Sustainable Construction Materials.

Intro -- Sustainable Construction Materials -- Preface, Committees and Sponsors -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1: Materials and Energy -- Mortars with Phase Change Materials: Contribute to Sustainable Construction -- Cool Façades - Thermal Performance Assessment Using Infrared Thermography -- Mortars with Phase Change Materials - Part I: Physical and Mechanical Characterization -- Mortars with Phase Change Materials - Part II: Durability Evaluation -- Water-Resistance of Mortars with Lightweight Aggregates -- Evaluation of High Reflective Products in Flat Roofs Rehabilitation - Experimental Study -- Thermal Performance Characterization of a Modular System for Facade -- Parabolic Solar Collector Coverage Made of High-Performance Concrete with Addition of Active Rice Husk Silica Integrated to a Biomass Thermoelectric Unit -- Chapter 2: Materials and Residues -- Use of Waste Materials in the Production of Concrete -- Waste Management in the Reform and Adequacy of the Maracanã Stadium for the FIFA Football World Cup 2014 -- Durability Performance of Fly Ash Based One-Part Geopolymer Mortars -- Simultaneous Use of Two Catalytic Wastes to Cement in Sustainable Construction Materials -- Evaluating the Pozzolanic Activity of Spent Catalyst Partially Substituting Type II Portland Cement -- Strength, ASR and Chloride Penetration of Mortar with Granite Waste Powder -- Influence of the Crushing Process of Recycled Aggregates on Concrete Properties -- Use of Sugarcane Bagasse for Particleboard Production -- Eco-Efficient Self-Compacting Concrete with Reduced Portland Cement Content and High Volume of Fly Ash and Metakaolin -- Adaptation of Rice Husk Ash for Use as Pozzolanic Material -- Performance of Concrete Made with Recycled Aggregates from Portuguese CDW Recycling Plants.

Monitoring and Evaluation of Industrial Production of Fired-Clay Masonry Bricks with 2.5% of Phosphatization Sludge -- Carbonation Front Progress in Mortars Containing Fly Ash Considering the Presence of Chloride Ions -- Influence of Cellulose Pulp Waste in Plastering Mortar -- Evaluation of the Mechanical and Environmental Behavior of Alkali-Activated Mortars Containing PU/EVA-Based Waste -- Evaluation of Soil, Cement and Construction and Demolition Waste (CDW) Mixtures for Use in Road Pavement Base and Sub-Base Applications -- Mortar Effect of Rice Husk Ash Burning on Fluidized Flow and Sliding Grid -- Study of Timber and Concrete with Rubber Waste Composite Beams Applied to Bridges -- Evaluation of the Influence of PU/EVA Waste-Based Lightweight Aggregates on the Physical Properties of Alkali-Activated Mortars -- Carbonation Resistance of High Volume Fly Ash Concrete -- Stress-Strain Behavior of Mortar Mixtures Containing Construction and Demolition Waste as Fine Aggregate -- Leaching of Chromium in Red Ceramic Monolith by Immersion and Irrigation -- Chapter 3: Natural Materials -- Options for Chemical Modification of Wastes from a Brazilian Hardwood Species and Potential Applications -- Recommendations for the Construction with Adobe Brick Based on Norm NTE E.080:2000 from Peru and the Technique Currently Used in the State of Bahia - Brazil -- Bamboo as Sustainable Material Used in Design and Civil Construction: Species, Management, Characterization and Applications -- Mechanical Properties of Adobe Made with Sugar Cane Bagasse and "Synthetic Termite Saliva" Incorporation -- Ancient Materials and Techniques to Improve the Earthen Building Durability -- Study in Real Conditions and in Laboratory of the Application of Expanded Agglomerated Cork as Exterior Wall Covering -- Buckling of Masts of Bamboos Bundles.

Buckling of Bamboo Masts with Interposed Spacers -- A Study of the Nature of the Shear Strength of Soil-Waste Composites -- Effect of Treatment of Sisal Fiber on Morphology, Mechanical Properties and Fiber-Cement Bond Strength -- Mechanical Behavior of Self-Compacting Soil-Cement-Sisal Fiber Composites -- Earth Construction and Sustainability -- Durability of Natural Fibers for Geotechnical Engineering -- Acoustical Behavior of Hybrid Composite Sandwich Panels -- Chapter 4: Materials and Repair -- Mechanical and Physical Properties of Early Carbonated High Initial Strength Portland Cement Pastes -- Natural Aging in Heat-Treated Medium-Density Fiberboard Panels -- Influence of Test Specimens Shape on Measurements of Electrical Resistivity of Concrete -- Characterization of Parameters to Predict the Structural Behaviour of Geopolymeric Mortar Plates Strengthened with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer -- Results Comparison of Alkali-Reactivity Tests for Same Aggregates, Using a Kinetic Model -- Kinetics Comparison of Alkali-Reactivity Tests for Aggregates -- Effects of Anti-Graffiti Protection on Concrete Durability -- Polymer Composite Materials Modified with Nano-Oxides and Phosphinates Hybrid Flame Retardant Systems -- Use of PET Fibers in Reinforced Concrete Slabs Subjected to Flexure -- Influence of Dimension Stones on the Increase of Radon Gas Levels Indoors -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.

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