Sustainable Materials in Civil Infrastructure

Thainswemong Choudhury, Raviteja KVNS, Lakhveer Singh, Elisa Bertolesi, Thainswemong Choudhury, Raviteja KVNS, Lakhveer Singh, Elisa Bertolesi

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2024
• Print ISBN:
  9780443161421
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443161438
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Sustainable Materials in Civil Infrastructure covers the latest breakthroughs in innovative eco-materials and poses solutions for resilient and sustainable infrastructure. The book provides valuable insights into innovative research studies on eco-materials used for construction applications, which will provide researchers with a useful reference guide on recycled steel, low-carbon concrete, bio-concrete, self-healing concrete, and industrial by-products such as fly ash, natural geosynthetic fibres, and shape memory alloys for infrastructure development. The chapters cover design applications of bio-concrete, and usage of eco-materials in landfill liners and masonry. The book clearly identifies the issues that remain as obstacles for the large-scale use of green concrete, and bio-concrete and provides practical solutions to overcome them. The chapters create a knowledge base for the development of sustainable design methodologies that are widely accepted among various environmental monitoring/controlling bodies throughout the world. - Cutting-edge design methodologies incorporating machine learning and artificial intelligence - Coverage of biogeotechnics, landfill, and waste-to-energy techniques - Focus on emerging trends in eco-efficient concrete solutions

Table of contents

• Sustainable Materials in Civil Infrastructure
• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table of Contents
• List of contributors
• Preface
• 1 State-of-the-art review on foam concrete properties and new trends of application in infrastructure
• 2 Rammed earth construction: a promising sustainable eco-friendly housing solution
• 3 On the potential of pine needles for use as fiber reinforcement in cementitious systems
• 4 Evaluating the carbonation resistance of mortars made with industrial byproducts
• 5 Development and evaluation of AAFS binder-based recycled aggregate concrete for sustainable construction
• 6 Experimental study on the use of lightweight expanded clay aggregate as coarse aggregate for light traffic, medium traffic, and light weight concrete application
• 7 Use of crushed coal mine overburden as sustainable aggregate in pavement design
• 8 Green retaining structure utilizing recycled concrete aggregate
• 9 Factors affecting biomineralization and various applications of nature-based solutions
• 10 Zinc slag utilization as a sustainable material in pavement construction: a comprehensive review and future prospective
• 11 Alkali activation of lime mud and application of it in environmentally friendly mortar development
• 12 Innovations toward bio-brick
• Chapter 13 Shape-memory alloys and their application to civil infrastructure
• 14 Sustainability of traditional Assam-type wooden houses in earthquake prone region
• Index