACI defines HPC as the concrete that meets special performance and uniformity requirements that may not always be obtained using conventional ingredients, normalmixing procedures and typical curing practice. These requirements may include enhancement of ease of placement without segregation, long term mechanical properties, early age strength, toughness, volume stability and life in severe environments. Secondary raw materials (SRM) have a very significant role indetermining the overall response of any modern concrete.The SRM¿s that were seclected, included limestone powder, fly-ash, silica fume, amorphous rice husk ash and crystalline RHAP.The study looks into flow strength, microstructure and volume stability of SCCS in terms of linear early shrinkage measurements.It started with the SRM particle characterization. it has been demonstrated that amorphous rice husk ash could be used in place of silica fume , as SRM in modern concrete systems in developing agricultural countries

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About the Author

Prof Rizwan did his B.Sc Civil Engineering from Pakistan and Masters from the University of Surrey, UK and PhD from Germany. He is currently working at National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST) Institute of Civil Engineering (NICE)at Islamabad , Pakistan.He is also a member of ACI Committee 237 (self-Consolidating Concrete).

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639178785
• ISBN 13: 9783639178784
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152