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The Path to Green Concrete

  • 1st Edition - June 4, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Jorge de Brito, Francisco Agrela, Rui Vasco Silva
  • Language: English

The Path to Green Concrete will enlighten the scientific community on recent developments in this field. Within this volume, world-renowned experts summarize recent research… Read more

Description

The Path to Green Concrete will enlighten the scientific community on recent developments in this field. Within this volume, world-renowned experts summarize recent research findings covering key topics such as: alkali-activated materials using aluminosilicate waste precursors; use of novel cost-effective and eco-efficient supplementary cementitious materials; state of the art characterization techniques and assessment methodologies; advances on the use of biomass ashes, steel slags and waste glass; the role of carbon capture in the production of concrete and mortar; development of eco-efficient composites for specialized applications; recycling of the fine fraction of construction and demolition wastes; and sustainable self-healing concrete.

This book will be a valuable reference resource for academic and industrial researchers, civil and structural engineers, manufacturers, and other construction professionals working in the development of sustainable construction materials.

Key features

  • Presents recent developments on eco-efficient cementitious composites
  • Places an emphasis on complete replacement of cement, with the use of alkali-activated materials
  • Includes novel enhancing techniques, along with 3D printing and characterization methods

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers working in sustainable construction materials, civil and structural engineers, manufacturers, and other construction professionals, Postgraduate students in materials science and engineering

Table of contents

Section 1 - Developments on green supplementary cementitious materials

1. Reactive magnesia
Miguel Bravo and Bruna A. Silva

2. Stainless Steel Slag
Francisco Agrela Sainz and Julia Rosales

3. Alkali activation of slag
Francisca Puertas

4. New and More Sustainable Paths for the Development of Alkali Activated Cements
Nuno Cristelo, Jhonathan Rivera and Inés Garcia-Lodeiro

5. Alkali-activated aluminosilicate industrial wastes as alternative binders in precast paving blocks
Rui Vasco Silva

6. Granulation of incinerated municipal solid waste bottom ash with one-part alkali activation technology
Priyadharshini Perumal, Suman kumar Adhikary and Mirja Illikainen
Section 2 - Construction, demolition and industrial wastes as aggregates in cementitious composites

7. 3D printing concrete with by-products
Belén Gonzalez-Fonteboa

8. Steel slag aggregate in concrete
Flora Faleschini, Mariano Angelo Zanini and Daniel Trento

9. Microtomography of eco-efficient concrete
Carlos Thomas

10. Mining waste as aggregate for concrete
Lina M. Trujillo López, Jesús Suárez-González, Carlos López-Colina, Ismael García, Miguel Serrano and Fernando Lopez Gayarre
Section 3 - Advances on eco-efficient concrete

11. Ultra-high-performance concrete
Caijun Shi and Xuanhan Zhang

12. Self-healing concrete
Gurkan Yildirim and Behlul Furkan Ozel

13. Cellular concrete
Maria Victoria Borrachero Sr.

14. Graphene in eco-efficient concrete
Manuel Cruz

15. Nanoindentation of concrete with sustainable supplementary cementitious materials
Wengui Li, Zhiyu Luo, Yipu Guo, Xuqun Lin, Xiaonan Wang, Hanbing Zhao and Xuanrui Zhang

16. Pervious concrete with alternative materials
Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri and Avishreshth Singh

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 6, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Jorge de Brito

Jorge de Brito is a Full Professor of Civil Engineering at Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, and a senior researcher at CERIS: Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability. He obtained his Civil Engineering degree in 1982, a Master’s in Structural Engineering in 1987, and a PhD in Civil Engineering in 1993, all from IST. His research focuses on sustainable construction and eco-efficient materials, particularly the use of recycled aggregates in concrete and mortars, as well as life-cycle assessment, service life prediction, and infrastructure management systems. He has also contributed extensively to construction technology and building pathology research. De Brito is a highly prolific author with hundreds of publications and significant international recognition, and he has supervised numerous postgraduate theses while contributing to major research initiatives in sustainable Civil Engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

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Francisco Agrela

Francisco Agrela is a Full Professor of Civil and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Cordoba, Spain, where he also obtained his PhD in 2003. He is a prolific author of research papers, book chapters, and conferences proceedings. In the last ten years, he has participated as Principal Investigator in more than 40 R+D+i projects related to real-scale applications of waste management and recycled materials. He collaborates with several Elsevier journals as a reviewer, notably Construction and Building Materials, Waste Management, Materials and Design, Resources, Conservation and Recycling, etc., and he is also on the Editorial Board of Materials (MDPI).

Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, Dept. of Rural Engineering (Construction Eng. Area), Universidad de Córdoba, Cordoba, Spain

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Rui Vasco Silva

Rui Vasco Silva is an Assistant Researcher at CERIS: Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, and an Invited Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Georesources. He obtained his MSc in Civil Engineering in 2012 and completed his PhD in 2015 at IST, where his doctoral work focused on the use of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste in structural concrete. His research centres on sustainable construction materials, including recycled aggregates, alkali-activated binders, supplementary cementitious materials, and innovative low-carbon technologies such as CO₂ curing. Silva has authored extensively in leading journals and actively contributes to international research projects in sustainable civil engineering.
Affiliations and expertise
Civil Engineering Research and Innovation for Sustainability (CERIS), Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

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