Publications 

Under review/In-press

JP28: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Alisa Machner, William Wilson, Wolfgang Kunther, Sumaiya Afroz,  Taehwan Kim, Franco Zunino, Shiju Joseph, Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Arnaud Castel,  Karl-Christian Thienel,  Edgardo F. Irassar, Shashank Bishnoi, Fernando Martirena, Manu Santhanam, Performance of cementitious systems containing calcined clay in a chloride-rich environment - A review by TC-282 CCL, Materials and Structures (under review).

JP27: Zengliang Yue; Yuvaraj Dhandapani; Susan A. Bernal, Structural alterations induced by natural and accelerated carbonation in alkali-sulfateactivated slag materials, Cement and Concrete Research (under review).

JP26: Susan A. Bernal, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Yogarajah Elakneswaran, Gregor J.G. Gluth, Elke Gruyaert, Maria C.G. Juenger, Barbara Lothenbach, Kolawole A. Olonade, Marlene Sakoparnig, Zhenguo Shi, Charlotte Thiel, Phillip Van den Heede, Hanne Vanoutrive, Stefanie von Greve-Dierfeld, Nele De Belie, John L. ProvisReport of RILEM TC 281-CCC -A critical review of the standardised testing methods to determine carbonation resistance of concrete, Materials and Structures (under review)

JP25: Zengliang Yue; Yuvaraj Dhandapani; Samuel Adu-Amankwah; Susan A. Bernal, Influence of slag chemistry on the properties of sodium sulfate-activated slag cement pastes, Cement (under review)

2023

JP24: Juan Manuel Etcheverry, Zengliang Yue, Sreejith Krishnan, Yury Andres Villagran-Zaccardi, Philip Van den Heede, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Susan Andrea Bernal, Nele De Belie, Phase Evolution of Hybrid Alkaline Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag Cements (2023), ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 11, 17519-17531.

JP23: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Alastair T.M. Marsh, Suraj Rahmon et al. Suitability of excavated London clay as a supplementary cementitious material: mineralogy and reactivity(2023), Materials and Structures 56, 174. (IF: 4.285)

JP22: Anusha S. Basavaraj, Hareesh Muni, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Ravindra Gettu and Manu Santhanam, Limestone-Calcined Clay (LC2) as a Supplementary Cementitious Material for Concrete (2023) , RILEM Technical Letters (8), 12-22. (IF: 2.53)

JP21: Shiju Joseph; Yuvaraj Dhandapani; Daniel A. Geddes; Zengfeng Zhao; Shashank Bishnoi; Manuel Vieira; Fernando Martirena; Arnaud Castel; Fragkoulis Kanavaris; Tushar Bansal; Kyle Riding, Mechanical Property Development of Concrete Made with Calcined Clay – A review by RILEM TC-282 CCL (2023), Materials and Structures 56 (4), 84. (IF: 4.285)

 

2022

JP20: Franco Zunino, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Mohsen Ben Haha, Jørgen Skibsted, Shiju Joseph, Sreejith Krishnan, Anuj Parashar, Maria Juenger, Theodore Hanein, Susan A. Bernal, Karen Scrivener, François Avet, Hydration and mixture design of calcined clay blended cements: Review by the RILEM TC 282-CCL, Materials and Structures (2022), 55 (9), 1-24. (IF: 4.285) (One of the most downloaded articles in 2022 in the journal)

JP19: Alastair T.M. Marsh; Zengliang Yue; Yuvaraj Dhandapani; Katharine Button; Samuel Adu-Amankwah; Susan A. Bernal, Influence of limestone addition on sodium sulphate activated blast furnace slag cements, Construction and Building Materials, 360, 129527. (IF: 7.693)

JP18: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Shiju Joseph, Shashank Bishnoi, Wolfgang Kunther, Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Taehwan Kim, Edgardo Irassar, Arnaud Castel, Franco Zunino, Alisa Machner, Visalakshi Talakokula, Karl-Christian Thienel, William Wilson, Jan Elsen, Fernando Martirena and Manu Santhanam, Durability performance of binary and ternary blended cementitious systems with calcined clay – A RILEM TC 282 CCL review (2022), Mater Struct 55, 145. (IF: 4.285)

