Construction Materials and Structures : Proceedings of the First International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures.

Title Page -- Preface -- ICCMATS 2014 Committees -- Contents -- Keynote papers -- Achieving concrete durability for specified service-life in chloride exposures -- Nanoparticle modified concrete materials: opportunities, challenges and prosperities -- Low-damage earthquake-resistant structures achieved through movability and ductility -- Severe plastic deformation as a new processing for enhancing the performance of metallic components -- Optimizing coefficient of thermal expansion of concrete and its importance on concrete structures -- Superabsorbent polymers in cementitious composites with fly ash cements - selected aspects -- Steel hysteretic damper featuring displacement dependent hardening for seismic protection of structures -- Failure of structure in East Africa with focus on the causes of failures in the construction phase -- Design and properties of ultra-high performance concrete -- Green road construction using discarded materials: a holistic overview from the Middle East -- 1. Materials and characterization -- Cementitious materials and concrete -- Structural and mechanical characterization of high alumina additivated cement based on high refractory mineralogical compounds -- Investigation on the suitability of borrow pit sand as fine aggregate for structural concrete -- Concreting method that produces sustainable concrete -- Reuse of non-metallic residues from aluminium recycling industry in production of porous building materials -- Study of properties of steel fiber reinforced concrete for possible applications in Pakistan -- Blended cement utilizing ceramic wall tiles waste -- Estimation of concrete properties at early age by thermal stress device -- Effects of recycled aggregates on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete -- An examination of natural pozzolans in Uganda for low-strength construction applications.

Mechanical properties and microscopic structure of cement based materials with very low water-cement ratio -- Experimental research on mechanical properties of engineered cementitious composites -- Study on drying shrinkage cracking characteristics of steel chip reinforced polymer cementitious composite -- The effect of steel and polypropylene fibres in the mechanical properties of structural lightweight concrete -- Utilization of ceramic wastes as replacement of portland cements -- Rheology of portland cement pastes with siliceous mineral additions -- Cement calorimetry with different condition of calcium sulfate and water reducer admixture -- Foam concrete landfill use in landslide hazardous area in West Sirnak Road -- Pozzolans as a binder for affordable building materials in Uganda -- Effect of temperature on rheological performances of fresh SCC mixture -- Assessing the effect of procurement source of scoria rocks on the pozzolanic properties of the cementitious system -- Potential South African standard sand for cement mortar testing and research -- A study of thermal conductivity of wood ash blended cement mortar -- Behavior of high-volume fly ash concrete in mass concrete applications -- Microstructure and durability characteristics of self-curing concrete -- Palm Kernel Incinerated Ash as low cost concrete component -- Ultrasonic pulse velocity used to predict the compressive strength of structural sand lightweight concrete -- Influence of different grinding types on granulometry of recycled glass -- Material properties of bottom ash and welding slag as fine aggregates in concrete -- The use of waste materials for the production of an hydraulic mortar based on slacked lime -- Effects of polycarboxylate-based superplasticizer on rheological and mechanical properties of concrete.

Influence of a new viscosity modifying admixture on the performance of different superplasticizers -- Effect of microfines mineral admixtures on rheology of blended cement paste -- Research on a novel technology of FRP bonded to concrete substrate without adhesive -- Fundamentals of plastic settlement cracking in concrete -- Initial study to determine the tensile material properties of fresh concrete -- Blended cements based on C&amp -- DW: its influence in the pozzolanicity -- Use of crushed brick aggregate in structural concrete: properties and performance -- Study of particle packing in self-consolidating mortar systems -- Nearly 20 years of the EN 197 cement standards in South Africa -- An investigation into the use of Piliostigma Thonningii Pod Ash as an admixture in mortar -- Material selection and mix design of radiation shielding concrete -- A new structural sand lightweight concrete mix design -- Effect of partial replacement of sand in concrete with steel-file particles -- Mechanical properties of green concrete with Palm Nut Shell as low cost aggregate -- New proposed direct tensile strength test for concrete -- The effect of different PPC binders, partially replaced by fly ash properties, on self-compacting concrete -- Lowering the embodied CO2 by using fly ash concrete internally cured with recycled ceramic tile aggregates -- Geopolymers and polymers -- Polyfurfuryl alcohol - a waste from sugarcane bagasse as a construction material -- Geopolymer concrete: a practical approach -- Development of geopolymer mortar using palm oil fuel ash-blast furnace slag-fly ash-as binders -- The development of sustainable geopolymer mortar from fly ash-palm oil fuel ash based binder and manufactured sand -- Cementless concrete using ceramic waste powder -- Engineering properties of Class-F fly ash-based geopolymer concrete.

