2014

Akers

Fibre Cement Industry: A critical review of conversion from asbestos cement to new technology including marketing trends

IBCC Conference, Da Nang City
September 2014

www.iibcc.biz

2013

Akers

Fibre Cement Industry: Adaption to modern cements and interrelated process aspects

II International Vip Business Meeting
White Nights: Cement.Concrete.Dry Mixtures

St. Petersburg
May 2013
www.white-nights.info

2012

Winter, Akers, Jonker, Mtsweni

Dual flocculant selection in the fiber cement process

IIBCC Conference, Canberra
September 2012
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2012

Akers, Mtsweni, Olivier, Fonseca, Wadhwani

Potential use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fibres in fibre cement composite materials

IIBCC Conference, Canberra

September 2012

2010

Cooke, Akers, Leite, Winter

Selection and performance of flocculants for Hatschek made air cured fibre cement

IIBCC Conference, Aalborg
September 2010
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2009

Akers

Necessity is the mother of Invention

Concrete solutions 2009
Conference, Sydney

2009

Akers, Kaufmann, Lübben, Schwitter

Reinforcement of Concrete and Shotcrete using Bi-Component Polyolefin Fibres

Concrete solutions 2009
Conference, Sydney

2008

Akers, Cooke

The effect aluminous additives on the properties of autoclaved cellublose fibre cement

IIBCC Conference, Madrid
November 2008
www.iibcc.biz
www.ucm.es

2006

Akers

Cracking in Fibre
Cement Products

IIBCC Conference, Sao Paulo
November 2006
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2006

Akers, Cooke, Morton

Performance of Slash Pine Fibres in Fibre Cement Products

IIBCC Conference, Sao Paulo
November 2006
www.iibcc.biz

2003

Akers, Tait,
Hourahane

Non-woven textile reinforced
composites concrete

the fiber society, Spring
Symp. Advanced flexible
mat. and structures,
Loughborough/UK
(June/July 2003)

2003

de Lhoneux, Akers
Alderweireldt,
Carmeliet, Hikasa,
Kalbskopf, Li, Vidts

Durability of synthetic fibres
in fibre cement building
materials

the fiber society, Spring
Symp. Advanced flexible
mat. and structures,
Loughborough/UK
(June/July 2003)

2002

de Lhoneux, Akers
Alderweireldt,
Amiya, Carmeliet,
Hikasa, Saenen,
Studinka, Tomka,
Vanden Bosch

Durability study of PVA fibres
in fibre cement products

Proc. IVth Int. Symp.
Concrete for a sustainable
agriculture N. De Belie &
B. Sonck (Eds), 275-284

2002

Akers

Ductile Fibre-Cement composites
Assessment of Durability with
Particular reference to fatigue,
creep and ageing

Int. Workshop on Ductile
Fibre Cement Composites
Japan (Oct. 2002)

1993

Bentur & Akers

Fibre Reinforced Concrete
Present and Future

Book
Co Author

1990

Akers, Tarnow
Greyling

The Asbestos Cement Industry:
A metamorphosis from one
natural fibre to another

1st IUAPPA
Regional Conference
on Air Pollution

1990

Pirie, Glasser
Schmitt-Henco &
Akers

Durablity studies and
characterisation of the
Matrix and Fibre-Cement
Interface of Asbestos-Free
Fibre-Cement Products

Cement and
Concrete Composites

1990

Akers & Partl

Hygral & Thermal Expansion /
Shrinkage Properties of
Asbestos-Free Fibre Cement

Cement and
Concrete Composites

1989

Akers, Meier
Studinka, Dodd
Johnson & Hikasa

Long Term Durability of PVA
reinforcing fibres in a
Cement Matrix

The International
Journal of Cement
Composites

1989

Akers & Studinka

Ageing Behaviour of Cellulose
Fibre Cement Composites in
natural weathering and
accelerated tests

The International
Journal of Cement
Composites

1989

Bentur & Akers

The microstructure and ageing
of Cellulose Fibre reinforced
Cement Composite cured in
a normal environment

The International
Journal of Cement
Composites

1989

Bentur & Akers

The microstructure and ageing
of Cellulose Fibre reinforced
autoclaved Cement Composites

The International
Journal of Cement
Composites

1989

Akers, Gerneka
Schultes & Crawford

Micro mechanical studies of
fresh and weathered Fibre
Cement Composites
Part 1: Dry Testing

The International
Journal of Cement
Composites

1989

Tait & Akers

Micro mechanical studies of
fresh and weathered Fibre
Cement Composites
Part 2: Wet Testing

The International
Journal of Cement
Composites

1986

Akers & Garrett

The influence of processing
parametres on the strength
and toughness of Asbestos
Cement Composites

The International
Journal of Cement
Composites

1983

Akers & Garrett

The relevance of single fibre
models to the industrial behaviour
of Asbestos Cement Composites

The International
Journal of Cement
Composites

1983

Akers & Garrett

Acoustic emission monitoring
of flexural failure in Asbestos
Cement Composites

The International
Journal of Cement
Composites

1983

Akers & Garrett

Observations and predictions of
fracture in Asbestos Cement
Composites

Journal of Materials Science

1983

Akers & Garrett

Fibre-matrix interface effects in
Asbestos Cement composites

Journal of Materials Science

1980

Akers

A micro-mechanical study of
deformation and failure processes
in Asbestos Cement

Thesis
requirement for the award of
Doctor of Philosophy

1977

Akers, Garrett & Tait

In situ scanning electron microscope observations of flexural failure of Asbestos Cement

Electron-mircoscopy
Society of South Africa