JP17: Anuj Parashar, Anya Vollpracht, Johannes Haufe, Ruben Snellings, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, Sabina Kramar, Özlem Cizer, Vincent Hallet, Mathieu Antoni, Sergio Sabio, Mohsen Ben Haha, Pawel Durdzinski, Michael Thomas, Milena Marroccoli, Xuerun Li, Nele De Belie, Aneeta Mary Joseph, Natalia Alderete, Karen L. Scrivener, Shashank Bishnoi, Report of RILEM TC 267 – TRM: Improvement and robustness study of lime mortar strength test for assessing reactivity of SCMs (2022),  Mater Struct 55, 96.  (IF: 4.285)

JP16: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Shiju Joseph, Daniel A. Geddes, Zengfeng Zhao, Pascal Boustingorry, Shashank Bishnoi, Manuel Vieira, Fernando Martirena, Arnaud Castel, Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Kyle A. Riding, Fresh properties of concrete containing calcined clays: a review by RILEM TC-282 CCL, (2022), Mater Struct 55, 151.  (IF: 4.285)

JP15: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, On the correlations between different chloride transport parameters and their role in service life estimation (2022), Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure, 1-17. (Invited paper for the special edition on chloride-induced corrosion and service life prediction of reinforced concrete structures)

2021

JP14: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, Gopakumar Kaladharan, Sivakumar Ramanathan, Towards ternary binders involving limestone additions – A review (2021), Cement and Concrete Research, Vol 143, 106396. (IF: 10.933) (one of the most cited article in CCR since 2020, as per journal website on 30.11.2023)

JP13: Vaasudevaa B V, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, Performance evaluation of limestone-calcined clay (LC2) combination as a cement substitute in concrete systems subjected to short-term heat curing (2021), Construction and Building Materials, Vol 302, 124121. (IF: 6.141)

JP12: Vineet Shah, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Allan Scott, Pore Structure Characteristics of MgO-SiO2 Binder (2021), Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 17971. (IF: 3.784)

JP11: Yogesh Kumar Ramu, Vute Sirivivatnanon, Paul Thomas, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Kirk Vessalas,  Evaluating the impact of curing temperature in delayed ettringite formation using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (2021), Construction and Building Materials, Vol 282,  122726. (IF: 6.141)

2020

JP10: Pu Yang, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, Narayanan Neithalath, Simulation of chloride diffusion in fly ash and limestone-calcined clay cement (LC3) concretes and the influence of damage on service-life (2020), Cement and Concrete Research, Vol 130, pg 106010. (IF: 8.328)

JP9: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, Ravindra Gettu, and Radhakrishna Pillai, Perspectives on Blended Cementitious Systems with Calcined Clay-Limestone Combination for Sustainable Low Carbon Cement Transition (2020), Indian Concrete Journal, Feb 2020, pg 31-45.

JP8: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, Investigation on the microstructure-related characteristics to elucidate performance of composite cements with limestone-calcined clay combination (2020), Cement and Concrete Research, Vol 129, 105959. (IF: 8.328)

2019

JP7: Radhakrishna G. Pillai, Ravindra Gettu, Manu Santhanam, Sripriya Rengaraju, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Sundar Rathnarajan, and Anusha S. Basavaraj, Service life estimation and life cycle assessment for Portland cement, fly ash, and LC3 systems (2019), Cement and Concrete Research, Vol 118, 111-119. (Invited paper for special issue on service life estimation from Corvallis conference, IF: 5.615)

2018

JP6: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Sakthivel Thangavel, Manu Santhanam, Ravindra Gettu and Radhakrishna G. Pillai, Mechanical properties and Durability performance of concretes with Limestone calcined clay cement (LC3), (2018), Cement and Concrete Research, 107, 135-152. (IF: 5.615) (One of the most downloaded articles in the journal since publication, as per journal website on 30.11.2023)

