Springer Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials: Select Proceedings of ASCM 2019: 68 (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, 68)

This book presents select proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials (ASCM 2019) held at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. The book includes contributions from academics and practitioners on low-energy cement technologies, innovative materials and structural technologies towards cost-effective, environment friendly, durable, energy-efficient, and sustainable construction. The topics covered emphasize on cutting-edge, economically viable, and sustainable solutions with an aim to increase profitability, and decrease construction time and overall impact on the built environment. The book will be useful for researchers and practitioners interested in sustainable construction and allied fields.  From the Back Cover This book presents select proceedings of the National Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials (ASCM 2019) held at the National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India. The book includes contributions from academics and practitioners on low-energy cement technologies, innovative materials and structural technologies towards cost-effective, environment friendly, durable, energy-efficient, and sustainable construction. The topics covered emphasize on cutting-edge, economically viable, and sustainable solutions with an aim to increase profitability, and decrease construction time and overall impact on the built environment. The book will be useful for researchers and practitioners interested in sustainable construction and allied fields.  About the Author Dr. P. Rathish Kumar is currently Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal. He obtained his Ph.D from the National Institute of Technology, Warangal and Doctor of Engineering & Post-Doctoral research from Japan. His major areas of interest include new/alternate/supplementary cementitious materials, special concretes, rehabilitation of structures, construction technology and management, structural health monitoring and earthquake engineering. He has published 205 articles in various international and national journals and conferences of repute. He is a recipient of several awards including the Aftab Mufti Medal, prestigious Monbusho and JSPS Scholarships of the Japanese Government, Best Engineering Researcher Award, Heritage Scholarship to visit IST Portugal, Danish Government Scholarship, Italy Government Post Doctoral Scholarship, Heritage Scholarship under Erasmus Mundus, AIT Fellowship, Jawaharlal Nehru memorial fellowship and Distinguished Alumnus award. Prof Kumar is a member of the Research Advisory Council member of the National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCCBM), Hyderabad for the past four years. He has representation in several Bureau of Indian Standard committees like CED-4 ie Lime and Gypsum Products of the Bureau of Indian Standards, Member of the Preparation of the Handbook of lime for the Buruea of Indian Standards, Convenor for revision of all parts of the Indian Standard Code IS 2542-1978 including tests for Gypsum, Plaster, Concrete and Mortars, Member of the Revision of Indian Standard Code IS 712:1984 ie Specification for building limes (third revision). He is on the editorial board of Journal of Facta Universtatis, Journal of Cement Wapno Beton among others. Dr. Bhaskar Sangoju is a Senior Principal Scientist in Advanced Materials Laboratory (AML), CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (SERC) Chennai, India. He has nearly 20 years of experience in industrial research, sponsored and consultancy projects. He graduated in Civil Engineering from Osmania University, Hyderabad; received his M.Tech in Structural Engineering from JNTU, Hyderabad and Ph.D. from IIT Madras. He has more than 70 publications in journals and conference proceedings. His areas of interest include durability of reinforced concrete including condition assessment and service