Fresh concrete and its significance for sustainability

Autor:	Surendra P. Shah, Raissa Ferron, Jae Hong Kim
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	Cement Materials science media_common.quotation_subject Context (language use) Construction engineering Variety (cybernetics) Properties of concrete Sustainability Ceramics and Composites Formwork Quality (business) Geotechnical engineering Green building Waste Management and Disposal media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials. 1:16-23
ISSN:	2165-0381 2165-0373
DOI:	10.1080/21650373.2012.726821
Popis:	The push for sustainability initiatives in the construction field has been spearheaded by the green building movement. However, cement-based products and concrete are used in a variety of places, and not just buildings. While much effort on the sustainability of cement and concrete industry has been focused on cement production and the hardened state concrete – the fresh state performance and its role in sustainability has often been overlooked. Similar to hardened state concrete properties, understanding the microstructure of the fresh state concrete can provide the direction for tailoring the fresh state properties to improve the quality control, and thus the sustainability of concrete. This paper seeks to provide context for users of cement-based products to understand how the fresh state properties of concrete can be leveraged so that the quality control of concrete can be improved. Concepts such as flocculation, rheology, structural buildup, and formwork pressure will be discussed. The concepts discu...
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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