JP5: Ruben Snellings, Jacek Chwast, Özlem Cizer, Nele De Belie, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Pawel Durdzinski, Jan Elsen, Johannes Haufe, Doug Hooton, Cédric Patapy, Olga Perebatova, Manu Santhanam, Karen Scrivener, Didier Snoeck, Laurent Steger, Sui Tongbo, Anya Vollpracht, Frank Winnefeld, Barbara Lothenbach, Report of TC 238-SCM: hydration stoppage methods for phase assemblage studies of blended cements—results of a round robin test (2018), Materials and structures, Vol 51, page 111. (IF: 2.607)

JP4: Ruben Snellings, Jacek Chwast, Özlem Cizer, Nele De Belie, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Pawel Durdzinski, Jan Elsen, Johannes Haufe, Doug Hooton, Cédric Patapy, Manu Santhanam, Karen Scrivener, Didier Snoeck, Laurent Steger, Sui Tongbo, Anya Vollpracht, Frank Winnefeld, Barbara Lothenbach, RILEM TC-238 SCM Recommendation on hydration stoppage by solvent exchange for the study of hydrate assemblages (2018), Materials and Structures,,51(6), page 172. (IF: 2.607)

JP3: Xuerun Li, Ruben Snellings, Mathieu Antoni, Mohsen Ben Haha, Shashank Bishnoi, Ozlem Cizer, Martin Cyr,  Nele De Belie, Klaartje De Weerdt, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Josée Duchesne, Johannes Haufe, Doug Hooton, Maria Juenger, Siham Kamali-Bernard, Sabina Kramar, Milena Marroccoli, Aneeta Mary Joseph, Anuj Parashar, Cedric Patapy, Olga Perebatova, John Provis, Sergio Sabio, Manu Santhanam, Laurent Steger, Tongbo Sui, Antonio Telesca, Anja Vollpracht, Bin Wang, Brant Walkley, Frank Winnefeld, Guang Ye, Shizhe Zhang, Karen Scrivener, Reactivity tests for supplementary cementitious materials: RILEM TC 267-TRM phase 1 (2018), Materials and Structures, Vol 51, 2019, page 151. (IF: 2.607)

2017

JP2: Yuvaraj Dhandapani and Manu Santhanam, Assessment of pore structure evolution in the limestone calcined clay cementitious system and its implication for performance, (2017), Cement and Concrete Composites, Vol 84, pg 36-47. (IF: 5.172)

JP1: Yuvaraj Dhandapani and Manu Santhanam, “Phase assemblage in a trial blend of limestone calcined clay cement, (2017), Cement international, Vol 5, page 76-79. (Invited paper selected from conference proceedings for publications)




A) Full papers published in Conference Proceedings/Book chapters

Conference proceedings:

CP 27: Moro Sabtiwu, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Michal Drewniok, Samuel Adu-Amankwah, Susan A. Bernal, Uniaxial compressive creep performance of concrete based on composite Portland -blast furnace slag-limestone cements, FIB International Conference on Concrete Sustainability, Sept 2024

CP26: Ali K. Saleh, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Susan A. Bernal, Han Fang,  Experimental Investigation on Shrinkage and Creep Performance of Concrete Containing a Calcined Clay-Limestone Cement, FIB International Conference on Concrete Sustainability, Sept 2024

CP25: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Kirthika Kala Subramanian, Leon Black, Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Susan A. Bernal, Mechanical and durability performance of concrete  containing calcined excavated London Clay, FIB International Conference on Concrete Sustainability, Sept 2024

CP24: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Leon Black, M.C.G. Juenger, Susan A. Bernal. (2023). Elucidating the carbonation front in blended calcined kaolinite clays binders using analytical techniques, ICCC Thailand, Sep 2023.

CP23: Alasthir T.M. Marsh, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Sreejith Krishnan, Suraj Rahmon, M.C.G. Juenger, Susan A. Bernal (2023), Beyond kaolinite content: untangling the influence of other clay properties on the reactivity of calcined clays, ICCC Thailand, Sep 2023.

