Periodic Reporting for period 2 - PRIGeoC (Partnership for Research in Geopolymer Concretes)
Periodo di rendicontazione: 2018-06-01 al 2021-12-31
During the second period (01/06/2018 – 31/12/2021) UoP has outgoing secondment 9.96 personal-months and incoming secondment 11.70 personal-months, LJMU has outgoing secondment 10.36 personal-months and incoming secondment 14.00 personal-months, NTUA has incoming secondment 7.69 personal-months, which gives a total of (21.66+24.36+7.69) = 53.71 personal-months. During the first period (01/06/2016 – 31/05/2018), we completed the secondments of (32.57+22.17+7.03) = 61.77 personal-months. This gives a total of 115.48 personal-months, which is slightly over the planned 115.00 personal-months.
2. Details of Workshops:
During the second period we have organised eight workshops on five topics:
(1) A one-day workshop on the geopolymer & green materials, held in Penang Island, Malaysia, August 15, 2018, organised by UniMAP (WP6).
(2) A one-day workshop on the durability of geopolymer concretes, held in Chiang Mai, Thailand, December 24, 2018, organised by UniPyo and UoP (WP3).
(3) Two workshops on the dynamic behaviour of geopolymer concrete; one was held in King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi Bangkok, Thailand, March 13, 2019, organised by UniPho and UoP; the other was held in Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, March 4, 2020, organised by LJMU and UniMap (WP5).
(4) A one-day workshop on the behaviour of geopolymer concrete when subjected to fire, held in Plymouth, UK, February 26, 2019, organised by UniMap and UoP (WP4).
(5) Three workshops on the design guidelines of geopolymer concrete; one was held in Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland, October 16-17, 2019, organised by UniMap; one was held in Eastin Hotel Makassan, Bangkok, Thailand, February 5, 2020, organised by UniMap; one was held parallel in Beijing, China, and Plymouth, UK, December 11, 2021, organised by UoP and THU (WP7).
3. Publications:
During the second period we have published 10 papers in peer-reviewed journals and presented 6 papers to the national and/or international conferences related to geopolymers concrete materials.
The details of the publications are given in Technical report (Part B).
Geopolymer represents an innovative technology that is generating considerable interest in the construction industry, particularly in light of the ongoing emphasis on sustainability, climate change and net zero carbon. The proposed project aims to develop green and sustainable concretes by using novel geopolymer materials as the new binder and recycled concrete as part of the aggregates. The research work covers not only the finding of novel geopolymers, which can be used as binders in concrete, but also provides long-term performance and durability data for geopolymer concretes used in different environments. The research has a great scientific impact on our understanding of how the geopolymer concrete structures perform in various different environments and conditions and how their mechanical properties and performance can be improved by using the correct mixing processes. The project also makes a significant contribution to our society by developing innovative, sustainable and robust concrete products which use novel geopolymers as binders and recycled concrete as part of aggregates, and have improved performance when compared to OPC concrete, which benefit to our public because the expanded use of green concrete in the construction industry can help to mitigate global warming and climate change.