Search Results - "Nicolaides, Demetris"
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Fire Resistance Behaviour of Geopolymer Concrete: An Overview
Published in Buildings (Basel) (01-03-2021)“…Even though, an innovative inorganic family of geopolymer concretes are eye-catching potential building materials, it is quite essential to comprehend the fire…”
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Experimental and Numerical Investigation on the Size Effect of Ultrahigh-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (UHFRC)
Published in Materials (30-09-2021)“…In the last few years, there has been increasing interest in the use of Ultrahigh-Performance Fibre-Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) layers or jackets, which have…”
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A Mechanical Treatment Method for Recycled Aggregates and Its Effect on Recycled Aggregate-Based Concrete
Published in Materials (24-04-2021)“…Recycle concrete aggregates (RCA) consist of natural aggregates and remnant mortar adhered to their surface. The amount, size, and morphology of the adherent…”
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Enhancing Structural Capacity Assessment with a Novel Failure Decision Function for Rectangular Reinforced Concrete Columns
Published in Inventions (Basel) (01-06-2024)“…This study introduces the Failure Decision Function, a novel approach for evaluating the structural capacity of rectangular reinforced concrete columns under…”
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Development of a High Strength Geopolymer Incorporating Quarry Waste Diabase Mud (DM) and Ground Granulated Blast-Furnace Slag (GGBS)
Published in Materials (28-08-2022)“…This study presents the development and experimental assessment of novel, high strength, cementless binders that incorporate alkali-activated local waste. A…”
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A clustering machine learning approach for improving concrete compressive strength prediction
Published in Engineering reports (Hoboken, N.J.) (01-11-2024)“…This study investigates the application of clustering techniques to enhance the accuracy of hierarchical classification and regression (HCR) models for…”
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Investigation of the Geopolymerization Potential of a Waste Silica-Rich Diabase Mud
Published in Materials (28-04-2022)“…Diabase mud (DM) is a silica-rich residue yielding from aggregate crushing and washing operations in quarries. This work focuses on identifying the…”
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Damage investigation of blast loaded UHPFRC panels with optimized mixture design using advanced material models
Published in Results in engineering (01-09-2024)“…The increasing use of innovative materials in blast- and impact-resistant structures underscores the demand for robust simulation and design methods. Concrete,…”
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Effect of Mechanically Treated Recycled Aggregates on the Long Term Mechanical Properties and Durability of Concrete
Published in Materials (14-04-2022)“…The objective of this research was to study the effect of an optimal mechanical treatment method to reduce the mortar adhered on recycled aggregates (RCA) on…”
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Light Transmitting Concrete: A Review
Published in Buildings (Basel) (01-10-2021)“…Recently, research attention has been drawn to the application of novel, unique, and innovative types of construction materials to fulfil diverse objectives…”
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Geopolymerization of Recycled Glass Waste: A Sustainable Solution for a Lightweight and Fire-Resistant Material
Published in Recycling (Basel) (01-02-2024)“…Glass is considered a sustainable material with achievable recovery rates within the EU. However, there are limited data available for construction glass waste…”
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Life Cycle Assessment of concrete manufacturing in small isolated states: the case of Cyprus
Published in International journal of sustainable energy (21-10-2017)“…Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an effective and valuable methodology for identifying the holistic sustainable behaviour of materials and products. It is also…”
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Valorisation of glass wastes for the development of geopolymer composites – Durability, thermal and microstructural properties: A review
Published in Construction & building materials (20-10-2019)“…•Glass Waste might be wielded for the fabrication of GPC as cementitious material.•Durability and microstructure properties of geopolymer composite…”
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Mechanical behavior of construction and demolition waste-based alkali activated materials exposed to fire conditions
Published in Construction & building materials (09-02-2024)“…The mechanical behavior of materials based on the alkali activation of construction and demolition waste during and after their exposure to high temperatures…”
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Valorisation of glass waste for development of Geopolymer composites – Mechanical properties and rheological characteristics: A review
Published in Construction & building materials (30-09-2019)“…•Waste Glass can be utilized as a cementitious material in the manufacturing of GPC.•Durable GPC which can be incorporated with diverse wastes providing a…”
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CODD: A benchmark dataset for the automated sorting of construction and demolition waste
Published in Waste management (Elmsford) (15-04-2024)“…•A benchmark dataset, CODD, is developed for the task of automated sorting of CDW.•The CODD is designed both for bounding box and instance segmentation…”
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Real-time construction demolition waste detection using state-of-the-art deep learning methods; single–stage vs two-stage detectors
Published in Waste management (Elmsford) (15-07-2023)“…•A prototype platform is built for automated sorting of CDW.•Images of CDW are made openly accessible for model development and benchmarking.•Deterioration of…”
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Internal curing for mitigating high temperature concreting effects
Published in Construction & building materials (10-08-2018)“…It is widely accepted that high temperature during casting of concrete causes damage on the material microstructure. Several of the most prominent drawbacks of…”
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Autogenous shrinkage and sustainability assessment of alkali-activated slag incorporating steel slag
Published in Construction & building materials (09-08-2024)“…This paper presents a comprehensive investigation on the positive potential of steel slag (SS) to mitigate the autogenous shrinkage of alkali-activated slag…”
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Development of a new Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Cementitious Composite (UHPFRCC) for impact and blast protection of structures
Published in Construction & building materials (01-10-2015)“…•Development of a UHPFRCC with the use of constituent materials available in Cyprus.•Experimental results on a broad variety of mechanical properties.•Effect…”
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