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Enhancing Compressive Strength of Pervious Concrete for Use as Pavement Layer in Urban Roads Aper
South African Drainage and Stormwater Systems in urban roads has been of great concern, more so with recent flash floods in Gauteng and KwaZulu Natal Province in South Africa. Pervious concrete can be used to mitigate these challenges for urban roads. Pervious concrete is a concrete that contains no fines or only a small amount…
Read More Mechanical Characterization of Recycled Aggregates Concrete Based on its Compressive Strength
The construction industry has undergone several changes in recent years linked to new laws and international conventions aimed at protecting the environment and combating pollution. Construction industry alone produces tons of waste annually due to debris produced either during construction or during deconstruction. To combat this, companies are forced to control their debris either by…
Read More Compressive Strength of Cement Mortar blended with Coconut Fibers and Human Hair
Mortar is used all over the world for construction purpose. It consists of cement paste and fine aggregates and admixtures if required are also incorporated to modify some of its properties. In this study coconut fibers and human hair were used as an additive materials in the mortar and its effects on compressive strength of…
Read More In-Plane Shear Behavior of Unreinforced Masonry Walls Strengthened with Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composites
Unreinforced masonry (URM) wall is one of the oldest types of walls used around the world. During earthquakes, URM walls present a real danger to life safety due to their behavior characterized by a brittle failure caused by their feeble shear resistance to in-plane loads, which make their strengthening necessary. Numerous studies had been used…
Read More Characterization of Gum Arabic in Concrete Mix Design
The present work focuses on the effect of adding gum Arabic on the setting time of cement pastes, workability, and compressive strength of concrete. For workability and compressive strength liquid gum Arabic was added to concrete mixes at ratios of 0.0% (control mix), 0.3%, 0.5%, 0.7% of the weight of cement. In addition, from 0.1%…
Read More Low Carbon Sustainable Building Material: Maximizing Slag Potentials for Improved Lime Mortar Mechanical Properties
Prior to the 19th century discovery of Portland Cement (PC), Lime Based Mortar remained popular due to its flexibility, permeability and more importantly, associated low carbon emissions. However, lime’s characteristic delayed setting/hardening time, low mechanical strength, poor internal cohesion and some volumetric changes have overshadowed significance of its outstanding features particularly, flexibility, and consequently put…
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