Reusing recycled waste materials in buildings is gaining more and more attention for what it offers economic,environmental,and energy benefits;and many researchers are nowadays working on producing new sustainable con...Reusing recycled waste materials in buildings is gaining more and more attention for what it offers economic,environmental,and energy benefits;and many researchers are nowadays working on producing new sustainable construction materials incorporating recycled wastes.In this scope,this work uses an experimental approach aiming at understanding the effect of incorporating Expanded Polystyrene(EPS)beads in concrete and proposing thermally improved concrete mixtures for the production of hollow blocks in Lebanese constructions by substituting fine aggregates with recycled products such as EPS in order to promote their insulating properties.Three different diameters of EPS beads(2 mm~3 mm,3 mm~4 mm and 4 mm~5 mm)are studied with different volumetric ratios(20%,40%,60%and 80%)in order to investigate the effect of EPS on the thermal properties of concrete.The results showed that the only the percentage of incorporated EPS beads impacted the thermal performance of the concrete mixtures while the EPS diameters have a negligible effect on the thermal properties of the concrete samples.展开更多
The objective of this paper is to propose a new quality evaluation method for asphalt concrete mixture using X-ray CT scanner.To achieve this aim,asphalt mixtures should be subjected to the X-ray CT scanning and its c...The objective of this paper is to propose a new quality evaluation method for asphalt concrete mixture using X-ray CT scanner.To achieve this aim,asphalt mixtures should be subjected to the X-ray CT scanning and its characteristics should be clarified.The approach employed in this study was as follows:1)Coarse aggregate,fine aggregate,filler and bitumen were prepared;2)dense-graded,coarse-graded and porous asphalt mixtures were made;3)materials and mixtures were subjected to the X-ray CT scanning;4)frequency of CT-value,threshold value,average slice CT-value,average segment CT-value were computed.In the material examination,CT-value of aggregate becomes smaller in the order of coarse aggregate,fine aggregate and filler and CT image of bitumen was nearly homogeneous.In the mixture examination,histograms of CT-value and four segmentation images made from CT images expressed the material and mixture characterization such as particle size and the difference in bitumen content and mixture type visibly and the bitumen content varies with the threshold values.In addition,the average segment CT-value without threshold value by dividing the fine aggregate from the coarse aggregate and average CT-value of the coarse aggregate,especially is highly correlated with average CT-value of the bitumen.展开更多
文摘Reusing recycled waste materials in buildings is gaining more and more attention for what it offers economic,environmental,and energy benefits;and many researchers are nowadays working on producing new sustainable construction materials incorporating recycled wastes.In this scope,this work uses an experimental approach aiming at understanding the effect of incorporating Expanded Polystyrene(EPS)beads in concrete and proposing thermally improved concrete mixtures for the production of hollow blocks in Lebanese constructions by substituting fine aggregates with recycled products such as EPS in order to promote their insulating properties.Three different diameters of EPS beads(2 mm~3 mm,3 mm~4 mm and 4 mm~5 mm)are studied with different volumetric ratios(20%,40%,60%and 80%)in order to investigate the effect of EPS on the thermal properties of concrete.The results showed that the only the percentage of incorporated EPS beads impacted the thermal performance of the concrete mixtures while the EPS diameters have a negligible effect on the thermal properties of the concrete samples.
文摘The objective of this paper is to propose a new quality evaluation method for asphalt concrete mixture using X-ray CT scanner.To achieve this aim,asphalt mixtures should be subjected to the X-ray CT scanning and its characteristics should be clarified.The approach employed in this study was as follows:1)Coarse aggregate,fine aggregate,filler and bitumen were prepared;2)dense-graded,coarse-graded and porous asphalt mixtures were made;3)materials and mixtures were subjected to the X-ray CT scanning;4)frequency of CT-value,threshold value,average slice CT-value,average segment CT-value were computed.In the material examination,CT-value of aggregate becomes smaller in the order of coarse aggregate,fine aggregate and filler and CT image of bitumen was nearly homogeneous.In the mixture examination,histograms of CT-value and four segmentation images made from CT images expressed the material and mixture characterization such as particle size and the difference in bitumen content and mixture type visibly and the bitumen content varies with the threshold values.In addition,the average segment CT-value without threshold value by dividing the fine aggregate from the coarse aggregate and average CT-value of the coarse aggregate,especially is highly correlated with average CT-value of the bitumen.
