Optimal mix ratios of green building materials and construction cost control

Abstract

Green concrete wall-building composite materials (namely GBMs, green building materials for short) have superior mechanical properties and good durability, thus they are now a high-profile topic in relevant research field. However, due to the existence of risk factors such as the high initial cost, and unclear policy direction, the promotion of GBMs has been greatly limited. In this context, it is a necessary work to study the cost control of construction projects, and figure out the relationship between the saving of building operating cost and the increase of initial construction cost. For this purpose, this study experimented on the optimal mix ratios of GBMs to control the construction budget of engineering projects. At first, this paper modeled the strain-hardening and steady-state cracking of GBMs, and constrained the models based on the bridging rule, the energy criterion, and the strength criterion. Then, this paper constructed a fractal model for the dense effect of powder particles in the aggregates of the GBMs, and analyzed its fractal features; after that, this paper designed the mix ratios of GBMs and experimented on the mechanical properties; at last, this paper constructed a production cost-use benefit model of the GBMs, completed the construction budget control of the engineering project, and gave experimental results of the performance of GBMs and the use cost calculation and analysis results.