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Greenhouse Gas Mitigation for College Building
Published in Satyajit Chakrabarti, Ayan Kumar Panja, Amartya Mukherjee, Arun Kr. Bar, Intelligent Electrical Systems: A Step towards Smarter Earth, 2021
Amulayan Bhargow, Vivek Kumar, Aman Kumar, Rustam Alam, Nikesh Kumar
Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is a lightweight, precast, foam concrete building material suitable for producing concrete masonry unit (CMU) like blocks. Improve thermal efficiency reduces the heating and cooling loads in building. It is a green solution for sustainable development as it produces at least 30% less solid waste than traditional concrete and hence decreases GHG emissions by 50%.
In-plane flexural behavior of autoclave aerated concrete confined masonry walls
Published in Jan Kubica, Arkadiusz Kwiecień, Łukasz Bednarz, Brick and Block Masonry - From Historical to Sustainable Masonry, 2020
J.A. Moreno-Herrera, J.L. Varela-Rivera, L.E. Fernandez Baqueiro
Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC) is a lightweight cellular material commonly made of Portland cement, lime, sand, water and an expansive agent such as aluminum powder. AAC was first produced commercially in Sweden in 1923. Since that time, its production and use have spread to many countries on all continents. The use of AAC in the United States of America (USA) started in 1990; its use in Mexico, in 1994. Precast AAC products include unreinforced masonry-type units and reinforced panels, among others. Physical requirements for AAC in the US are specified in ASTM C1693 (ASTM 2011).
Autoclaved aerated concrete
Published in Ash Ahmed, John Sturges, Materials Science in Construction: An Introduction, 2014
Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC or aircrete) may not sound as familiar as some of the other construction materials such as steel, concrete, bricks, etc., but it is one of the most widely used material in construction, due especially to its excellent thermal insulating properties, which can be used to keep in the heat in cold climates, or keep out the heat in warm climates.
Strengthening of existing RC buildings by using autoclaved aerated concrete infill wall
Published in HBRC Journal, 2020
Mostafa Ali Taha Ali Okasha, Mohamed Abdel Razek, Hassan El-Esnawi
Autoclaved aerated concrete (AAC), as a form of cellular concrete, is a low-density cementitious product of calcium silicate hydrates in which the lowest density is obtained by the formation of microscopic air bubbles, mainly by chemical reactions within the mass during the liquid or plastic phase. The air bubbles are uniformly distributed and are retained in the matrix on setting, hardening, and subsequent curing with high-pressure steam in an autoclave to produce a homogeneous structure of microscopic voids, or cells [1].