Open AccessRecycled concrete with coarse recycled aggregate. An overview and analysis
Author(s) -
Belén González-Fonteboa,
Sindy Seara-Paz,
Jorge de Brito,
Fernando Martínez-Abella,
Rui V. Silva
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
materiales de construcción
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.539
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1988-3226
pISSN - 0465-2746
DOI - 10.3989/mc.2018.13317
Subject(s) - demolition waste , aggregate (composite) , demolition , shrinkage , creep , context (archaeology) , construction waste , environmental science , civil engineering , materials science , waste management , engineering , composite material , geology , paleontology
The construction field has contributed to environmental degradation, producing a high amount of construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) and consuming large volumes of natural resources. In this context, recycled concrete (RC) has been recognised as a means to preserve natural resources and reduce space for waste storage. During the last decades, many researchers have developed works studying different recycled concrete properties.
This review focuses on structural RC made with coarse recycled aggregate from concrete waste. The main objective is to provide a state of the art report on RC’s properties and an analysis on how to predict them taking into account relevant research works. Moreover, the study tries to collect and update RC findings, proposing equations to define RC’s performance, in terms of mechanical strength, modulus of elasticity, stress-strain, creep and shrinkage.