Title Page -- Preface -- ICCMATS 2014 Committees -- Contents -- Keynote papers -- Achieving concrete durability for specified service-life in chloride exposures -- Nanoparticle modified concrete materials: opportunities, challenges and prosperities -- Low-damage earthquake-resistant structures achieved through movability and ductility -- Severe plastic deformation as a new processing for enhancing the performance of metallic components -- Optimizing coefficient of thermal expansion of concrete and its importance on concrete structures -- Superabsorbent polymers in cementitious composites with fly ash cements - selected aspects -- Steel hysteretic damper featuring displacement dependent hardening for seismic protection of structures -- Failure of structure in East Africa with focus on the causes of failures in the construction phase -- Design and properties of ultra-high performance concrete -- Green road construction using discarded materials: a holistic overview from the Middle East -- 1. Materials and characterization -- Cementitious materials and concrete -- Structural and mechanical characterization of high alumina additivated cement based on high refractory mineralogical compounds -- Investigation on the suitability of borrow pit sand as fine aggregate for structural concrete -- Concreting method that produces sustainable concrete -- Reuse of non-metallic residues from aluminium recycling industry in production of porous building materials -- Study of properties of steel fiber reinforced concrete for possible applications in Pakistan -- Blended cement utilizing ceramic wall tiles waste -- Estimation of concrete properties at early age by thermal stress device -- Effects of recycled aggregates on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete -- An examination of natural pozzolans in Uganda for low-strength construction applications.

Mechanical properties and microscopic structure of cement based materials with very low water-cement ratio -- Experimental research on mechanical properties of engineered cementitious composites -- Study on drying shrinkage cracking characteristics of steel chip reinforced polymer cementitious composite -- The effect of steel and polypropylene fibres in the mechanical properties of structural lightweight concrete -- Utilization of ceramic wastes as replacement of portland cements -- Rheology of portland cement pastes with siliceous mineral additions -- Cement calorimetry with different condition of calcium sulfate and water reducer admixture -- Foam concrete landfill use in landslide hazardous area in West Sirnak Road -- Pozzolans as a binder for affordable building materials in Uganda -- Effect of temperature on rheological performances of fresh SCC mixture -- Assessing the effect of procurement source of scoria rocks on the pozzolanic properties of the cementitious system -- Potential South African standard sand for cement mortar testing and research -- A study of thermal conductivity of wood ash blended cement mortar -- Behavior of high-volume fly ash concrete in mass concrete applications -- Microstructure and durability characteristics of self-curing concrete -- Palm Kernel Incinerated Ash as low cost concrete component -- Ultrasonic pulse velocity used to predict the compressive strength of structural sand lightweight concrete -- Influence of different grinding types on granulometry of recycled glass -- Material properties of bottom ash and welding slag as fine aggregates in concrete -- The use of waste materials for the production of an hydraulic mortar based on slacked lime -- Effects of polycarboxylate-based superplasticizer on rheological and mechanical properties of concrete.

Influence of a new viscosity modifying admixture on the performance of different superplasticizers -- Effect of microfines mineral admixtures on rheology of blended cement paste -- Research on a novel technology of FRP bonded to concrete substrate without adhesive -- Fundamentals of plastic settlement cracking in concrete -- Initial study to determine the tensile material properties of fresh concrete -- Blended cements based on C&DW: its influence in the pozzolanicity -- Use of crushed brick aggregate in structural concrete: properties and performance -- Study of particle packing in self-consolidating mortar systems -- Nearly 20 years of the EN 197 cement standards in South Africa -- An investigation into the use of Piliostigma Thonningii Pod Ash as an admixture in mortar -- Material selection and mix design of radiation shielding concrete -- A new structural sand lightweight concrete mix design -- Effect of partial replacement of sand in concrete with steel-file particles -- Mechanical properties of green concrete with Palm Nut Shell as low cost aggregate -- New proposed direct tensile strength test for concrete -- The effect of different PPC binders, partially replaced by fly ash properties, on self-compacting concrete -- Lowering the embodied CO2 by using fly ash concrete internally cured with recycled ceramic tile aggregates -- Geopolymers and polymers -- Polyfurfuryl alcohol - a waste from sugarcane bagasse as a construction material -- Geopolymer concrete: a practical approach -- Development of geopolymer mortar using palm oil fuel ash-blast furnace slag-fly ash-as binders -- The development of sustainable geopolymer mortar from fly ash-palm oil fuel ash based binder and manufactured sand -- Cementless concrete using ceramic waste powder -- Engineering properties of Class-F fly ash-based geopolymer concrete.

