Browsing School of Environmental Engineering (Articles) by Subject "Compressive strength"

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    • Comparison of geopolymer fly ash and ordinary Portland cement to the strength of concrete 

      Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Mohamed, Bnhussain, Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Rafiza, Abdul Razak; Zarina, Yahya (American Scientific Publishers, 2013-12)
      The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of various fly ash: aggregate ratios by using fly ash (FA) based geopolymer compared to ordinary Portland cement (OPC) on the compressive strength of concrete. The different ...

    • Correlation between Na 2SiO 3/NaOH ratio and fly ash/alkaline activator ratio to the strength of geopolymer 

      Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Mohamed, Bnhussain, Prof. Dr.; Zarina, Yahya; Rafiza, Abdul Razak (Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
      Geopolymer requires an alkaline activator to induce it pozzolanic property and to accelerate the geopolymerisation process. The geopolymerisation process occurs due to the mixing of fly ash, sodium silicate and sodium ...

    • Curing Behavior on kaolin-based geopolymers 

      Cheng, Yong Heah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Gen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Mohd Mustafa Al-Bakri, Abdullah; Mohammed, Hussain; Luqman, Musa; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Che Mohd Ruzaidi, Che Ghazali; Liew, Y. M. (Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland., 2012)
      This paper aims at investigating the influence of curing process on kaolin-based geopolymers. Kaolin-based geopolymers were prepared by the alkali-activation of kaolin with alkali activating solution (mixture of NaOH and ...

    • Design, processing and characterization of fly ash-based geopolymers for lightweight concrete application 

      Mohd Mustafa Al-Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Sandu, Andrei Victor; Mohamed, Bnhussain, Prof. Dr.; Zarina, Yahya; Rafiza, Abdul Razak (Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), 2013-04)
      The mix design of geopolymers plays important role in obtaining desirable compressive strength. Optimum mix design of geopolymers can be applied for application, such as lightweight concrete. In order to determine the ...

    • Effect of mechanical activation on kaolin-based geopolymers 

      Cheng, Yong Heah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Gen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Mohd Mustafa Al-Bakri, Abdullah; Mohammed, Hussain; Luqman, Musa; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Che Mohd Ruzaidi, Ghazali; Liew, Y. M. (Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
      Raw materials kaolin was subjected to mechanical modification; the effect of the mechanical activation of kaolin on the compressive strength and morphological properties of the geopolymers has been studied. Mechanical ...

    • Effects of elevated temperatures on the thermal behavior and mechanical performance of fly ash geopolymer paste, mortar and lightweight concrete 

      Omar A., Abdulkareem; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Dr.; Saif, Ala’eddin A. (Elsevier, 2014-01)
      This paper reports a comparative study of the influence of elevated temperature on geopolymer paste, mortars and lightweight aggregate geopolymer concrete (LWAGC) systems made by using fly ash (FA) as only source material. ...

    • The effects of fly ash and polystyrene bead additions on compressive strength of foamed cement composites 

      Mazlee, Mohd Noor, Dr.; Key, Tan Pei; Shamsul Baharin,  Jamaludin, Prof. Dr.; Roshasmawi, Abdul Wahab; Nur Izzati, Muhd Nadzri; Alida, Abdullah (Trans Tech Publications, 2013)
      The effects of both additions of fly ash and polystyrene (PS) beads were studied on compressive strength of foamed cement composites. The increasing amount of fly ash addition up to 6 wt. % has been found to increase the ...

    • Fire resistance evaluation of lightweight geopolymer concrete system exposed to elevated temperatures of 100-800 °C 

      Omar A., Abdulkareem; Mohd Mustafa Al-Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr. (Trans Tech Publications, 2014)
      This paper reports the fire resistance property of a lightweight aggregate geopolymer concrete (LWAGC) material synthesized by the alkali-activation of locally source fly ash (FA) after exposed to elevated temperatures ...

    • General properties of kaolin geopolymers 

      Heah, Cheng Yong; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Mohd Mustafa Al-Bakri, Abdullah; Mohamed, Bnhussain, Prof. Dr.; Luqman, Musa, Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Che Mohd Ruzaidi, Ghazali, Prof. Madya; Liew, Yun Ming (American Scientific Publishers, 2013-01)
      This paper reported the properties of kaolin geopolymers in term of the bulk density, compressive strength, qualitative observation and SEM analysis of the kaolin geopolymers. Kaolin geopolymers were synthesized through ...

    • The influence of curing periods on the compressive strength of fly ash-based geopolymer at different aging times 

      Omar A., Abdulkareem; Mohd Mustafa Al-Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Prof. Madya Dr. (Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
      The results of the current experimental investigation indicate the significant effect of the heating periods on the compressive strength of fly ash-based geopolymers prepared at different alkaline liquid content at both ...

