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#2: Reinforced Concrete Beams
Geopolymer-Carbon Composite for Repair and Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Beams by P. Balaguru, Stephen Kurtz, and Jon Rudolph, Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ -08855-0909, U.S.A. This report presents the results of an experimental investigation of the behavior of reinforced concrete beams strengthened with carbon fiber fabrics and geopolymer. The primary objective [...]
#1: Fire resistant aluminosilicate composites
Richard E. Lyon, P.N. Balaguru, Andrew Foden, Usman Sorathia, Michel Davidovics and Joseph Davidovits. published in the journal “Fire and Materials”, USA, 1996 This paper presents the latest results on the properties of GEOPOLYMER/CARBON composite, namely: * viscosity, chemical reactivity, differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetric analyses, mechanical properties (inplane shear, interlaminar shear, warp tensile, flexure). It [...]
Recent Literature in Geopolymer Science and Technology
Updated list of publications from the Geopolymer Research Group, Wellington, New Zealand, MacKenzie et al. (1999-2007). See the list New Zealand Geopolymer Group Use of Inorganic Polymer to Improve the Fire Response of Balsa Sandwich Structures, James Giancaspro, P. N. Balaguru, and Richard E. Lyon, J. Mat. in Civ. Engrg., Volume 18, Issue 3, pp. [...]
Geopolymer session at next SAMPE’05 Int. Conference, USA
Geopolymer session at the SAMPE’05 Int. Conference, Long Beach, California scheduled for Monday May 2, 2005. Find the list of the 7 papers dedicated to high-tech applications of the geopolymer technology, at: http://www.sampe.org/SAMPE%2005%20Pre%20Program.pdf
Geopolymer session at 107th American Ceramic Society Meeting
Geopolymer session at the 106th American Ceramic Society National Meeting, Baltimore, USA., April 10-13, 2005. Prof. W. Kriven from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain is organizing this session within the Ceramic Matrix Composite Symposium. For list of the 10 papers and abstracts go to http://ocms.acers.org/abstract.asp?confid=31&sympid=398&sessid=2679
Geopolymer Group at Rutgers University, USA
The Geopolymer Group at Rutgers University, USA, lead by Prof. Balaguru and the collaboration of Dr. R. Lyon from F.A.A has published a new paper in the SAMPE Journal, issue September/October 2004. The title is: Fire Protection of Flammable Materials Utilizing Geopolymer, James Giancaspro and P. Balaguru, Rutgers University and Richard Lyon, FAA Technical Center. [...]
The Geopolymer Group at University of Illinois, USA
The link to the web site for research results and publications of the geopolymer group at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champain, USA, lead by Prof. W. Kriven, is the following: http://kriven.mse.uiuc.edu/research/research.htm A paper titled MICROSTRUCTURE AND MICROCHEMISTRY OF FULLY-REACTED GEOPOLYMERS AND GEOPOLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES Waltraud M. Kriven, Jonathon L. Bell and Matthew Gordon The University of [...]
Geopolymer at 106th American Ceramic Society meeting, April 21
Geopolymer session at the 106th American Ceramic Society National Meeting, Indianapolis, USA., April 21, 2004. Prof. W. Kriven from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain is organizing this session within the Ceramic Matrix Composite Symposium. For list of papers and abstracts go to http://ocms.acers.org/
New Papers to Download from J. Davidovits
We have added 3 important papers in the Library : the two keynote papers presented by Prof. Joseph Davidovits at the GEOPOLYMER 2002 Conference, Melbourne, October 28-29 2002 (#16 and #17) and one paper #18 on Fly Ash Concrete from the Rangan geopolymer group at Curtin University of Technology, Perth.
Geopolymer Session at the 105 National Meeting of the American Ceramic Society
Geopolymer Session at the 105 National Meeting of the American Ceramic Society Nashville, TN, USA April 28 2003 Symposium: 20. Ceramic Matrix Composites Session: Geopolymer Composites – 1:00:00 PM – 5:00:00 PM Session organizer : Professor Waltraud M. (Trudy) Kriven Vice Chair and Treasurer of the Engineering Ceramics Division, and Fellow of the American Ceramic [...]
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