The Technical Viability of the Reuse of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) for the Production of Interlocking Concrete Paving

2013 ◽  
Vol 433-435 ◽  
pp. 2134-2140
Author(s):  
M.C. Serpa ◽  
Ana Catarina J. Evangelista ◽  
Marcelo G. Miguez ◽  
Romildo D. Toledo Filho ◽  
Daniel Barroso

A report about the current industry standards of technological, economic and legal development for the recycling and reuse of civil construction waste (CCW). The use of CCW, such as recycled aggregate inserted into concrete, is still in its initial stages in Brazil [. This paper's main objective was to evaluate the quality of concrete produced using different amounts, or fractions, of recycled concrete aggregate RCA from the residues of demolition wastes RDW from UFRJ's university hospital, located at its Rio de Janeiro campus. These residues had the dimensions of crushed gravel, and were inserted into a mix of conventional concrete for making interlocking concrete paving, based on the characterization of the recycled aggregates and mechanical tests, carried out on laboratory produced cylindrical specimens of concrete, contributing to the increase in the recycling of cement and concrete in Brazil.

Author(s):  
Suhail Mushtaq Khan

Recycled aggregates are those crushed cement concrete or asphalt pavement which comes out from the construction debris which is reused in construction. They are made from the reprocessing of materials which have been used in previous constructions. This paper discusses about the study of properties of recycled aggregates from the sources which has already been published. The results are that 100% replacement of natural aggregate by recycled concrete aggregate effect on chloride ions resistance, it plays negative effects on durability of recycled concrete aggregates, and addition of fiber in recycled aggregate concrete mixture gave more effective in the performance of concrete. On experimental study of recycled aggregate, compressive, flexural and split tensile strength of the recycled aggregate were found to be lower than that of the natural aggregate. Use of recycled aggregate in a new concrete production is still limited. Recommendation of introduction of recycled aggregates standard is required for the materials to be used successfully in future. Gaps in literature reviews are also included in this paper.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 3439-3443

Use of reused aggregate in concrete can be useful for the ecological protection and economical terms. The application of recycled has been started in many construction projects. Paper hear says the basic properties of recycled concrete aggregate. It similarly relates the properties with natural aggregate, similarly the properties of recycled aggregates concrete were also determined and explained here. For the concrete grades of M25 and M30, the recycled aggregate concrete is produced by changing the natural aggregate, by recycled aggregate in conventional concrete with 5%, 10% and 15% of weight of natural aggregates. Experimental studies were carried out on influence of recycled aggregate treatment and comparison of strength properties of conventional cement concrete and recycled aggregate concrete at the curing of 7days and 28 days. They are two types of treatments under the considerations for recycled aggregates are Abrasion of recycled aggregate and chemical immersion


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Roque ◽  
Cinthia Maia Pederneiras ◽  
Catarina Brazão Farinha ◽  
Jorge de Brito ◽  
Rosário Veiga

This paper presents a study of incorporation of two types of construction and demolition waste (CDW) in rendering mortars, as aggregates at 0%, 20%, 50% and 100% (by volume). Recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) and mixed recycled aggregate (MRA) were used. The former is mainly composed of cementitious waste and the latter consists of a mixture of non-segregated wastes. The performance of the cement mortars with recycled aggregates was evaluated through an extensive experimental programme. The analysis comprised workability, mechanical strength, water absorption, shrinkage, open porosity and the evaluation of durability by permeability to water under pressure after an artificial accelerated ageing test. The results are considered positive, although as the incorporation of recycled aggregates (both MRA and RCA) increased the mechanical strength, the modulus of elasticity and bulk density decreased, which leads to the production of lighter mortars that are less susceptible to cracking. The modified mortar with 20% of MRA presented the best performance, in terms of mechanical behaviour.


2021 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 188-202
Author(s):  
Feng Yu ◽  
Chaochao Feng ◽  
Shilong Wang ◽  
Wei Huang ◽  
Yuan Fang ◽  
...  

The utilization of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) can reduce the environmental impact and decreases the cost of concrete. In this study, a comprehensive assessment of self-consolidating concrete (SCC) using RCA as partial or total replacement of coarse aggregate was conducted. Recycled concrete aggregate self-consolidating concrete (RCA-SCC) mixtures with varied water-to-cement (W/C) ratios (0.28–0.46), sand-to-aggregate (S/A) ratios (48–52%), fly ash (FA) contents (20–40%), RCA replacement ratios (0–100%), and water reducer contents (0–1.5%) were designed and tested. 5 groups of the RCA-SCC columns with different W/C and replacement ratios of RCA were also investigated. The slump flow, the J-ring flow and the cubic compressive strength, and the compressive behaviors of the RCA-SCC columns were studied. Results indicated that W/C ratio was the dominant parameter in RCA-SCC mixture, and the failure modes of the RCA-SCC columns were similar to those of the conventional concrete columns. Based on the experimental results, the mechanical performance of RCA-SCC columns was evaluated quantitatively, and a stress–strain relation model for predicting the axial compressive behavior of RCA-SCC column was proposed. This study will provide a reference for the engineering application of the environment-friendly SCC using RCA that are derived from tested or returned concretes with better performance.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1054 ◽  
pp. 227-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdaléna Šefflová ◽  
Martin Volf ◽  
Tereza Pavlů

