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Rafat Siddique

Rafat Siddique

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Materials Science

D-Index
83
Citations
25717
World Ranking
2363
National Ranking
14

Overview

Rafat Siddique is affiliated with Thapar University in India and has contributed extensively to the field of engineering, focusing primarily on civil and structural engineering. Their research encompasses a variety of subfields including building and construction, materials chemistry, mechanical engineering, and pollution.

The scientist's work covers key topics such as concrete and cement materials research, innovative concrete reinforcement materials, and the recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production. Other notable areas of focus include magnesium oxide properties and applications, recycled aggregate concrete performance, materials engineering and processing, as well as innovations in concrete and construction materials.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Siddique include Yan Zhuge, Chee Ban Cheah, Phuong N. Pham, Weerachart Tangchirapat, and Amandeep Singh Sidhu. These collaborations have supported research contributions that span multiple aspects of construction materials science.

The scientist has published in several prominent venues, with a strong presence in:

  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Journal of Cleaner Production
  • Journal of Building Engineering
  • Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering

Some of the recent papers authored by or involving Rafat Siddique include:

  • "Recycling of landfill wastes (tyres, plastics and glass) in construction - A review on global waste generation, performance, application and future opportunities," 2021, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • "Clayey soil stabilization using alkali-activated volcanic ash and slag," 2021, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
  • "Fly ash and ground granulated blast furnace slag-based alkali-activated concrete: Mechanical, transport and microstructural properties," 2020, Construction and Building Materials
  • "Recycling of spent coffee grounds in construction materials: A review," 2021, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Sustainable and Greener Self-Compacting Concrete incorporating Industrial By-Products: A Review," 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production

Best Publications

  • Properties of concrete containing scrap-tire rubber--an overview.

    Rafat Siddique;Tarun R. Naik

  • Recent advances in understanding the role of supplementary cementitious materials in concrete

    Maria C.G. Juenger;Rafat Siddique

  • Influence of metakaolin on the properties of mortar and concrete: A review

    Rafat Siddique;Juvas Klaus

  • Performance characteristics of high-volume Class F fly ash concrete

    Rafat Siddique

  • Supplementary Cementing Materials

    Rafat Siddique;Mohammad Iqbal Khan

  • Utilization of silica fume in concrete: Review of hardened properties

    Rafat Siddique

  • Waste Materials and By-Products in Concrete

    Rafat Siddique

  • Influence of bacteria on the compressive strength, water absorption and rapid chloride permeability of fly ash concrete

    Navneet Chahal;Rafat Siddique;Anita Rajor

  • Effect of fine aggregate replacement with Class F fly ash on the mechanical properties of concrete

    Rafat Siddique

  • Effect of used-foundry sand on the mechanical properties of concrete

    Rafat Siddique;Geert de Schutter;Albert Noumowe

  • Utilization of silica fume in concrete: Review of durability properties

    Mohammad Iqbal Khan;Rafat Siddique

  • An overview of geopolymers derived from industrial by-products

    Ankur Mehta;Rafat Siddique

  • Microstructure and properties of concrete using bottom ash and waste foundry sand as partial replacement of fine aggregates

    Yogesh Aggarwal;Rafat Siddique

  • Properties of self-compacting concrete containing class F fly ash

    Rafat Siddique

  • Effect of ureolytic bacteria on concrete properties

    Rafat Siddique;Navneet Kaur Chahal

  • Sulfuric acid resistance of fly ash based geopolymer concrete

    Ankur Mehta;Rafat Siddique

  • Effect of waste foundry sand (WFS) as partial replacement of sand on the strength, ultrasonic pulse velocity and permeability of concrete

    Gurpreet Singh;Rafat Siddique

  • Effect of carbon nanotubes on properties of cement mortars

    Rafat Siddique;Ankur Mehta

  • Prediction of compressive strength of self-compacting concrete containing bottom ash using artificial neural networks

    Rafat Siddique;Paratibha Aggarwal;Yogesh Aggarwal

  • Damage in granite under heating/cooling cycles and water freeze-thaw condition

    Mokhfi Takarli;William Prince;Rafat Siddique

Frequent Co-Authors

Valeria Corinaldesi
Valeria Corinaldesi Marche Polytechnic University
Christopher W.K. Chow
Christopher W.K. Chow University of South Australia
Rachid Bennacer
Rachid Bennacer École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay
Geert De Schutter
Geert De Schutter Ghent University
Togay Ozbakkaloglu
Togay Ozbakkaloglu Texas State University
Maria C. G. Juenger
Maria C. G. Juenger The University of Texas at Austin
Bijan Samali
Bijan Samali Western Sydney University
Faiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh
Faiz Uddin Ahmed Shaikh Curtin University

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