1st Edition

Alkali Activated Fly Ash Blast Furnace Slag Composites

By Kushal Ghosh, Partha Ghosh Copyright 2021
246 Pages 267 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

246 Pages 267 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

246 Pages 267 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

This book covers relevant synthesizing parameters, their interactions, and advantages of blending fly ash and blast furnace slag as source material, their relationship with mechanical properties and microstructure including guidelines to produce an optimal mix proportion. Further, it discusses related durability aspects, mechanical properties and reaction products and their inter-relationship. It... Read more

1. Introduction. 2. Polymerization and Microstructure of Alkali-Activated Composites. 3. Physical, Mechanical, and Microstructural Properties of Alkali-Activated Paste and Mortar. 4. Durability of Alkali-Activated Paste and  Mortar. 5. Prediction model and Mix Design Methodology of Fly Ash-Slag Alkali -Activated Composites. References. Appendix.

Biography

Kushal Ghosh has received Bachelor of Civil Engineering with distinction from Pune University-India in the year 2012 and Doctor of Philosophy from Jadavpur University-India in the year 2018. At present, he is serving as Assistant Professor in National Institute of Technology(NIT)-Sikkim – India . He has worked as Structural design Engineer in Skematic Consultant – India for four years. His major research area is “Sustainable High-Performance Green construction material”. He has guided eight students for their thesis at ME level. He has published several papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences mostly on “Alkali Activated Composites” and on “High Performance Concrete”. Partha Ghosh has received Bachelor of Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology ( NIT)-Agartala-India in the year 2001, Master of Civil Engineering and Doctor of Philosophy from Jadavpur University-India in the year 2003 and 2007 respectively. At present, he is serving as Associate Professor in Jadavpur University – India. His major research area is “High Performance construction material”. He has guided fifteen students for their thesis at ME level and has guided two for their thesis at Ph.D level . He has published several papers in peer reviewed journals and conferences mostly on “High Performance construction material”. He has published two books out of which is one book on “Geopolymer”. He is a fellow of Institution of Engineers (India). He is rendering his services as Structural consultant at National level. He has done research in North Western University – USA, Monash University – Australia and Delft University-Netherlands.