Dr Cyril Lynsdale
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Lecturer
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- Profile
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Royal Academy of Engineering/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowship
- Teaching interests
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- Alkali activation of slag, pulverised fuel ash and natural pozzolana as sole binders for concrete.
- The combined effect of sulfate and chloride exposure on the formation of thaumasite in concrete.
- Calcium sulfoaluminate cement as binder for structural concrete.
- Development of high performance concrete incorporating metakaolin and other ternary blended cementitious systems.
- Geotechnical controls on aggregate-cement paste interfacial zone in concrete.
- Deterioration of heat cured mortars due to the combined effect of delayed ettringite formation and freeze-thaw cycling.