Engineering properties of slag-based geopolymer concrete -- Steel-slag and activators ratio impacts on the shrinkage of alkaline activated ultrafine palm oil ash-steel slag paste/mortar -- Use of self-compacting geopolymer concrete in a precast environment - a case study -- EVA/intumescent agent flame retardant composite materials using organic/inorganic hybrid filler -- Evolution in physical modeling of structural built-up in polymer concrete and in polymer-cement concrete -- Natural fibre reinforced polymer-concrete composite for future bridge structures in earthquake regions -- Bituminous materials and pavements -- Road conditions and engineering performance of subgrade soils in part of South-Western Nigeria -- The application of polymer coated aggregates in flexible pavement -- Use of waste plastics and scrap rubber tyre in the wearing course of a bituminous pavement -- Influence of curing time and compaction on black cotton soil stabilized with fly ash, ground-granulated blast furnace slag and lime -- Analysis of coarse aggregate microtexture in polishing process -- Response modelling of recycled concrete and masonry in pavements -- The effects of residual moisture on asphalt concrete strength -- Effect of different additives on fatigue behavior of asphalt mixtures -- Characterization of lateritic soils/gravels for their suitability as a pavement material - a review -- Proposing a realistic frequency for fatigue tests using Artificial Neural Network -- Polymer modified bitumen asphalt, a proposed solution for UAE pavement deterioration -- Investigating the packing condition of porous asphalt mixture using Discrete Element Method -- Comparison of in-situ and lab-measured void contents for a bituminous pavement of a carriageway -- Brick and block masonry -- Flexural strength of low density blockwork.

Properties of conventional cement and thin layer mortars -- Improving physical properties of red clay from Morapalala Village, Limpopo Province -- Physical, chemical and pozzolanic properties of bricks of X-X zone of Karacahisar castle, Turkey -- Cement stabilization of laterite-quarry dust mixture for interlocking brick production -- Effect of wetting and air curing durations on strength of stabilized sands -- Material science and nanotechnology -- Phase transitions and microstructural characterization of martensite in copper based shape memory alloys -- Using carbon nanotubes in self-compacting paste systems -- Influence of the characteristic of input materials on formation and properties of sintered fly ash body -- Thin spray rock liners with different concentrations of nanoclays -- Effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on strength and interfacial transition zone of concrete -- Molecular dynamics research of triple junctions structure of tilt and mixed-type grain boundaries in nickel -- Analysis of elongation variance of tendons using stress-strain graphs -- Limits of elongation variation of tendons in post-tensioning -- 2. Durability of construction materials -- Performance of corrosion inhibiting admixtures in a marine environment -- Effect of superplasticizers on concrete durability indexes -- Effects of sulphuric acid on the compressive strength of blended cement-cassava peel ash concrete -- Properties of self-consolidating concrete containing limestone filler -- Evaluation of sulphate attack on concrete incorporating high volume palm oil fuel ash -- Sulphate corrosion behaviour of high volume slag concrete -- Sulphate resistance of concrete made with moderately high alumina slag -- Simple criteria for evaluating sulphate attack in concrete.

Comparison of moisture equilibrium of cement-based materials in presence of slag and silica fume in different wetting and drying cycles.

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