CP22: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Leon Black, M.C.G. Juenger, Susan A. Bernal (2023)’ Understanding the carbonation performance of cements containing calcined clay, The 77th RILEM Annual Week & the 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Smart & Sustainable Infrastructures, Vancouver Sept 4-8, 2023.

CP22: Moro Sabtiwu, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Michal P. Drewniok, Samuel Adu-Amankwah, Susan A. Bernal, Engineering and Durability Performance of Composite Portland Cement-Blast Furnace Slag-Limestone Concretes, The 77th RILEM Annual Week & the 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Smart & Sustainable Infrastructures, Vancouver Sept 4-8, 2023.

CP22: Narayanan Neithalath, Pu Yang, Manu Santhanam, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, A Refined Modeling Scheme for Transport of Multiple Ionic Species Through Concrete, The 77th RILEM Annual Week & the 1st Interdisciplinary Symposium on Smart & Sustainable Infrastructures, Vancouver Sept 4-8, 2023.

CP21: Zengliang Yue, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Sam Adu-amankwah, Susan A. Bernal (2023). Influence of Slag Chemistry on the Carbonation of Sodium Sulfate-Activated Slag Cements. In: Jędrzejewska, A., Kanavaris, F., Azenha, M., Benboudjema, F., Schlicke, D. (eds) International RILEM Conference on Synergising Expertise towards Sustainability and Robustness of Cement-based Materials and Concrete Structures. SynerCrete 2023. RILEM Bookseries, vol 44. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33187-9_42

CP20: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Srajan Bhadauria, Sreejith Krishnan, M.C.G. Juenger, Susan A. Bernal,  (2023). Effect of the Carbonate Source on the Carbonation Performance of Blended Binders Containing Calcined Clays. In: Jędrzejewska, A., Kanavaris, F., Azenha, M., Benboudjema, F., Schlicke, D. (eds) International RILEM Conference on Synergising Expertise towards Sustainability and Robustness of Cement-based Materials and Concrete Structures. SynerCrete 2023. RILEM Bookseries, vol 44. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-33187-9_109

CP19: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Suraj Rahmon, Alastair T M Marsh, Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Athina Papakosta, Martin Liska, Franco Zunino, Karen Scrivener, Wolf Wichmann, Apostolos Tsoumelekas, Susan A Bernal, Fresh state properties of low clinker cement made of excavated London Clay from tunnelling operations, 41st  Cement & Concrete Science Conference, Leeds Sept 2022. (Best presentation)

CP18: Moro Sabtiwu, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Samuel Adu-Amankwah, Susan A Bernal, Carbonation performance of ternary Portland slag-limestone mortars, 41st Cement & Concrete Science Conference, Leeds Sept 2022. (Best poster)

CP17: Zengliang Yue, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Xinyuan Ke, Sam Adu-amankwah, Susan A. Bernal, Influence of slag chemistry on the properties of near neural salt sodium sulfate-activated slag cements, 41st Cement & Concrete Science Conference, Leeds Sept 2022.

CP16: Zengliang Yue, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, John Provis, Susan A. Bernal, A reactive-transport framework to model carbonation behaviours of a hardened cement, 76th RILEM Annual Week and International Conference on Regeneration and Conservation of Structures (ICRCS 2022), Kyoto, Aug 2022.

CP15: Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Athina Papakosta, Franco Zunino, Heleni Pantelidou, Beatrice Baudet, Alastair Marsh, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Susan A. Bernal, Jan Szanser, Tom Burr-Hersey, John Batchelor and Karen Scrivener, Suitability of Excavated London Clay from Tunnelling Operations as a Supplementary Cementitious Materials and Expanded Clay Aggregate, Proceedings of the International Conference on Calcined clay for Sustainable ConcreteAt: Lausanne, July 2022. 

CP14: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, Understanding the role of calcined clay and limestone on chloride ingress and moisture ingress in ternary cement composites, Proceedings of the International Conference on Calcined clay for Sustainable ConcreteAt: Lausanne, July 2022. 

