Papers by Keyword: Recycled Coarse Aggregate

Abstract: Compared with natural aggregate, the content of hardening cement in recycled aggregate is larger, which leads that the water absorption of recycled aggregate is larger and its performance such as robustness is poorer. And the engineering field pays much attention to the problem of the recycled fine aggregate which can be used in the durability requirements of recycled concrete or not. Using the method of fast freezing and thawing the influence of quality and replacement ratio of recycled coarse aggregate on the frost resistance of recycled concrete was researched basing on ordinary concrete frost resistance performance. The results showed that, in terms of the frost resistance capacity, the order is in: ordinary concrete>high-quality recycled coarse aggregate concrete>normal quality recycled coarse aggregate concrete. After 250 freeze-thaw cycles, the mass loss rate of general quality recycled coarse aggregate concrete is 5%, relative dynamic elastic modulus is 60% when replace rate was 100%.

Abstract: This paper studied the properties improvement of recycled coarse aggregate by the physical strengthening technology (particle-shaping method). Through the analysis for obtained properties which consist of density, crush index, bulk density and water absorption. etc of recycled coarse aggregates in different strengthening technologies, the categories of recycled coarse aggregate could be assessed and determined. The results showed that ordinary recycled coarse aggregates that was handled twice by using particle shaping equipment can achieve the standard of class Iaggregates and its water absorption ratio at 24h was 1.2%, the apparent density reached 2575kg/m³, crush index value was 9%, the void ratio was 45%, all property parameters were close to those of natural coarse aggregate.

Abstract: Considering the high absorption of water is a distinctive feature of recycled crushed bricks coarse aggregate, the mixture ratio text of recycled concrete using crushed bricks as coarse aggregate is carried out, and the compressive performance is studied.The resert indicate , the strength grade of recycled concrete which using bricks as coarse aggregate can reach C20 and C25, characterisitic value of cubic concrete compressive strength at the age of 28 days are 21.2MPa and 27.55MPa;Based on regression analysis of test data , the formulas which estimated the strength of recycled coarse aggregates concrete are given out. Calculated values are in agreement with the measurement values, which can provide a reference for engineering application.

Abstract: Putting forward a new recycled aggregate concrete mixture proportion method based on the pulp content by researching the effect of pulp content on recycled coarse aggregate physical properties .Research on the cube compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of recycled aggregate concrete by the proposed method and results showed that:The proposed method can reduce the dosage of cement and sand, and increase the recycled aggregate concrete compressive strength and splitting tensile strength ;Establishing the relationship formula between splitting tensile strength and compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete upon a large number of experimental data.

Abstract: This study conducted a comparative evaluation of bond behavior according to the steel reinforcing type and substitution rate of recycled coarse aggregate. Mixed as high-strength concrete of design strength 50MPa in order to verify the applicability of recycled coarse aggregate concrete as a structural member. Total of 24 specimens were manufactured with variables of recycled aggregate substitution rate (0%, 30%, 50%, 100%), steel reinforcing arrangement direction (vertical, horizontal top·bottom) and steel reinforcing types (SD400 D16, D19). The specimen was produced according to CSA S802-02 and ASTM 234. specimens using D16 reinforcing, the vertical reinforcing showed similar bond stress regardless of the recycled aggregate substitution rate and slip amount, and for the horizontal reinforcing, the bottom specimen showed similar bond stress as the vertical reinforcing and slip amount. The top specimen showed slightly less bonds tress than vertical and horizontal bottom specimens. This is thought to have been caused by the subsidence of the aggregate. The specimen using D19 reinforcing showed similar bond stress in vertical · horizontal top · bottom, horizontal top reinforcing maximum bond stress, horizontal bottom reinforcing maximum bond stress and showed no difference due to aggregate subsidence like in D16. As the result, Bond stress in this study is larger than 2.0fck, the value proposed by CEB-FIP code. The specimen using D16 reinforcing bar showed 4.5fck and the specimen using D19 reinforcing bar was near 3.9fck. Therefore, since the standard value is satisfied regardless of replacement rate of recycled aggregate, natural aggregate in high strength concrete can be substituted by recycled aggregate.

