scholarly journals Compressive strength and Scheffe’s optimization of mechanical properties of recycled ceramics tile aggregate concrete

Author(s):  
Edidiong E. Ambrose ◽  
Fidelis O. Okafor ◽  
Michael E. Onyia

The abundant availability of demolition waste from construction industry is leading towards a significant problem of disposal, land and air pollution. The natural aggregate resources are also depleting due to development of construction activities. An attempt is made in this study to convert this waste into wealth by substituting the recycled brick from demolition waste to granite aggregate in production of the concrete. The granite aggregate (GA) is replaced with recycled brick aggregate (RBA) by 25% of its weight to produce M15 and M20 grades of concrete. The granite aggregate concrete (GAC) and recycled brick aggregate concrete (RBAC) were subjected to different temperatures between 100 to 1000oC for a duration of 3 hours and the mechanical properties such as compressive strength and flexural strength were examined to assess its fire performance. The response of RBAC is better than GAC at each temperature. The study revealed that the residual strength increases with the increase in grade of concrete at all temperatures.


2013 ◽  
Vol 811 ◽  
pp. 213-217
Author(s):  
Wei Li ◽  
Wen Sheng Ding ◽  
Hai Ying Zhang

Microstructure is an important factor that influences the mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). This paper was devoted to an investigation of the relationship between mechanical properties and porosity, hydrate, microstructure of interfacial transition zone (ITZ) in RAC. The result showed that mechanical properties of RAC can be further enhanced with lower porosity, and there was a good linear relation, whereas it did not exist between compressive strength of RAC and average pore diameter. Fine active particles and the hydrate were formed into the cracked and loose layer of ITZ in RAC by A tripe mixing method (TM). Through SEM observation, it is expected that the compressive strength of the RAC can be improved by modifying the porous microstructure and hydrate in ITZ.


Geofluids ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Yanlin Huang ◽  
An Zhou

In recent years, with the rapid development of the construction industry, the demand for natural river sand has become increasingly prominent. Development of alternatives to river sand has become an interesting direction for concrete research. In this paper, coal gangue was proposed to replace part of the river sand to produce coal gangue fine aggregate concrete, while waste polyethene terephthalate (PET) bottles were used as raw materials to make PET fibers to improve the mechanical properties of coal gangue fine aggregate concrete. There were two parts of the test conducted. In the first part, the compressive strength of the gangue fine aggregate concrete cube, splitting tensile strength, axial compressive strength, and static elastic modulus were studied when the substitution rate of coal gangue increased from 0% to 50%. Referring to the equation of the full stress-strain curve of plain concrete, the stress-strain constitutive equation of coal gangue fine aggregate concrete was analyzed and studied. By comparing with plain concrete, it was found that the coal gangue concrete with a replacement rate of 50% had higher compressive strength and tensile strength, but its brittleness was significantly greater than that of plain concrete in the later stage. In the second part, by studying the effect of different PET fiber content on the mechanical properties of coal gangue fine aggregate concrete with a replacement rate of 50%, it was found that when the addition of PET fiber was 0.1% and 0.3%, not only were compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, static elastic modulus, and flexural strength of the gangue fine aggregate concrete effectively improved but also the brittleness of concrete can be significantly reduced. The study found that after adding 0.3% PET fiber, the coal gangue fine aggregate concrete with a replacement rate of 50% has better mechanical properties and less brittleness.