CP13: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Alastair T. Marsh, Susan A. Bernal, Characterisation of low-purity calcined clays containing cements, Proceedings of the International Conference on Calcined clay for Sustainable Concrete, At: Lausanne, July 2022. 

CP12: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Susan A. Bernal, A review on durability performance of calcined clay binders for adoption in the construction industry, 75th RILEM week and International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Construction Materials and Structures, Mexico, Aug 2021.

CP11: Ravindra Gettu, Anusha S. Basavaraja, Hareesh Muni, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, Sustainability through Durability: Assessment of Concretes with Blended Cements, 15th International Conference on Durability of Building Materials and ComponentsAt: Barcelona, Spain, Oct 2020.

CP10: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, The role of pore network parameters to link physical structure and transport properties in ternary binders involving aluminosilicate-limestone combination, 74th RILEM Annual Week and 40th Cement and Concrete Science Conference Sheffield, UK, 31 August - 4 September 2020. (RILEM PhD Grant prize) Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKxckCSA9-Q

CP9: Ravindra Gettu, Manu Santhanam, Radhakrishna G. Pillai, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, T. Sakthivel, Sripriya Rengaraju, Sundar Rathnarajan, Fathima Suma M., Anusha S. Basavaraja, Sanoop Prakasan and Nithya Nair V.G. , Summary of 4-Years of Research at IIT Madras on Concrete with Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3), Sustainable materials, systems and structures, Rovinj, Croatia, 2019.

CP8: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, Characterisation of Microstructure in Limestone Calcined Clay Cementitious Systems, Sustainable materials, systems and structures, Rovinj, Croatia, 2019.

CP7: Ravindra Gettu, Manu Santhanam, Radhakrishna G. Pillai, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Sakthivel T., Sripriya Rengaraju, Fathima Suma M., Sanoop Prakasan, Sundar Rathnarajan, and Anusha S. Basavaraj, ‘Recent research on limestone calcined clay cement (LC3 ) at IIT Madras’, Conference in honor of the centennial of the laboratory of construction materials and Prof.Karen Scrivener’s 60th birthday, Lausanne, Switzerland, 19- 22 August 2018.

CP6: Ravindra Gettu, Radhakrishna G. Pillai , Manu Santhanam, Sundar Rathnarajan , Anusha S. Basavaraj, Sripriya Rengaraju , and Yuvaraj Dhandapani, ‘Service Life and Life-Cycle Assessment of Reinforced Concrete with Fly ash and Limestone Calcined Clay Cement, Sixth International Conference on the Durability of Concrete Structures’, Leeds, 2018

CP5: Radhakrishna G. Pillai, Manu Santhanam, Ravindra Gettu, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Sripriya Rengaraju, Sundar R., Anusha B, ‘Service life estimation and life cycle assessment for portland cement, fly ash, and LC3 systems’, Service-life prediction of concrete, 3rd meeting: The Corvallis workshops, Oregon, July 16-19, 2017.

CP4: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Karen L. Scrivener and Manu Santhanam, ‘Temperature effects on performance of cementitious systems: Microstructure and Transport Properties’, International conference on advances in construction materials and systems, ICACMS Chennai, 2017.

CP3: Yuvaraj Dhandapani and Manu Santhanam, Durability of concrete prepared with ternary binder systems involving Limestone and Calcined clay, XIV DBMC Durability of Building Materials and Components (DBMC 2017), Belgium, 2017.

CP2: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Ajinkiya Kulkarni and Manu Santhanam, Electrical conductivity based evaluation of solid phase growth and microstructural evolution in multi-component cementitious systems, 24-26 October, Microdurability 2016, Nanjing, China.

CP1: Yuvaraj Dhandapani and Manu Santhanam, “Phase assemblage in a trial blend of limestone calcined clay cement, 14th NCB international seminar on cement and building materials”, 01-04 Dec, New Delhi, 2015. (Selected as the best paper for journal publication from the conference proceedings)

Book chapters:

BC5: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, Influence of calcined clay-limestone ratio on properties of concrete with Limestone Calcined Clay Cement (LC3), 3rd International Conference on Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete, New Delhi, 15-17 Oct 2019. (Best presentation)

BC4: Manu Santhanam, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Ravindra Gettu, and Radhakrishna Pillai, Perspectives on Durability of Blended Systems with Calcined Clay and Limestone, 3rd International Conference on Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete, New Delhi, 15-17 Oct 2019.