    • Lightweight fly ash-based geopolymer concrete 

      Omar A., Abdulkareem; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Prof. Madya Dr. (Trans Tech Publications, 2013)
      The experiments of this study were preformed to study the synthesis process for lightweight aggregate geopolymer concrete (LWAGC) using normal sand as a fine aggregate and expanded clay as lightweight aggregate. The LWAGC ...

    • Mechanical and microstructural evaluations of lightweight aggregate geopolymer concrete before and after exposed to elevated temperatures 

      Omar A., Abdulkareem; Mohd Mustafa Al-Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Mohamed, Bnhussain, Prof. Dr. (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2013)
      This paper presents the mechanical and microstructural characteristics of a lightweight aggregate geopolymer concrete (LWAGC) synthesized by the alkali-activation of a fly ash source (FA) before and after being exposed to ...

    • Mechanical performances of fly ash geopolymer bricks 

      Wan Mastura, Wan Ibrahim; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Prof. Madya Dr.; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah (American Scientific Publishers, 2013-01)
      Geopolymer is a new class of three-dimensionally networked amorphous to semi-crystalline alumino-silicate materials, and first developed by Professor Davidovits in 1978. Geopolymers can be synthesized by mixing alumino-silicate ...

    • Microstructure studies on the effect of the alkaline activators of fly ash-based geopolymer at elevated heat treatment temperature 

      Mohd Mustafa Al-Bakri, Abdullah; Omar A., Abdulkareem; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Rafiza, Abdul Razak; Zarina, Yahya; Alida, Abdullah (Trans Tech Publications, 2013)
      Fly ash-based geopolymers are new binding materials produced to replace the ordinary Portland cement (OPC) used in concrete. In this research, the effect of alkaline activators on the compressive strength and the microstructure ...

    • Microstructure study on optimization of high strength fly ash based geopolymer 

      Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Mohamed, Bnhussain, Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Rafiza, Abdul Razak; Zarina, Yahya (Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
      The compressive strength and microstructural characteristics of fly ash based geopolymer with alkaline activator solution were investigated. The sodium hydroxide and sodium silicate were mixed together to form an alkaline ...

    • Optimization of alkaline activator / fly ash ratio on the compressive strength of manufacturing fly ash-based geopolymer 

      Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; O. A. K. A., Karem; Che Mohd Ruzaidi, Ghazali, Prof. Madya; Rafizah, Abu Rashid; Norazian, Mohamed Noor (Trans Tech Publications, 2012)
      Fly ash and a mixture of alkaline activators namely sodium silicate (Waterglass) and sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution were used for preparing geopolymer. The aim of this research is to determine the optimum value of the ...

    • Properties of metakaolin geopolymeric binder 

      Liew, Yun Ming; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Mohamed, Bnhussain, Prof. Dr.; Luqman, Musa, Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Che Mohd Ruzaidi, Ghazali, Prof. Madya; Heah, Cheng Yong (American Scientific Publishers, 2013-01)
      This paper investigates the physical and mechanical properties as well as the morphology study of the MK geopolymeric binder. Mixture of waterglass liquid and NaOH solution were used as the activator solution for the ...

    • Review on fly ash-based geopolymer concrete without Portland Cement 

      Mohd Mustafa, Al Bakri; Mohammed, H.; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Prof. Madya Dr.; Zarina, Yahya (Academic Journals, 2011-01)
      The consumption of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) caused pollution to the environment due to the emission of CO2. As such, alternative material had been introduced to replace OPC in the concrete. Fly ash is a by-product ...

    • Review on the various ash from palm oil waste as geopolymer material 

      Zarina, Yahya; Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, Abdullah; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Khairul Nizar, Ismail, Assoc. Prof. Dr.; Rafiza, Abdul Razak (Advanced Study Center Co. Ltd., 2013)
      The solid waste from palm oil mill industry has been increasing annually where it has been reported that the palm oil waste was produced 4 million tons/years in Malaysia only. Hence, the solution to overcome the problems ...

    • Strength of concrete with ceramic waste and quarry dust as aggregates 

      Mohd Mustafa Al-Bakri, Abdullah; Norazian, Mohamed Noor; Mazlan, Mohamed; Kamarudin, Hussin, Brig. Jen. Dato' Prof. Dr.; Che Mohd Ruzaidi, Ghazali, Prof. Madya; Liyana, Jamaludin (Trans Tech Publications, 2013)
      This research focuses on a study of the strength of concrete with ceramic waste as coarse aggregate and quarry dust as fine aggregate. The sources of ceramic waste and quarry dust are obtained from the industrial in Malaysia. ...