• Alkali-Activated Stainless Steel Slag as a Cementitious Material in the Manufacture of Self-Compacting Concrete 

      Rosales García, Julia; Agrela Sáinz, Francisco; Díaz-López, José Luis; Cabrera, Manuel (MDPI, 2021)
      This work develops the manufacture of self-compacting concrete (SCC) with 50% cement reduction. As an alternative binder to cement, the viability of using an alkali-activated combination of stainless steel slag (SSS) and ...
    • Complete Real-Scale Application of Recycled Aggregates in a Port Loading Platform in Huelva, Spain 

      González Gallardo, Francisco; Tavira, Javier; Ayuso Muñoz, Jesús; Cabrera, Manuel; Rosales García, Julia; Agrela Sáinz, Francisco (MDPI, 2020)
      The application of recycled aggregates (RA) from construction and demolition waste and crushed concrete blocks is a very important challenge for the coming years from the environmental point of view, in order to reduce the ...
    • Eco-Efficient Cement-Based Materials Using Biomass Bottom Ash: A Review 

      Cabrera, Manuel; Díaz-López, José Luis; Agrela Sáinz, Francisco; Rosales García, Julia (MDPI, 2020)
      In recent years the use of biomass for electricity generation in thermal and cogeneration plants has increased worldwide because it is an environmentally clean fuel whose impact measured in greenhouse gas emissions is ...
    • Effect of Processed Volcanic Ash as Active Mineral Addition for Cement Manufacture 

      Rosales, Julia; Rosales, Manuel; Díaz-López, José Luis; Agrela Sáinz, Francisco; Cabrera, Manuel (MDPI, 2022)
      In the last quarter of 2021, there was a very significant eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma, belonging to the Canary Islands, Spain. It generated a large amount of pyroclastic volcanic materials, ...
    • Feasibility of Using Nanosilanes in a New Hybrid Stabilised Soil Solution in Rural and Low-Volume Roads 

      Díaz-López, José Luis; Cabrera, Manuel; Marcobal, José Ramón; Agrela Sáinz, Francisco; Rosales, Julia (MDPI, 2021)
      The application of new materials for soil stabilisation is a growing field of study in recent years. In this work, the effect of two types of silica-based nanomaterials combined with binders (quicklime and cement) are ...
    • Feasible Use of Recycled Concrete Aggregates with Alumina Waste in Road Construction 

      Cabrera, Manuel; López Alonso, M.; Garach, Laura; Alegre, Javier; Ordóñez, Javier; Agrela Sáinz, Francisco (MDPI, 2021)
      The management of different industrial by-products, such as recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste and alumina by-products, as well as the reduction of landfill deposits by incorporating these products ...
    • Recommendations for the Management of Construction and Demolition Waste in Treatment Plants 

      Barbudo Muñoz, M. Auxiliadora; Ayuso Muñoz, Jesús; Lozano, Angélica; Cabrera, Manuel; López Uceda, Antonio (MDPI, 2018)
      Construction and demolition waste consists approximately of one third waste generated in the European Union. The recycling of this stream waste will provide ecological and sustainable benefits. Recycled aggregates from ...
    • Self-Compacting Recycled Concrete Using Biomass Bottom Ash 

      Cabrera, Manuel; Martínez‐Echevarría, M.J.; López Alonso, M.; Agrela Sáinz, Francisco; Rosales García, Julia (MDPI, 2021)
      In recent years, the use of self-compacting concrete has been a great advantage and garnered undoubted interest in construction. Due to the environmental impact caused by the consumption of natural aggregates in the ...
    • Use of Nanomaterials in the Stabilization of Expansive Soils into a Road Real-Scale Application 

      Rosales García, Julia; Agrela Sáinz, Francisco; Marcobal, José Ramón; Díaz-López, José Luis; Cuenca Moyano, Gloria M.; Caballero, Álvaro; Cabrera, Manuel (MDPI, 2020)
      Stabilization is a traditional strategy used to improve soils with the main objective of ensuring that this base is compliant with the technical specifications required for the subsequent development of different ...