BC3: Hareesh Muni, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, K. Vignesh, Manu Santhanam, Anomalous early increase in concrete resistivity with calcined clay binders, 3rd International Conference on Calcined Clays for Sustainable Concrete, New Delhi, 15-17 Oct 2019.

BC2: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Vignesh K., Thangadurai Raja and Manu Santhanam, ‘Development of the microstructure in LC3 systems and its effect on concrete properties, Calcined Clay for Sustainable Concrete Conference, Cuba, Dec 2017.

BC1: Yuvaraj Dhandapani and Manu Santhanam, “Experimental investigation on evolution of pore structure in cementitious system by different techniques”, 1st international conference on Calcined clay for sustainable concrete, Jun 22 – 25, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2015.



Conference presentation without full paper (Presenter marked in bold)

CP12: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Moro Sabtiwu, Savan Kumar, Zenglaing Yue, Susan A. Bernal, Challenges in characterising carbonation in hardened and end-of-life concrete: Implications on performance, Gordon Research Conference on Accelerating Sustainable Concrete Construction, Advanced Materials for Sustainable Infrastructure series, Feb 25- March 1, 2024. At: Ventura, California.

CP11: Suraj Rahmaon, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Sreejith Krishnan, Alastair Marsh, Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Leon Black, Susan A. Bernal, Suitability of Thermally Activated Yorkshire Clays as Supplementary Cementitious Materials, 42nd Annual Cement and Concrete Science Conference, London, September 2023.

CP10: Moro Sabtiwu, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Michal P. Drewniok, Samuel Adu-Amankwah, Susan A. Bernal, Impact of carbonation on chloride permeability of composite Portland cement-slag-limestone concretes, 42nd Annual Cement and Concrete Science Conference, London, September 2023.

CP9: Kirthika Kala Subramanian, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Leon Black, Susan A. Bernal, Performance of concretes prepared with blended cement containing calcined excavated London clays, 42nd Annual Cement and Concrete Science Conference, London, September 2023.

CP8: Sreejith Krishnan, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Suraj Rahmaon, Alastair Marsh, M.C.G. Juenger, Susan A. Bernal, 2023 Clay Minerals Group Research-in-Progress meeting, Leeds .May 2023.

CP7: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Alastair Marsh, Sreejith Krishnan, Leon Black, M.C.G. Juenger, Susan A. Bernal,  Low purity calcined clays as cement replacements: characterisation, activation, blend formulation and carbonation performance, 2023 Natural Pozzolan Symposium, May 2023, At: Wickenburg, Arizona

CP6: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, S. Rahmon, A.T.M. Marsh, F. Kanavaris, A. Papakosta, Susan S Bernal, (2023) Circularity of excavation waste: HS2 case study. In: UKCRIC All Hands meeting, The Integrated Civil and Infrastructure Research Centre, Sheffield

CP5: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Katelyn Q'quinn, M.C,G. Juenger, Leon Black, Susan A. Bernal, Reaction kinetics of blended Portland cements containing lower grade calcined clays, XXX International Materials Research Congress (IMRC2022) and International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM2021)At: Cancun, Mexico.

CP4: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Alastair T.M. Marsh, M.C.G. Juenger, Susan A. Bernal, Tailoring composition of binders containing low-purity calcined clay for improved early age performance,  Gordon Research Conference on Cement Based Materials: Reaching Net Zero, 31st July – 5th Aug, 2022, At: Lucca, Italy.

