Muhammad Usman

Prof. Muhammad Usman

School of Civil & Environmental Engineering (SCEE), National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Islamabad, Islāmābād, Pakistan
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Academic Career Length

18Years (2009-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 January 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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HLHyeongi Lee
Hyeongi Lee
Asad HanifAsad Hanif
Asad Hanif
Muhammad UsmanMuhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman
JSJongsung Sim
Jongsung Sim
HOHongseob Oh
Hongseob Oh

28 February 2020 in Materials
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WAWaqas Ahmad
Waqas Ahmad
SFSyed Hassan Farooq
Syed Hassan Farooq
Muhammad UsmanMuhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman
Mehran KhanMehran Khan
Mehran Khan
AAAyaz Ahmad
Ayaz Ahmad
Muhammad SufianMuhammad Sufian
Muhammad Sufian
Recently, the addition of natural fibers to high strength concrete (HSC) has been of great interest in the field of construction materials. Compared to artificial fibers, natural fibers are cheap and locally available. Among all natural fibers, coconut fibers have the greatest known toughness. In this work, the mechanical properties of coconut fiber reinforced high strength concrete (CFR-HSC) are explored. Silica fume (10% by mass) and super plasticizer (1% by mass) are also added to the CFR-HSC. The influence of 25 mm-, 50 mm-, and 75 mm-long coconut fibers and 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, and 2% contents by mass is investigated. The microstructure of CFR-HSC is studied using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The experimental results revealed that CFR-HSC has improved compressive, splitting-tensile, and flexural strengths, and energy absorption and toughness indices compared to HSC. The overall best results are obtained for the CFR-HSC having 50 mm long coconut fibers with 1.5% content by cement mass.

1 January 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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YKYongjae Kim
Yongjae Kim
Asad HanifAsad Hanif
Asad Hanif
Muhammad UsmanMuhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman
Muhammad Junaid MunirMuhammad Junaid Munir
Muhammad Junaid Munir
Syed Minhaj Saleem KazmiSyed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi
Syed Minhaj Saleem Kazmi
SKSamsoo Kim
Samsoo Kim

1 June 2018 in Energy
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Muhammad UsmanMuhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman
Asad HanifAsad Hanif
Asad Hanif
IKIn-Ho Kim
In-Ho Kim
HJHyung-Jo Jung
Hyung-Jo Jung

1 July 2019 in Construction and Building Materials
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YKYongjae Kim
Yongjae Kim
AHAsad Hanif
Asad Hanif
Muhammad UsmanMuhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman
WPWon-Jun Park
Won-Jun Park

1 May 2018 in Journal of Cleaner Production
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Wisal AhmedWisal Ahmed
Wisal Ahmed
RKRao Arsalan Khushnood
Rao Arsalan Khushnood
Shazim MemonShazim Memon
Shazim Memon
SASajjad Ahmad
Sajjad Ahmad
WBWaqas Latif Baloch
Waqas Latif Baloch
Muhammad UsmanMuhammad Usman
Muhammad Usman