Next-Generation Chemicals for the Engineers of the Future

Next-Generation Chemicals for the Engineers of the Future

The project titled "Ultra High Strength Eco-Friendly Concretes," conducted under the TÜBİTAK 2209-B "Industry-Oriented Undergraduate Thesis Support Program" in cooperation between Assist. Prof. Dr. İrem Şanal, academic advisor from the Department of Civil Engineering at Bahçeşehir University, and M.Sc. Eng. Tolga Ilıca, industry advisor from CHRYSO, was completed on 4 January 2018.

Project Results Evaluated

The project results were evaluated by Assist. Prof. Dr. İrem Şanal and M.Sc. Eng. Tolga Ilıca. In this context, a comparative experimental study was conducted using next-generation chemicals of various compositions and microsilica to improve the performance of High Strength Concretes.

Premia 196 and Premia 518, provided by CHRYSO, were added to concrete in various proportions, and their effects on the workability, strength and water permeability of concrete, as well as the differences between them, were examined. In addition, by using microsilica as a mineral admixture, again in various proportions, the aim was to produce economical and eco-friendly concrete through a reduction in the amount of cement.

A detailed presentation of the project outputs will also be made at the Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE 2018) congress to be held in İzmir in September.