Engineering properties of slag-based geopolymer concrete -- Steel-slag and activators ratio impacts on the shrinkage of alkaline activated ultrafine palm oil ash-steel slag paste/mortar -- Use of self-compacting geopolymer concrete in a precast environment - a case study -- EVA/intumescent agent flame retardant composite materials using organic/inorganic hybrid filler -- Evolution in physical modeling of structural built-up in polymer concrete and in polymer-cement concrete -- Natural fibre reinforced polymer-concrete composite for future bridge structures in earthquake regions -- Bituminous materials and pavements -- Road conditions and engineering performance of subgrade soils in part of South-Western Nigeria -- The application of polymer coated aggregates in flexible pavement -- Use of waste plastics and scrap rubber tyre in the wearing course of a bituminous pavement -- Influence of curing time and compaction on black cotton soil stabilized with fly ash, ground-granulated blast furnace slag and lime -- Analysis of coarse aggregate microtexture in polishing process -- Response modelling of recycled concrete and masonry in pavements -- The effects of residual moisture on asphalt concrete strength -- Effect of different additives on fatigue behavior of asphalt mixtures -- Characterization of lateritic soils/gravels for their suitability as a pavement material - a review -- Proposing a realistic frequency for fatigue tests using Artificial Neural Network -- Polymer modified bitumen asphalt, a proposed solution for UAE pavement deterioration -- Investigating the packing condition of porous asphalt mixture using Discrete Element Method -- Comparison of in-situ and lab-measured void contents for a bituminous pavement of a carriageway -- Brick and block masonry -- Flexural strength of low density blockwork.

Properties of conventional cement and thin layer mortars -- Improving physical properties of red clay from Morapalala Village, Limpopo Province -- Physical, chemical and pozzolanic properties of bricks of X-X zone of Karacahisar castle, Turkey -- Cement stabilization of laterite-quarry dust mixture for interlocking brick production -- Effect of wetting and air curing durations on strength of stabilized sands -- Material science and nanotechnology -- Phase transitions and microstructural characterization of martensite in copper based shape memory alloys -- Using carbon nanotubes in self-compacting paste systems -- Influence of the characteristic of input materials on formation and properties of sintered fly ash body -- Thin spray rock liners with different concentrations of nanoclays -- Effects of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on strength and interfacial transition zone of concrete -- Molecular dynamics research of triple junctions structure of tilt and mixed-type grain boundaries in nickel -- Analysis of elongation variance of tendons using stress-strain graphs -- Limits of elongation variation of tendons in post-tensioning -- 2. Durability of construction materials -- Performance of corrosion inhibiting admixtures in a marine environment -- Effect of superplasticizers on concrete durability indexes -- Effects of sulphuric acid on the compressive strength of blended cement-cassava peel ash concrete -- Properties of self-consolidating concrete containing limestone filler -- Evaluation of sulphate attack on concrete incorporating high volume palm oil fuel ash -- Sulphate corrosion behaviour of high volume slag concrete -- Sulphate resistance of concrete made with moderately high alumina slag -- Simple criteria for evaluating sulphate attack in concrete.

Comparison of moisture equilibrium of cement-based materials in presence of slag and silica fume in different wetting and drying cycles.

The two volumes of these Proceedings contain about 200 conference papers and 10 keynote papers presented at the First International Conference on Construction Materials and Structures, held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 24 to 26 November 2014. It includes sections on Materials and characterization; Durability of construction materials; Structural implications, performance, service life; Sustainability, waste utilization, the environment; and Building science and construction.

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