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Fibre-Reinforced Foamed Concretes: A Review Open
Foamed concrete (FC) is a high-quality building material with densities from 300 to 1850 kg/m3, which can have potential use in civil engineering, both as insulation from heat and sound, and for load-bearing structures. However, due to the…
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Foam Concrete: A State‐of‐the‐Art and State‐of‐the‐Practice Review Open
Foam concrete (FC) has the potential of being an alternative to ordinary concrete, as it reduces dead loads on the structure and foundation, contributes to energy conservation, and lowers the cost of production and labor cost during the co…
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Relation between Density and Compressive Strength of Foamed Concrete Open
This study aims to obtain the relationship between density and compressive strength of foamed concrete. Foamed concrete is a preferred building material due to the low density of its concrete. In foamed concrete, the compressive strength r…
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Mechanical Characterization of Lightweight Foamed Concrete Open
Foamed concrete shows excellent physical characteristics such as low self weight, relatively high strength and superb thermal and acoustic insulation properties. It allows for minimal consumption of aggregate, and by replacement of a part …
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Effect of Water-Cement Ratio on Pore Structure and Strength of Foam Concrete Open
Foam concrete with different dry densities (400, 500, 600, 700, and 800 kg/m 3 ) was prepared from ordinary Portland cement (P.O.42.5R) and vegetable protein foaming agent by adjusting the water-cement ratio through the physical foaming me…
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The Pore Characteristics of Geopolymer Foam Concrete and Their Impact on the Compressive Strength and Modulus Open
The pore characteristics of GFCs manufactured in the laboratory with 0-16% foam additions were examined using image analysis (IA) and vacuum water saturation techniques. The pore size distribution, pore shape and porosity were obtained. Th…
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A Detailed Review on Foam Concrete Composites: Ingredients, Properties, and Microstructure Open
With the development of new cement-based raw materials, foaming agents and fillers used for special applications of foam concrete, the use of foam concretes has become widespread. Foam concrete is a type of concrete that stands out with it…
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Material Design and Performance Evaluation of Foam Concrete for Digital Fabrication Open
Three-dimensional (3D) printing with foam concrete, which is known for its distinct physical and mechanical properties, has not yet been purposefully investigated. The article at hand presents a methodological approach for the mixture desi…
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Foam Concrete as New Material in Road Constructions Open
The article presents the possibilities of using lightweight concrete - foam concrete in road construction. Principles of sustainable development create the need to develop new building materials. Foam concrete is a type of lightweight conc…
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Influence of fine inclusions on the morphology and mechanical performance of lightweight foam concrete Open
Lightweight foam concrete is a cementitious cellular solid with a series of functional properties. Its non-structural applications potentially permit a high-volume inclusion of particles (e.g., recycled fines). However, the particle inclus…
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Comparative study on the performance of protein and synthetic-based foaming agents used in foamed concrete Open
Foamed concrete is a composite material with a density that is significantly lower than standard concrete. The property of being lightweight is due to tiny air voids produced by the addition of foaming agents in cement paste. The purpose o…
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Preparation and Characterization of Ultra-Lightweight Foamed Concrete Incorporating Lightweight Aggregates Open
Increasing interest is nowadays being paid to improving the thermal insulation of buildings in order to save energy and reduce ecological problems. Foamed concrete has unique characteristics and considerable potential as a promising materi…
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Improving the compressive performance of foam concrete with ceramsite: Experimental and meso-scale numerical investigation Open
As a new composite material by adding ceramsite into foam concrete, lightweight aggregate foam concrete (LWAFC), mainly composed of cement, water, performed foam, and ceramsite, exhibits excellent compressive performance. To facilitate its…
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A Review on Durability of Foam Concrete Open
Foam concrete is a promising material in building and construction applications, providing such outstanding properties as high specific strength, excellent thermal insulation, and effective acoustic absorption in human-inhabited buildings.…
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Properties of PCM-based composites developed for the exterior finishes of building walls Open
Phase change materials (PCM) are widely known for their high thermal storage capabilities. They are generally utilized to increase the thermal mass of buildings’ lightweight materials, which improves their thermal performance and reduces t…
