Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt
@JournalArticle {2943, title = {Eco-concrete with incorporation of blast furnace slag as natural aggregates replacement}, journal = {Science and Technology of Materials}, volume = {30}, year = {2018}, month = {2018-12-01 00:00:00}, pages = {144-150}, publisher = {Elsevier}, abstract = {This study focused on studying the possibility of using concrete with incorporation of slag from blast furnace in the filling of short steel columns. The natural sand was totally or partially replaced by the sand slag in the composition of the concrete. The characterization of these concretes was made based on their physical properties (apparent and specific densities, porosity and fineness modulus), mechanical properties (compressive and tensile strengths) and the microstructure analysis by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The comparison with the conventional concrete was made. The experimental results show that the percentages of sand slag on the concrete composition have an important effect on the enhancement of the mechanical proprieties. The comparison of the different determined characteristics shows the benefits of the use of sand slag in the concrete composition compared with the conventional concrete.
}, keywords = {Concrete, Mechanical performance., Microstructure, Physical performance, Slag filler}, issn = {2603-6363}, doi = {10.1016/j.stmat.2017.12.001}, author = {Senani, M. and Ferhoune, N. and Guettala, A. and Aguiar, J. B.} }
The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.
Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more
Centro de Território, Ambiente e Construção
Escola de Engenharia da Universidade do Minho
Campus de Azurém
4800-058 Guimarães, Portugal
Phone: + 351 253 510 200 (517 206)
Fax: + 351 253 510 217
Email: geral@ctac.uminho.pt