TY  - JOUR
AU  - Soleimani, Sayed Mohamad 
AU  - Alaqqad, Abdel Rahman 
AU  - Behbehani, Ali 
AU  - Al-Swwaf, Mhd Hazem 
AU  - Al-Matroud, Najem 
PY  - 2020
TI  - Viability of Using Local Waste Materials in the Production of High-Performance and Self-Compacting Concrete
JF  - American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 1
DO  - 10.3844/ajeassp.2020.1.9
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajeassp.2020.1.9
AB  - The objective of this study is to investigate the effects of using local waste materials on the properties of fresh and hardened high performance and self-compacting concrete. Crushed ceramic products and steel slag from electric-arc furnaces were used as partial replacements of traditional concrete raw materials in the production of self-compacting and high-performance concrete, which were obtained from local factories in Kuwait. Results have shown that using crushed ceramic products (in the form of powder and 3/8” aggregates) increases the rate of strength gain as the concrete cures, while using electric-arc furnace slag increases the compressive strength of the benchmark concrete mix.