Vincent K. Akortia

Assessing the Performance of Recycled Glass Pozzolana on Properties of Concrete with Palm Kernel Shell as Partial Replacement of Coarse Aggregate

Christopher K. Dzivenu, Vincent K. Akortia, Charles K. Kankam & John K. Quarm Junior · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2022

The cost of concrete products keeps increasing due to the increasing cost of cement and crushed granite stone as they are the most commonly used binding agent and aggregate  in Ghana. Hence, there is the need to exploit properties of glass powder as pozzolana in concrete and palm...

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Anchorage Bond Strength Characteristics of Lateritic Concrete with Laterite Aggregates and Palm Kernel Fibres

Kwabena Amambey, Charles K. Kankam, Edward C. Mansal, Vincent K. Akortia, John K. Quarm Junior & Sampson Asiamah · Journal of Materials Science Research and Reviews · 2023

Globally, sources of natural aggregate such as sand and quarry dust as fine aggregate, and crushed granite, sandstone, dolomite and basalt as coarse aggregate for concrete are fast getting depleted or exhausted. There is therefore the need to look for alternative sources to repla...

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