2017 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huaxin Liu ◽  
Jianwei Yang ◽  
Xiangqing Kong ◽  
Xuxu Xue

In order to study the basic mechanical properties of basalt fiber reinforced recycled aggregate concrete, the concrete mix ratio, the length and the volume mixing ratio of chopped basalt fiber yarn are designed for changing factors. A total of 324 specimens have been completed for this investigation. The compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, elastic modulus and axial compressive strength of basalt fiber recycled concrete have carried on the experimental study and theoretical analysis as 81 specimens, respectively. In all specimens, coarse aggregate were replaced by recycled aggregate with a replacement rate of 100%. Experimental results show that the failure process and failure pattern of basalt fiber recycled concrete and ordinary concrete are similar; With the improvement of concrete strength grade; When the volume mixing ratio of chopped basalt fiber yarn is 0.2%, the mechanic performance can effectively improve, and the length of chopped basalt fiber has less effect on the mechanical indexes; The conversion relation between common concrete mechanics index is no longer suitable for basalt fiber recycled concrete, new conversion formulas for basalt fiber recycled concrete between the mechanics index were presented through fitting experimental data.


2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammet Gökhan Altun ◽  
Meral Oltulu

ABSTRACT The use of recycled aggregate (RA) instead of natural aggregate (NA) in concrete is necessary for environmental protection and the effective utilization of resources. The addition of recycled aggregates in concrete increases shrinkage, porosity and decreases the mechanical properties compared to that of normal concrete. This study was aimed at investigating how the addition of various proportions of polypropylene and steel fiber affect the mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). The natural coarse aggregates (NCAs) used in the production of normal concrete (NC) were replaced in 30% and 50% proportions by recycled coarse aggregates (RCAs) obtained from the demolished buildings. In this case, a polypropylene fiber (PF) content of 0.1% and steel fiber (SF) 1% and 2% volume fractions were used, along with hybrid fibers-a combination of the two. While the material performance of RAC compared to NC is analyzed by reviewing existing published literature, it is not evident what the use of RCAs and hybrid fibers have on the mechanical properties of concrete. The results showed that the compressive strength, flexural strength and impcat resistance of RAC were reduced as the percentage of RCAs increased. It was observed that the compressive strength was increased with the addition of 1% steel fiber in the RAC. The flexural and impact performance of steel fiber-reinforced concrete (Specimens NC and RAC) was increased as the volume fractions of steel fiber increased. The hybrid fiber reinforced concretes showed the best results in their mechanical performance of all the concrete groups.


2018 ◽  
Vol 80 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sallehan Ismail ◽  
Mahyuddin Ramli

This study investigates the effect of inclusion of polyolefin and polypropylene fibers at various volume fractions in single and hybrid forms on the mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) mix that consists of treated coarse recycled concrete aggregate (RCA). Testing parameters, such as compressive strength, flexural strength, static modulus of elasticity, and impact load resistance, are utilized to evaluate the mechanical strength of specimens. The various properties of the modified RAC are also analyzed and compared with those of normal concrete and unmodified RAC specimens. Findings indicate that the mechanical strength properties of RAC mixture using treated RCA were significantly enhanced by adding fibers. The overall optimized mechanical strength results could be obtained in RAC mixtures with fiber in hybrid form, where their compressive strength at long-term curing age, can be significantly improved by 7% upto 11% higher than normal concrete. In addition, RAC mix with hybrid fibers produced the highest flexural strength and impact load resistance by an increase of 5% and 175%, respectively as compared with the control concrete.  


2012 ◽  
Vol 446-449 ◽  
pp. 2028-2032 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Geng ◽  
Yong Yong Chen ◽  
Jia Ying Sun ◽  
Wei Chen

In this article, the basic mechanical characters of recycled fine aggregate concrete (RFAC) are studied, and the relationships of recycled fine aggregate (RFA) content, minimum particle size and water content with them are also discussed according to results of cubic compressive strength (f¬¬cu), flexural strength (ff), splitting tensile strength(fts), axial compressive strength(fc)and Yang’s modulus (Ec). The results indicate that the use of RFA will induce mechanical properties of RFAC to deteriorate, and the deteriorated trend of it become more obviously with RFA content increased and minimum particle size reduced, in addition to, the early compressive strength of RFA develop slowly. The RFAC elastic modulus is significantly lower than ordinary concrete, besides, RFA on elastic modulus was significantly affected than other mechanical properties.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gai-Fei Peng ◽  
Yan-Zhu Huang ◽  
Hai-Sheng Wang ◽  
Jiu-Feng Zhang ◽  
Qi-Bing Liu

