CCANZ - Development of protocols for the use of aggregate minimising the likelihood of potentially adverse alkali silica reaction (ASR)

Funding: 2018: $20,000
2017: $20,000

Project Member(s): Sirivivatnanon, V., Vessalas, K.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs)
Australian Research Council (ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hubs)
Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand
Cement & Concrete Association of New Zealand

Start year: 2017

Publications:

Nsiah-Baafi, E, Vessalas, K, Thomas, P & Sirivivatnanon, V 1970, 'Investigation of Alkali Threshold Limits and Blended Aggregate in ASR Risk-Assessed Concretes', Concrete New Zealand Conference 2019, Concrete New Zealand Conference, ConcreteNZ, Dunedin, New Zealand.

Nsiah-Baafi, E, Vessalas, K, Thomas, P & Sirivivatnanon, V 1970, 'Mitigating Alkali Silica reactions in the absence of SCMs: A review of empirical studies', FIB 2018 - Proceedings for the 2018 fib Congress: Better, Smarter, Stronger, The International Federation for Structural Concrete 5th International fib Congress, Melbourne, pp. 3829-3844.

Faddoul, Y & Sirivivatnanon, V, 'Sustainable concrete structures by optimising structural and concrete mix design', Australian Journal of Structural Engineering, pp. 1-9.
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Nsiah-Baafi, E, Ramu, YK, Tapas, MJ, Vessalas, K, Thomas, P & Sirivivatnanon, V, 'Mitigating Alkali-Silica Reaction Using Binary Blends with Reactive Aggregate Powders'.
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FOR Codes: Construction Materials, Cement and Concrete Materials

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.