Title:
Versatility and High Strength in Concrete Materials
Author(s):
Robert E. Philleo
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
6
Issue:
2
Appears on pages(s):
41-47
Keywords:
admixtures; aggregates; binders (materials); blast-furnance slag; concretes; conservation; energy; fly ash; portland cements; pozzolans; predictions; silica
DOI:
Date:
2/1/1984
Abstract:
Future developments in concrete and concrete materials will be determined by energy considerations and new requirements such as those surfacing in Arctic offshore construction. Although the move toward greater energy efficiency is producing major changes within the cement industry, the impact on concrete producers is slight except for an impending shortage of low alkali cement. In the concrete industry, the waste materials - fly ash, blast furnance slag, silica fume, and orgganic binders - will play a significant role in future development as will such factors as recycled concrete, synthetic aggregates, lightweight concrete, high-range water reducers, fiber reinforcement, tunnel shotcreting robots; and roller compaction.