This paper presents an experimental research on mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) at low and high water/binder (W/B) ratios. Concrete at two W/B ratios (0.255 and 0.586) was broken into recycled concrete aggregates (RCA). A type of thermal treatment was employed to remove mortar attached to RCA. The RAC at a certain (low or high) W/B ratio was prepared with RCA made from demolished concrete of the same W/B ratio. Tests were conducted on aggregate to measure water absorption and crushing values and on both RAC and natural aggregate concrete (NAC) to measure compressive strength, tensile splitting strength, and fracture energy. The mechanical properties of RAC were lower than those of NAC at an identical mix proportion. Moreover, the heating process caused a decrease in compressive strength and fracture energy in the case of low W/B ratio but caused an increase in those properties in the case of high W/B ratio. The main type of flaw in RCA from concrete at a low W/B ratio should be microcracks in gravel, and the main type of flaw in RCA from concrete at a high W/B ratio should be attached mortar.


2021 ◽  
Vol 283 ◽  
pp. 01033
Author(s):  
Chuangui Li ◽  
Hongkui Zhao ◽  
Jianfeng Wu ◽  
Xiangang Li ◽  
Ya Zhang

Construction solid waste has become an important environmental pollution source in the city, and the treatment and application of construction solid waste has become the focus of attention. Construction waste recycled aggregates have defects such as high water absorption and micro cracks, which affect its extensive application. In order to improve the utilization rate of recycled aggregates, the influence of different replacement rates of recycled aggregates on the mechanical properties of concrete is studied in this paper. The results show that with the increase of replacement rate of recycled aggregates, the 3-day, 7-day and 28-day compressive strength, splitting strength and cohesive force of concrete decrease gradually, but the mechanical properties of concrete decrease slowly at 3 days and 7 days, and decrease obviously at 28 days. Moreover, with the increase of replacement rate of recycled aggregates, the decline trend of mechanical properties is not obvious. Compared with natural aggregate concrete, the 28-day compressive strength, splitting strength and cohesive force of 100% recycled aggregate concrete are reduced by 16.1%, 20.1% and 18.1% respectively, but the mechanical properties meet the requirements of C30 concrete, which provides a reference for engineering application.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Anjun Li ◽  
Gaoqiang Zhou ◽  
Xianggang Zhang ◽  
Ercong Meng

A novel recycled aggregate concrete was prepared by replacing the natural aggregate with recycled lightweight aggregate. Subsequently, the mechanical properties and compressive stress-strain constitutive relation of the recycled lightweight aggregate concrete (RLWAC) were explored. For this purpose, the recycled lightweight aggregate (RLWA) replacement ratio (0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%) was selected as a variable, and the compressive strength of 15 cube and 30 prism specimens was evaluated. The failure morphology of the specimen was subsequently characterized, along with the cubic compressive strength, axial compressive strength, peak strain, ultimate strain, and other performance indices. The influence of the replacement ratio for the specimen indices of the RLWAC was also analyzed. It was observed that the dry apparent density of RLWAC decreased gradually on increasing the replacement ratio. Compared with 0% replacement ratio, a decrease of 6.50%, 11.39%, 21.84%, and 27.54% was observed, respectively. On enhancing the RLWA replacement ratio, the compressive strength, peak strain, and ultimate strain of RLWAC were observed to be gradually reduced. As the replacement ratio was increased from 75% to 100%, the peak strain was noted to decrease the most by about 6.8%. As the replacement ratio was increased from 50% to 75%, the ultimate strain decreased the most by about 14.2%. Based on the experimental findings, the functional relationships of the strength indices and the conversion value of each strength index with the replacement ratio were also established. Finally, based on the model proposed by the existing model, the stress-strain equation of RLWAC was developed, and the fitting results were observed to be in good agreement with the test results.


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