Effect of Recycled Coarse Aggregate on Recycled Concrete Properties and Study of Optimum Mixture Ratio

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.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 487)
• Pages: 84-89
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.487.84
• Online since: January 2014
• Authors: Hai Long Ning, Wen Feng Zhao*, Jian Liu, Shao Peng Jiao, Yi Xin Wang
• Keywords: Mixture Ratio, Physico-Mechanical Properties, Recycled Coarse Aggregate, Recycled Concrete, Water-Cement Ratio

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