CP3: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, ‘Influence of SCMs on hydration’, Recent Advances in Science and Technology of Concrete organized by IIT Madras and RILEM, 2nd May, 2020. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMUXGgJdcyw&feature=youtu.be

CP2: Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Manu Santhanam, Ravindra Gettu, and Radhakrishna Pillai, ‘Pore Network Tortuosity to elucidate Transport Properties in Composite Binders involving Aluminosilicate-Limestone Combination’, Gordon Research Seminar on ‘Concrete Solutions Towards Carbon Neutral Construction by 2050’, 22-28 Feb 2020, Ventura, California, USA.

CP1: Manu Santhanam, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, ‘Early Age Behaviour and Durability Performance of Ternary Cementitious Systems Involving Limestone Powder’, Gordon Research Conference, August 3, 2016, Hong Kong, China.


A) Technical reports:

RESEARCH MONOGRAPH on ‘Recycled concrete aggregates and their influence on concrete properties’ as a part of SPARC Collaborative research by Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, University of Cape Town and University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. Authors: Rohit Prajapati, Ichebadu G. Amadi, Mamtha Kosuri, Neema Kahabi, Ram V. G., Anusha S. Basavaraj, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Janina Kanjee, Manu Santhanam, Mark Alexander, Yunus Ballim, Ravindra Gettu, Hans Beushausen (2023).

HS2 Learning Legacy report on ‘Transformation of London Clay into construction resources: Calcined London Clay (CLC) as Supplementary Cementitious Material (SCM) in concrete mixes’, Athina Papakosta, Apostolos Tsoumelekas, Fragkoulis Kanavaris, Yuvaraj Dhandapani, Susan A. Bernal Lopez, Wolf Wichmann, (2024)


A) Online lectures/Talks:

Invited Talks in National events/colleges

i.                    Delivered a lecture in an online workshop on Achieving sustainable concrete through use of mineral admixture on ‘Enhanced chloride resistance of concretes with mineral admixtures’, organized by Indian Concrete Institute, 8th May 2020

ii.                  Delivered an online lecture on ‘Effect of mineral admixture on hydration of cement’, organized by RMK Engineering College, 25th April 2020

iii.                Delivered a talk on ‘Transport mechanisms in concrete-From practitioner requirements to insights from fundamentals’ at CSIR-SERC, July 2019

iv.                Delivered a talk to small-scale construction contractors in Chennai about the use of Blended cement containing fly ash and slags, 2018.

v.                  Delivered an online NPTEL lecture on ‘Application of characterization techniques to assess composite binder with limestone-calcined clay:what, why, how?’ for Characteristation of construction materials course, 2019 Links: Part-1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra7sqQPuPmE and Part-2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ-wxGdyQN4

vi.                Delivered a talk on ‘Being a Civil Engineer - A larger perspective for undergrad civil engineering students’ at IIT Tirupathi and IIT Palakkad as a part of CEA, IIT Madras, 2018

vii.              Delivered a talk on ‘Properties and prospects of concrete with low carbon cement made of limestone calcined clay cement’ at KCG Engineering College, 2017

viii.            Delivered a talk on ‘Use of characterisation techniques for civil engineering materials’ for research scholars at VIT, Vellore, 2017

    

Invited Talks at International conferences/events/organisations

             i.            Delivered a talk on “Carbonation of low clinker cements: What we know? What we think we know? What we don't know?”, Neville Centre Spring Seminar Series 2024, 26 March 2024

          ii.            Delivered a talk on “Advances in characterising carbonation in low clinker and alternative cements” in THE 3ʳᵈ International Workshop on Technologies for low carbon and lean construction, Chennai, 28-31 Jan 2024.

        iii.             Delivered a talk on “Future of Calcined Clays in the UK” for the Institute of Concrete Technology, UK (a Professional Civil Engineering organization in the UK), 09 Nov 2023.

         iv.            Delivered a talk on “Durability performance of calcined clay concretes” to Heidelberg Cement Global R&D in Germany on 10-07-2023.

           v.            Delivered a talk on “Chemical alterations of concrete exposed to seawater and the influence of supplementary cementitious materials on chloride binding” on a 2-day workshop on the interaction between hydrated cement phases and ions in seawater-mixed concrete, organized by West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland, 22-23rd June 2023.


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TC-CCC, 

RMK,

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