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Laboratory Tests of Foam Concrete Slabs Reinforced with Composite Grid Open
Nowadays foam concrete is commonly used as replacement of compacted soil to fill excavations, underground channels. There are also attempts to structural use of this material; among the examples are precast walls and slab foundations. The …
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Natural Fiber-Stabilized Geopolymer Foams—A Review Open
The development of sustainable, environmentally friendly insulation materials with a reduced carbon footprint is attracting increased interest. One alternative to conventional insulation materials are foamed geopolymers. Similar to foamed …
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Applications of Foamed Lightweight Concrete Open
Application of foamed concrete is increasing at present due to high demand on foamed concrete structures with good mechanical and physical properties. This paper discusses on the use of basic raw materials, their characteristics, productio…
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Effect of Foaming Agent, Binder and Density on the Compressive Strength and Thermal Conductivity of Ultra-Light Foam Concrete Open
The study is focused on ultra-light foam concrete (FC) aimed as a thermal insulation material. Two important properties of such material were investigated: compressive strength and thermal conductivity. In the conducted tests, the influenc…
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Evaluation and optimisation of foam concrete containing ground calcium carbonate and glass fibre (experimental and modelling study) Open
Foam concretes (FCs) have stronger matrix structure than lightweight concretes. The porosity of foam and lightweight concretes reduces as the density of the material increases. In addition, the porosity of lightweight concrete is highly af…
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Effect of Polypropylene Fibres on the Thermal Conductivity of Lightweight Foamed Concrete Open
With the reduction in the permanent load on the structure and excellent insulation properties, the lightweight foamed concrete is a potential thermal insulating building material to counter the urban heat island effect, which increases the…
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Preparation and Properties of Foam Concrete Incorporating Fly Ash Open
Foam concrete is fire resistant and durable and has broad applicability as a building insulation material. However, cement has high energy consumption and causes pollution, necessitating an environment-friendly cementitious material to rep…
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A Method of Obtaining Geonoiseprotective Foam Concrete for Use on Railway Transport Open
The article presents the method of production of foam concrete, as a geonoiseprotective material. Its ability to absorb acoustic energy due to porous structure, composition and thickness of foam films is taken into account. Besides that th…
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Behaviour of Foam Concrete under Impact Loading Based on SHPB Experiments Open
This paper presents an innovative method for using foam concrete as a typical building material for soft structures in underground coal mines subjected to dynamic loading. To understand the behaviour of foam concrete under impact loading, …
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Potential of Hollow Glass Microsphere as Cement Replacement for Lightweight Foam Concrete on Thermal Insulation Performance Open
Global warming can be defined as a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth’s atmosphere. A lot of research work has been carried out to reduce that heat inside the residence such as the used of low density products which c…
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Effect of CNT on Microstructure and Minearological Composition of Lightweight Concrete with Granulated Foam Glass Open
Light weight concrete is more and more popular material in modern building construction. Foamed concrete (FC) is the most prospective kind of light weight concrete. The most effective solution for achieving low density, law water absorptio…
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Porous structure optimisation of flash-calcined metakaolin/fly ash geopolymer foam concrete Open
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Possibilities of Lightweight High Strength Concrete Production from Sintered Fly Ash Aggregate Open
Heat power plants based on coal combustion are produced fly ash as a by-product. Fly ash is not only a by-product. It is due to its pozzolanic activity very useable as a fine additive to concrete in the building industry. It has not only e…
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Investigation of the effect of silica fume and synthetic foam additive on cell structure in ultra-low density foam concrete Open
In this study, the properties of ultra-low density foam concrete with silica fume substitute and synthetic foam additive were investigated. Two different references and silica fume substituted foam concretes with densities of 220 and 200 k…
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CFRP Reinforced Foam Concrete Subjected to Dynamic Compression at Medium Strain Rate Open
Carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP)-confined foam concrete can be applied in structure protection, e.g., as an impact barrier of bridge piers, in which it is used as the core of the composite impact barrier. Applying CFRP to the foam co…