Abstract: To make full use of waste clay bricks, we made recycled coarse aggregate by waste clay bricks and used it in self-compacting recycled concrete. In order to improve the utilization rate of recycled coarse aggregate and realize good workability, we adopted skeleton dense accumulation method. With the fitted curve method, we obtained an accumulation curve of recycled coarse aggregate with reasonable gradation. Under the same conditions, we made contrast test with the recycled coarse aggregate by different gradation way. Through contrast test, we found that the recycled concrete with skeleton dense accumulation method has better performance in strength and workability, and his method improved the utilization rate of the recycled coarse aggregate.

Abstract: This study used waste concrete as a recycled coarse aggregate and added an appropriate proportion of groundgranulated blast-furnace slag (GGBFS) to formulate recycled concrete. Based on the recycled coarse aggregate and GGBFS content, 24different mixture ratios were formulated, and then an experimental study of the slumpand compressive strength of the mixtures was conducted. The results showed that because slag can improve the physical and mechanical properties and performances of ordinary concreteand can compensate for certain natural deficiencies occurring in recycled coarse aggregate,GGBFS and recycled coarse aggregate can form recycled aggregate green concrete with a slump of 170mm and a 28-day compressive strengthof 50MPa.

Abstract: To study the effect of recycled coarse aggregate, water-cement ratio and mixture ratio on the physico-mechanical properties of recycled concrete, determine the finial optimum mixture ratio and physico-mechanical properties of recycled concrete with the optimum mixture ratio, physico-mechanical tests are done on recycled concrete and conventional concrete. Results show that with the replacement rate increasing of recycled coarse aggregate, the compressive strength and splitting tensile strength of recycled concrete increase and then decrease. It is feasible to develop the concrete with 100% replacement rate of recycled coarse aggregate. With an increase of recycled coarse aggregate replacement rate, dry shrinkage ratio of concrete increases gradually, but the increasing range has little effect on the concrete. The concrete strength of 28 days is linear with water-cement ratio with the correlation coefficient is 0.98763. Taking appropriate mix design, the physico-mechanical properties of recycled concrete will surpass or be equivalent to those of conventional concrete. Recycled concrete of the optimum mixing rate is the high strength with lower brittleness.

Abstract: On the basis of experimental results, this paper discusses the shear-crack behaviors such as shear-cracking force and shear-crack width of reinforced full-recycled aggregate concrete beams. The full-recycled aggregate concrete was developed for the sustainable development in civil engineering, in which the coarse aggregate was the recycled aggregate made of abandoned concrete, and the fine aggregate was the machine-made sand. Sixteen beams, six of them without stirrups, were tested with the shear-span ratio varying as 1.5, 2.0 and 3.0, and the ratio of stirrups varying from 0.19% to 0.35%. The results showed that the shear-cracking force of the beam was mainly affected by the shear-span ratio, the width of shear-cracks intersecting stirrups decreased with the increasing ratio of stirrups, but the maximum crack width almost exceeded the limit 0.3mm in the first class environmental condition specified in Chinese code GB50010-2010. Comparing the calculation results by substituting the test parameters of full-recycled aggregate concrete beams into the formula of ordinary reinforced concrete beams, the lower resistance of reinforced recycled concrete beam to shear-cracking, and the larger crack width intersecting stirrups should be noted in the structural design. Based on the test data, the formula for calculating the shear-cracking force and the shear-crack width of reinforced full-recycled aggregate concrete beams are suggested.

Abstract: Seven reinforced recycled-concrete beams were tested to study their flexural resistance considering the variations of the strength of recycled-concrete and the reinforcement ratio of longitudinal tensile rebar. The aggregates of recycled-concrete comprised the machine-made sand and the recycled coarse aggregate. The failure state of normal section and the flexural resistance of reinforced recycled-concrete beams affected by the strength of recycled-concrete and the reinforcement ratio were discussed. The results show that the failure states of reinforced recycled-concrete beams were similar with those of the ordinary reinforced concrete beams. The flexural resistance was controlled by the reinforcement ratio, and influenced increasingly by the strength of recycled-concrete with the increase of reinforcement ratio. The failure resistance of reinforced recycled-concrete beam can be calculated by the method for ordinary reinforced concrete beam specified in current design code GB50010-2010.