Currently, the emphasis is put on sustainable buildings; simultaneously, the emphasis is put on energy efficiency in buildings, with respect to this fact of necessity to test thermal properties of new building materials. This article deals with the thermal properties of concrete containing recycled concrete aggregate. Four types of recycled concrete aggregate were used for the production of the concrete. For the testing of concrete, a total of ten concrete mixtures were made, one of which was a reference mixture and the natural aggregate was replaced by recycled aggregate of varying ratio in the other mixtures. Finally, it is possible to say that according to the thermal properties of the recycled aggregate concrete is possible to be used in the same applications as conventional concrete.


2011 ◽  
Vol 99-100 ◽  
pp. 1274-1280
Author(s):  
Neela Deshpande ◽  
S.S Kulkarni

One of the construction sector's major contributions to the preservation of the Environment and sustainable development is the reuse and recycling of the waste materials it generates (reducing, reusing, recycling and regenerating the residues that originate the constructive activity). With this view an experimental program was undertaken which helped in judging the effectiveness of using Recycled aggregate in concrete ,by assessing the properties of Recycled aggregates – Coarse and Fine. Further with the guidance of IS 10262:2009 ,Concrete mix was designed for 28 day compressive strength as 25N/mm2 using conventionally used aggregates and Recycled aggregates. From economy perspective an attempt was made to use superplasticser to reduce cement consumption. With reference to the experimental results, analysis of important properties of both the types of concrete is done and the suitability of use of recycled concrete aggregate for new concrete is judged.


2009 ◽  
Vol 620-622 ◽  
pp. 255-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheol Woo Park

As the amount of waste concrete has been increased and recycling technique advances, this study investigates the applicability of recycled concrete aggregate for concrete structures. In addition fly ash, the industrial by-product, was considered in the concrete mix. Experimental program performed compressive strength and chloride penetration resistance tests with various replacement levels of fine recycled concrete aggregate and fly ash. In most case, the design strength, 40MPa, was obtained. It was known that the replacement of the fine aggregate with fine RCA may have greater influence on the strength development rather than the addition of fly ash. It is recommended that when complete coarse aggregate is replaced with RCA the fine RCA replacement should be less than 60%. The recycled aggregate concrete can achieve sufficient resistance to the chloride ion penetration and the resistance can be more effectively controlled by adding fly ash. It I finally conclude that the recycled concrete aggregate can be successfully used in the construction field and the recycling rate of waste concrete and flay ash should be increased without causing significant engineering problems.


2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (6) ◽  
pp. 04019070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharat Madras Natarajan ◽  
Zoe Kanavas ◽  
Morgan Sanger ◽  
Jared Rudolph ◽  
Jiannan Chen ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Debora Acosta Álvarez ◽  
Anadelys Alonso Aenlle ◽  
Antonio José Tenza-Abril ◽  
Salvador Ivorra

The main objective of this work is to evaluate the properties of hot asphalt mixtures that have been manufactured with different recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) percentages (0%, 20%, 40%, 60% and 80% of the fraction 5–13 mm) and asphalt (4%, 4.5% and 5%). Dense asphalt mixtures were made; partially replacing the natural aggregate (NA) fraction between 5 and 13 mm. Marshall specimens were manufactured to determine the main properties of the asphalt concrete (AC) in terms of density, voids, stability and deformation. Additionally, the optimal asphalt content (OAC) was determined, and measured the water sensibility, the stiffness modulus and the permanent deformation. The results corroborate the potential for using these sources of construction and demolition waste (CDW) as a RCA in asphalt concrete and show that the hot asphalt mixtures with up to 40% substitution of natural aggregate by recycled aggregate in the fraction 5–13 mm present good behavior.


2012 ◽  
Vol 193-194 ◽  
pp. 1371-1375
Author(s):  
Yong San Cheng ◽  
Ke Qiang Yu ◽  
Shuang Xi Wang

In order to better understand the recycled concrete aggregate, it is essential to investigate the different mixture ratio in it. For determining the better mixture ratio of recycled concrete aggregate, the experimental investigation was conducted by making use of recycled concrete aggregate of different ratio instead of small stones in concrete, while maintaining the proportion of other raw materials of concrete unchanged. Its mechanical properties were also investigated. It is found that the better materials proportion of recycled concrete is that sand: recycled aggregate: water= 1: 1.8 : 2.1: 0.55.


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