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Effects of superplasticizer type on packing density, water film thickness and flowability of cementitious paste by Li, Leo G., Kwan, Albert K.H.

“…Different types of superplasticizer have different effects on the packing density, water film thickness and flowability of cementitious paste, as illustrated…”
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Combined effects of water film, paste film and mortar film thicknesses on fresh properties of concrete by Kwan, Albert K.H., Li, Leo G.

“…•Fresh properties of concrete are governed by the water, paste and mortar film thicknesses.•Effects of these film thicknesses on flowability, cohesiveness and…”
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Concrete mix design based on water film thickness and paste film thickness by Li, Leo G., Kwan, Albert K.H.

“…In previous studies on the mortar portion of concrete, it has been found that the water film thickness (WFT) and paste film thickness (PFT) have major effects…”
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Use of eco-concrete containing limestone fines as cementitious paste replacement in circular concrete-filled steel tube columns by Cai, Yancheng, Kwan, Albert K.H., Li, Leo G.

“…One effective way of reducing the cementitious content and carbon footprint so as to produce eco-concrete is to add limestone fines (LF) to replace an equal…”
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Behaviour and design of cold-formed austenitic stainless steel circular tubes infilled with seawater sea-sand concrete by Cai, Yancheng, Kwan, Albert K.H.

“…•Stainless steel circular tubes infilled with seawater sea-sand concrete tested.•Axial strength and ductility of such infilled stainless steel tubes…”
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Adding limestone fines as cementitious paste replacement to improve tensile strength, stiffness and durability of concrete by Li, Leo G., Kwan, Albert K.H.

“…The addition of a filler such as limestone fines (LF) to fill into the voids between aggregate particles can reduce the cementitious paste volume needed to…”
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Circular concrete filled steel tubes made of eco-concrete with limestone fines added as cementitious paste replacement by Cai, Yancheng, Kwan, Albert K.H., Li, Leo G.

“…One effective method of reducing the cement content and carbon footprint so as to produce eco-concrete is to add limestone fines to replace an equal volume of…”
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Packing density of cementitious materials: part 1—measurement using a wet packing method by Wong, Henry H. C., Kwan, Albert K. H.

“…The packing characteristics of the cementitious materials have great influence on the performance of a concrete mix, but there is so far no generally accepted…”
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Improving performance and robustness of SCC by adding supplementary cementitious materials by Kwan, Albert K.H, Ng, Ivan Y.T

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Improving performance and robustness of SCC by adding supplementary cementitious materials by Kwan, Albert K.H., Ng, Ivan Y.T.

“…One major difficulty with large scale production of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) is to consistently maintain the required high performance. In overcoming…”
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Reducing cement paste volume for production of self-consolidating concrete by adding fillers by Kwan, Albert K.H., Yeung, Jaime S.K.

“…For the production of self-consolidating concrete (SCC), in order to achieve high flowability and high cohesiveness at the same time, it is often necessary to…”
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Processing crushed rock fine to produce manufactured sand for improving overall performance of concrete by Chow, Ross K.K., Yip, Sam W.S., Kwan, Albert K.H.

“…River sand (RS) and crushed rock fine (CRF) have been used as fine aggregate in concrete for centuries. However, dredging river beds for RS is now banned in…”
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Improving Particle Size Distribution in Cement Paste by Blending with Superfine Cement by Ng, P.L, Chen, J. J, Kwan, A.K.H

“…The rheological and mechanical performance of cement paste is closely related to its packing density, which may be optimized by improving the particle size…”
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Correction of strain errors induced by small rigid-body motions in electronic speckle pattern interferometry measurement by Chen, Helen H., Su, Ray K.L., Kwan, Albert K.H., Fok, Alex S.L.

“…Electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) can provide non-contact, high-precision, and full-field displacement measurement. This technique is…”
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Ductility analysis of prestressed concrete beams with unbonded tendons by Du, J.S., Au, Francis T.K., Cheung, Y.K., Kwan, Albert K.H.

“…This paper describes a numerical method for the full-range analysis of prestressed concrete flexural members with unbonded tendons, taking into account the…”
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Fracture Toughness of Plain Concrete Made of Crushed Granite Aggregate by Chen, Helen H, Su, Ray K L, Kwan, Albert K H

“…An experimental investigation on the fracture toughness of plain concrete using the threepoint bending tests proposed by RILEM was carried out. A series of…”
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Shrinkage of High-strength Concrete and High-flowability Concrete by Kwan, Albert K H, Fung, Wilson W S, Wong, Henry H C

“…Throughout the years, a large amount of research on the shrinkage of normal concrete with cube compressive strength up to 60 MPa has been carried out…”
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Performance Criteria for Self consolidating Concrete by Kwan, Albert K H, Ng, Ivan Y T

“…Self-consolidating concrete (SCC), also called self-compacting concrete, was first developed almost two decades ago. It does not require compaction to achieve…”
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A web services choreography scenario for interoperating bioinformatics applications by de Knikker, Remko, Guo, Youjun, Li, Jin-Long, Kwan, Albert K H, Yip, Kevin Y, Cheung, David W, Cheung, Kei-Hoi

“…Very often genome-wide data analysis requires the interoperation of multiple databases and analytic tools. A large number of genome databases and…”
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Minimum Flexural Ductility Design of High-strength Concrete Columns by Lam, Jeffery Y K, Ho, Johnny C M, Kwan, Albert K H

“…High-strength concrete (HSC) has been widely used in the column construction of tall buildings because of its larger stiffness and strength-to-weight ratio…”
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