Fresh and mechanical properties of one part alkali activated self consolidating concrete

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Authors

Dima Kanaan¹ , Ahmed Soliman¹

1. Department of Building , Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University

Conference / event

ACI Concrete Convention - Spring 2021, March 2021 (Virtual)

Poster summary

Recently, a rapidly growing effort was opened by the production of innovative cement free flowable concrete towards decreasing the emissions of GHG to the atmosphere. Alkali activated materials would replace cement based concrete completely and would meet the sustainability criteria directly. The development of AASCC from an increasingly diverse range of waste based precursors and activators has r estricted its popularity, standardization, and production. The present study aimed to design and conduct an experimental program to examine the potential production of one part AASCCs. Also, exploring the effect of the nature, concentration, and combinatio n of various source materials and dry powder activators on AASCC fresh and hardened properties cured under ambient curing conditions.

Keywords

Sustainability, Cement-less, Green concrete, Alkali-activated material, Self-compacted concrete, Durability

Research areas

Civil Engineering, Material Sciences

References

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Funding

1. Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (No. RGPIN 2018 05094)

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Competing interests

No competing interests were disclosed.

Data availability statement

The datasets generated during and / or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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