:Publish Year:2019J. R. Cáceres, J. P. Rojas, J. Sánchez · Replacing conventional fine aggregates with spent mushroom substrate (SMS) is aimed at developing a sustainable lightweight masonry mortar.
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· To help regulate moisture levels, water from saturated ESCS lightweight aggregate desorbs evenly throughout the concrete mix. In a study conducted by Wei and Hansen (2008), internally cured
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· The lightweight sustainable construction composites prepared with the waste materials are enormously utilized for the construction activities. The geopolymer concrete (GPC) has emerged as the sustainable construction composite and holds potential to get modified as the lightweight composite. To confirm the sustainability attributes and
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· The lightweight aggregate materials were prepared by mixing WTS with 7.5%, 15.0%, or 22.5% of industrial sludge as a secondary ingredient. The chemical composition analyses revealed that the
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The concrete has a minimum 28-day compressive strength of 17 MPa (2500 psi), an equilibrium density between 1120 and 1920 kg/m3 (70 and 120 lb/ft3), and consists. entirely of lightweight aggregate or a combination of lightweight and normal weight aggregate. A brief comparison between typical properties of lightweight and normal weight concrete
· In Figure 5, “lightweight aggregate 1” could for instance represent an expanded clay with ρ s ~ 350 kg/m 3 and “lightweight aggregate 2” an expanded clay with ρ s ~ 600 kg/m 3. Since the lightweight aggregates contribute increasingly less to the load transfer above the limit strength, the matrix strength must be drastically enhanced to
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· Lightweight aggregate concrete is a material with very low density and good thermal insulation, and several types of lightweight aggregates have been used for lightweight concrete. Since the characteristics of lightweight aggregates strongly affect the properties of lightweight concrete, a proper consideration for the use of lightweight
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Optimum conditions for unit processing of artificial lightweight
preheating, calcination and sintering process for optimal bloating of artificial lightweight aggregates. Each process was divided into the room temperature ranges of up to 300 °C,
A Study on Properties of Lightweight Aggregates Produced from
Most researchers have concluded that pumice can be used to produce semi-structural grade lightweight concrete [2] Compressive strength (28 days) up to 55MPa was achieved incorporating Turkish pumice aggregates [3]. Besides, the effectiveness of pumice lightweight aggregates concrete has been shown for structural wall panels [2].
Expanded glass lightweight aggregates are obtained from recycled material and are a type of lightweight aggregate that is composed primarily of recycled glass. It has a highly frictional surface, high permeability, and is extremely light in weight, making it useful for backfill and structural concrete aggregate applications.
The Need for Standardization of Aggregates for Concrete
ScholarWorks at WMU · Sustainable supply of aggregate mix goes beyond the need to ensure a secure supply of aggregates to the economy by adding the requirement that the selected blend of natural aggregates, quarry by
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Expanded clay aggregate-Wikipedia
Lightweight expanded clay aggregate ( LECA) or expanded clay ( exclay) is a lightweight aggregate made by heating clay to around 1,200 °C (2,190 °F) in a rotary kiln. The heating process causes gases trapped in the clay to expand, forming thousands of small bubbles and giving the material a porous structure. LECA has an approximately round or
HANDLING OF AGGREGATES IN THE ETHIOPIAN CONSTRUCTION
The specific heat of aggregate is a measure of its heat capacity whereas the thermal conductivity is the ability of the aggregate to conduct heat. These properties of the
· Lightweight aggregates are a type of aggregates that are not used in construction commonly. These types of aggregates are typically made from natural materials such as pumice, scoria, and
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· Several researchers have investigated the behaviour of lightweight aggregate concrete with respect to its fresh and hardened densities and mechanical properties. Most recently, in a study by Kanavaris et al. [] the development of lightweight aggregate concrete mixes with lower embodied carbon dioxide emissions suitable for
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· The unit weight results as shown in Figure 4a and Figure 4b for the cement-metakaolin blended concrete for all the percentages of replacement were within the range of 2521.5-2266.5 Kg/m 3
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UL-FGA — AeroAggregates of North America, LLC
UL-FGA — AeroAggregates of North America, LLC. UL-FGA are ultra-lightweight aggregates produced from 100% post-consumer recycled glass. The aggregates have a highly frictional surface and combined with a low unit weight, inertness, high permeability, and insulating properties, foamed glass aggregate is ideal as a lightweight backfill. The
· Journal of Civil Engineering Research 2015, 5(4): 75-82 DOI: 10.5923/j.jce.20150504.01 Investigation on the Suitability of Pumice and Scoria Aggregates in Ribbed-Slab Construction Melese Yohannes Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Abstract This paper presents the use of Ethiopian pumice and scoria
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APPLICATION OF PUMICE AGGREGATE IN STRUCTURAL LIGHTWEIGHT
To assess the effects of cement content on the properties of lightweight concretes, the mixtures are made by three cement contents of 500, 420 and 350 kg/m3. For the mixes, slumps were nearly 50±
Influence of Lightweight Aggregates and Supplementary Cementitious Materials on the Properties of Lightweight Aggregate
Low density, fire resistance and good thermal insulation properties of lightweight aggregate concrete (LWAC) have drawn the attention of engineers and researchers for its widespread application. However, the LWAC still found limited application in the construction industry. For conventional application of LWAC, knowledge of different attributes of its
· Ethiopian Standards, Cement and Cement Products, 1990. This paper presents the use of Ethiopian pumice and scoria aggregates for lightweight concrete in ribbed slab construction.
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Lightweight Aggregate Soil Mechanics: Properties and Applications
High thermal resistance results from porosity developed during the production process. Physical properties of structural grade lightweight aggregate and geotechnical engineering properties of lightweight aggregate backfills are illustrated, along with references to extensive testing programs that developed data on shear strength, compressibility,
· Alkali-activated lightweight aggregates (LWAs) made of alkali-activated aluminosilicate-rich mine tailings (MTs) offer a promising alternative to natural lightweight aggregates.
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Lightweight Aggregate Concrete-Properties, Uses and Weight
Weight. 20- 115 pounds per cubic foot. 130- 150 pounds per cubic foot. Compressive Strength. 7000+ psi. 8000 psi. Modulus of Elasticity. 65,000 psi for the ultra light weights to 3 million psi for the medium lightweight concretes. 2 -
· Barbosa et al. [Barbosa, Beaucour, Farage et al. (2011)] proposed an image processing-based technique for evaluating the uniformity of aggregate distribution in lightweight concrete.
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· Series I mixes were designed to study the effect of the replacement of coarse gravel aggregate by coarse pumice aggregate (0%, 50%, 75% and 100% by volume), types of cement (ASTM type I cement and PVPC), the variable aggregate-to-binder ratio (A/B) and types of fine aggregate (sand and pumice aggregate) on fresh,
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Lightweight Concrete Mix- Types, Preparation, Merit, And
Lightweight concrete mix. They can decrease dead load up to 20% – 80% depending on their types and components used within them with alteration in strength. Moreover, even they have low structural strength; their strength is still higher than the masonry elements like a brick. The air is an excellent insulating agent.
Improving The Performance of Hollow Concrete Block Through the Use of Alternative Aggregate: The case of Adama Town Ethiopia.
Lemma Beressa, Battula Vijaya Saradhi 843 Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry (TOJQI) Volume 12, Issue 4, June 2021:843-849 Research Article Improving The Performance of Hollow Concrete Block Through the Use of
:Publish Year:20198/17/2019 7:57:25 AM · Objective. Researches have been conducted worldwide on a large number of natural and artificial lightweight aggregates to manufacture mortar and concrete.
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