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Ruben Snellings

Ruben Snellings

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Materials Science

D-Index
50
Citations
13862
World Ranking
10083
National Ranking
113

Overview

Ruben Snellings is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and specializes in engineering and materials science, with a significant focus on civil and structural engineering as well as building and construction. Their research primarily addresses concrete and cement materials, magnesium oxide properties, and the recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production.

Their main research topics include:

  • Concrete and Cement Materials Research
  • Magnesium Oxide Properties and Applications
  • Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production
  • Innovative concrete reinforcement materials
  • Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
  • CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions
  • Concrete Properties and Behavior

Snellings has contributed extensively to various publication venues, notably:

  • Materials and Structures
  • Construction and Building Materials
  • Cement and Concrete Research
  • Cement and Concrete Composites
  • Applied Sciences

Their research output includes several recent papers such as:

  • Future and emerging supplementary cementitious materials, 2023, Cement and Concrete Research
  • Near-zero-waste processing of low-grade, complex primary ores and secondary raw materials in Europe: technology development trends, 2020, Resources Conservation and Recycling
  • Report of RILEM TC 267-TRM phase 3: validation of the R3 reactivity test across a wide range of materials, 2022, Materials and Structures
  • Effect of ultra-fine fly ash on concrete performance and durability, 2020, Construction and Building Materials
  • Sustainable iron-rich cements: Raw material sources and binder types, 2022, Cement and Concrete Research

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Arne Peys
  • Sumit Srivastava
  • Pegie Cool
  • Karen Scrivener
  • Özlem Çizer

Ruben Snellings' work intersects multiple subfields such as civil and structural engineering, building and construction, materials chemistry, environmental engineering, and mechanical engineering. Their studies contribute to advancing knowledge in the sustainable development of cementitious materials and innovative reinforcement approaches in construction engineering.

Best Publications

  • A Practical Guide to Microstructural Analysis of Cementitious Materials

    Karen Scrivener;Ruben Snellings;Barbara Lothenbach

  • Supplementary cementitious materials: New sources, characterization, and performance insights

    Maria C.G. Juenger;Ruben Snellings;Susan A. Bernal

  • Reactivity of supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs) in cement blends

    Jørgen Skibsted;Ruben Snellings

  • Development of a new rapid, relevant and reliable (R3) test method to evaluate the pozzolanic reactivity of calcined kaolinitic clays

    François Avet;Ruben Snellings;Adrian Alujas Diaz;Mohsen Ben Haha

  • Supplementary Cementitious Materials

    Ruben Snellings;Gilles Mertens;Jan Elsen

  • The pore solution of blended cements: a review

    Anya Vollpracht;Barbara Lothenbach;Ruben Snellings;Ruben Snellings;Johannes Haufe

  • Assessing, Understanding and Unlocking Supplementary Cementitious Materials

    Ruben Snellings

  • Use of X-ray diffraction to quantify amorphous supplementary cementitious materials in anhydrous and hydrated blended cements

    R. Snellings;A. Salze;K.L. Scrivener

  • TC 238-SCM: hydration and microstructure of concrete with SCMs

    Karen L. Scrivener;Barbara Lothenbach;Nele De Belie;Elke Gruyaert

  • Pozzolanic reactions of common natural zeolites with lime and parameters affecting their reactivity

    G. Mertens;R. Snellings;K. Van Balen;B. Bicer-Simsir

  • Reactivity tests for supplementary cementitious materials: RILEM TC 267-TRM phase 1

    Xuerun Li;Ruben Snellings;Mathieu Antoni;Natalia Mariel Alderete

  • The Use of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Ash in Various Building Materials: A Belgian Point of View.

    Aneeta Mary Joseph;Ruben Snellings;Philip Van den Heede;Stijn Matthys

  • RILEM TC-238 SCM recommendation on hydration stoppage by solvent exchange for the study of hydrate assemblages

    Ruben Snellings;Jacek Chwast;Özlem Cizer;Nele De Belie

  • Solution-Controlled Dissolution of Supplementary Cementitious Material Glasses at pH 13: The Effect of Solution Composition on Glass Dissolution Rates

    Ruben Snellings

  • Report of TC 238-SCM: hydration stoppage methods for phase assemblage studies of blended cements—results of a round robin test

    Ruben Snellings;Jacek Chwast;Özlem Cizer;Nele De Belie

  • Pozzolanic activity of mechanochemically and thermally activated kaolins in cement

    Alireza Souri;Hadi Kazemi-Kamyab;Ruben Snellings;Rahim Naghizadeh

  • Rapid screening tests for supplementary cementitious materials: past and future

    Ruben Snellings;Karen L. Scrivener

  • Near-zero-waste processing of low-grade, complex primary ores and secondary raw materials in Europe : technology development trends

    Jeroen Spooren;Koen Binnemans;Johanna Björkmalm;Koen Breemersch

  • The existence of amorphous phase in Portland cements: Physical factors affecting Rietveld quantitative phase analysis

    Ruben Snellings;Amélie Bazzoni;Karen Scrivener

  • Effect of accelerated carbonation on AOD stainless steel slag for its valorisation as a CO2-sequestering construction material

    Muhammad Salman;Özlem Cizer;Yiannis Pontikes;Rafael M. Santos

  • | A Practical Guide to Microstructural Analysis of Cementitious Materials | Taylor & Francis Group

    Karen Scrivener;Ruben Snellings;Barbara Lothenbach

  • 6. Supplementary Cementitious Materials

    Ruben Snellings;Gilíes Mertens;Jan Elsen

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen Scrivener
Karen Scrivener École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Nele De Belie
Nele De Belie Ghent University
Peter V. Nielsen
Peter V. Nielsen Aalborg University
Barbara Lothenbach
Barbara Lothenbach Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Bart Blanpain
Bart Blanpain KU Leuven
Pegie Cool
Pegie Cool University of Antwerp
Isabel Van Driessche
Isabel Van Driessche Ghent University
Mohsen Ben Haha
Mohsen Ben Haha Heidelberg Materials
Jørgen Skibsted
Jørgen Skibsted Aarhus University

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