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But due to the fluctuation in chemical composition, its application in the pre-mixed concrete in the field of industrial and civil buildings is not widespread.
Cement Engineering, 2007(2):74-77.
Materials Science and Engineering of Nanjing Institute, 1987.

Aslam, Appropriate drying shrinkage prediction models for lightweight concrete containing coarse agro-waste aggregate, Journal of Building Engineering 29 (2020) 101148
Bin Mahmud, Oil palm shell as an agricultural solid waste in artificial lightweight aggregate concrete, European Journal of Environmental and Civil Engineering 22(2) (2018) 165-180

The Effect of Thermal Bridges on Energy Balance of Wood Frame Houses Tibor Varga1,a*, Rastislav Ingeli 2,b 1Institute of Ecological and Experimental Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, Fa STU Bratislava, Námestie slobody 19, 812 45 Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2 Department of Building Structures, Slovak University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Radlinského 11, 813 68, Bratislava, Slovak Republic avarga@fa.stuba.sk, brastislav.ingeli@stuba.sk Keywords: Potential for energy savings, Standard wood frame houses, Thermal insulation, CO2 emission, Thermal bridges Abstract: In compliance with the today’s trend of designing sustainable and energy-saving architecture, it is necessary to firstly solve the factors influencing the energy balance.
Wood offers not only good physical and ecological properties but provides architects and engineers with a good visual tool as well.

Preparation of Super Absorbent Polymer by Carboxymethyl Cellulose Grafting Acrylic Acid Using Low-temperature Plasma Treatment Lijie Huanga, Ting Xub, Hongtao Wangc, Shangfei Wangd Light Industry and Food Engineering College, Guangxi University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530004, China ajiely165@163.com, b961719521@qq.com, csudehua12@163.com, dwangsf@gxu.edu.cn Keywords: Bagasse Pulp; Carboxymethyl Cellulose; Low-temperature Plasma; Super Absorbent Polymer; Preparation.
SAP has been achieved commercial applications in physiological hygiene products, civil construction, food, agriculture, medicine, daily chemicals and so on [2-4].
Wang, e. al.: Journal of Chemical Industry arid Engineering Vol. 55(2004), p. 747-751

Shen 1 1 The State Key Laboratory, School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, 710049, P.R.
China 2 Department of Engineering, Cambridge University, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1PZ, UK Keywords: metallic foams; size effects; micromechanics modelling Abstract.

An Experimental Study on Workability of Dry-mixed Self-compacting Concrete Xiushi Wang a, Jianguo Wangb and Peixiang Hec School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China awxshfut@126.com, bjiangguow@hfut.edu.cn, chpx@ustc.edu Keywords: dry-mixed self-compacting concrete; mix proportion; workability; experimental study Abstract: This paper addresses mainly workability of dry-mixed self-compacting concrete (DSCC) based on the experimental study.
The workability tests can be the basis for further experimental study of basic mechanical properties and engineering applications.

GREEN ROOFS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA: INTERACTION BETWEEN NATIVE PLANT SPECIES AND SUB-SURFACE RUNOFF Marco Carbone1,a, Giuseppina Garofalo1,b, Gennaro Nigro1,c, Patrizia Piro1,d 1Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy amarco.carbone@unical.it, bgiuseppina.garofalo@unical.it, cgennaro.nigro@unical.it, dpatrizia.piro@unical.it Keywords: Rainfall/Runoff, Sustainability, Green Roof, SUDs.
Compared to traditional grey infrastructures, GRs, which incorporate both the natural environment and engineered systems, offer a wide range of benefits to people and wildlife and preserve ecosystem values and functions [5].

Mechanical Strength and Microstructure Analysis of Cementitious Wheat Straw Composite Lin Zhang1, a, Fusheng Liu1, b, Jiyong Song1, c, Yanbin Zhang1, d and Ganggang Dong1, e 1College of Water Conservancy and Civil Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai’an 271018, China ajieda189@sina.com, bliufsh@sdau.edu.cn, csongjiyong0728@126.com, d397010721@qq.com and edglvlp@126.com Keywords: alkali treated wheat straw; cement base material; glazed hollow beads insulation mortar; SEM microstructure Abstract.
Journal of Materials Science and Engineering, 201028(5):748-752

Underwater Impulsive Loading-induced Dynamic Failures of Monolithic Composite Panel Phuong Tran1,a, Tuan Ngo1,b , Priyan Mendis1,c 1Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia aphuong.tran@unimelb.edu.au, b dtngo@unimelb.edu.au, cpamendis@unimelb.edu.au Keywords: Fluid-structure interaction; composite damage; impulsive loading; composite laminate Abstract: Designing light-weight high-performance materials which can sustain high impulsive loadings is of great interest to marine applications.
Introduction Designing and manufacturing light-weight yet high-performance materials attracts a lot attention recently due to the fast-growing military and civil applications.
These are advantages of particular interest to naval engineers, who are interested in designing fast and stealth marine structures.

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, 36, 1029-1048
"Design manual for civil works, Seismic Design."
"Geotechnical engineering aspects of the June 1999 central Mexico earthquakes."