scholarly journals Reliability-Based Analysis of Recycled Aggregate Concrete under Carbonation

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flora Faleschini ◽  
Mariano Angelo Zanini ◽  
Lorenzo Hofer

Durability represents a crucial issue for evaluating safety and serviceability of reinforced concrete structures. Many studies have already focused on carbonation-induced corrosion of natural aggregate concrete (NAC) structures, leading to several prediction models to estimate carbonation depth. Less research is devoted instead on recycled aggregate concrete (RAC), about which limited experimental works exist aimed at assessing the carbonation coefficient in accelerated tests. Additionally, deteriorating processes are subject to uncertainty, when defining materials, geometry, and environmental actions during the service life of structures. This work presents a reliability-based analysis of carbonation resistance of RACs, using experimental carbonation coefficients derived from the literature, and applied in the full-probabilistic method prosed in fib Bulletin 34. Results demonstrate how aggregates replacement ratio and w/c ratio influence the reliability of RAC carbonation resistance.

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 2643
Author(s):  
Hui Liu ◽  
Minqi Hua ◽  
Pinghua Zhu ◽  
Chunhong Chen ◽  
Xinjie Wang ◽  
...  

Multiple recycling of waste concrete has attracted widespread attention. This study presented the carbonation behavior of repeatedly recycled aggregate concrete (RRAC) used in a micro-frozen region. The effects of freeze–thaw cycles on the carbonation depth of three generations of RRAC with 25%, 75%, and 100% of replacement rate were evaluated. All RRAC specimens after different numbers of freeze–thaw cycles were rapidly carbonated for 28 d indoors to test the carbonation resistance of concrete. The results suggested that the carbonation depth of RRAC subjected to freeze–thaw cycles is higher than that in the non-freeze–thaw condition. This is because the freeze–thaw damages cause the internal structure of RRAC to become porous and and prone to cracking, thus providing convenient channels for CO2 to react with the alkali in the cementitious materials. With the growth of replacement rate or recycling number, RRAC reveals serious freeze–thaw damage and inferior carbonation resistance, which is due to the continuous deterioration repeatedly recycled concrete aggregate (RRCA) quality. However, when the replacement rate was 25%, the carbonation depth for the third generation of RAC was comparable to the second generation of RAC at a 75% replacement rate, and even the first generation of 100% RAC. To ensure better carbonation resistance durability of multiple recycling RAC, the low replacement rate of RRCA should be considered. For the third generation of RAC with the 100% replacement rate, its highest carbonation depth after freeze–thaw cycles was 9.16 mm, which still met the design requirements for structural use in a micro-frozen region. This indicates that it is feasible for three generations of RRAC to be used in the micro-frozen environment and that RRAC has great engineering application potential and promotional value.


2014 ◽  
Vol 665 ◽  
pp. 155-158
Author(s):  
Yan Rong Gao ◽  
Qun Xia ◽  
Jin Cai Feng

Experimental research on carbonation resistance of recycled aggregate concrete was conducted. Two kinds of recycled aggregates were considered, which were from road waste concrete blocks and waste concrete specimens in lab. The test results showed that the carbonation depth of RAC using the aggregates above increased by 11%, 17% at 28d compared with ordinary concrete. On the earning data of tests, the relationship between aggregate replacement rate and carbonation depth could be accounted as cubic parabola curve.


Materials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 2312
Author(s):  
Xin Liang ◽  
Fang Yan ◽  
Yuliang Chen ◽  
Huiqin Wu ◽  
Peihuan Ye ◽  
...  

In order to study the mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) at different ages, 264 standard cubes were designed to test its direct shear strength and cube compressive strength while considering the parameters of age and recycled aggregate replacement ratio. The failure pattern and load–displacement curve of specimens at direct shearing were obtained; the direct shear strength and residual shear strength were extracted from the load–displacement curves. Experimental results indicate that the influence of the replacement ratio for the front and side cracks of RAC is insignificant, with the former being straight and the latter relatively convoluted. At the age of three days, the damaged interface between aggregate and mortar is almost completely responsible for concrete failure; in addition to the damage of coarse aggregates, aggregate failure is also an important factor in concrete failure at other ages. The load–displacement curve of RAC at direct shearing can be divided into elasticity, elastoplasticity, plasticity, and stabilization stages. The brittleness of concrete decreases with its age, which is reflected in the gradual shortening of the elastoplastic stage. At 28 days of age, the peak direct shear force increases with the replacement ratio, while the trend is opposite at ages of 3 days, 7 days, and 14 days, respectively. The residual strength of RAC decreases inversely to the replacement ratio, with the rate of decline growing over time. A two-parameter RAC direct shear strength calculation formula was established based on the analysis of age and replacement rate to peak shear force of RAC. The relationship between cube compressive strength and direct shear strength of recycled concrete at various ages was investigated.


2012 ◽  
Vol 174-177 ◽  
pp. 1277-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Yong Cai ◽  
Min Zhang ◽  
Ling Bo Dang

Compressive strengths of recycled aggregate concrete(RAC) with different recycled aggregates(RA) replacement ratios at 7d, 28d, 60d ages are investigated respectively. Failure process and failure mode of RAC are analyzed, influences on compressive strength with same mix ratio and different RA replacement ratios are analyzed, and the reason is investigated in this paper. The experimental results indicate that compressive strength of recycled concrete at 28d age can reach the standard generally, it is feasible to mix concrete with recycled aggregates, compressive strength with 50% replacement ratio is relatively high.


2021 ◽  
pp. 136943322110339
Author(s):  
Jiongfeng Liang ◽  
Siqi Lin ◽  
Mizan Ahmed

The behavior of fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP)–confined recycled aggregate concrete-filled steel tube (RACFT) columns is barely studied. Especially, that of slender specimens has not been investigated so far. In this article, an experimental test of FRP-confined RACFT slender square columns was conducted to study the influences of recycled aggregate (RA) replacement ratios, FRP thicknesses, and wrapping schemes on their axial behavior. Results in this article suggest that the RA replacement ratio barely affects the initial stiffness of load-deflection curves of specimens. Moreover, the specimen with a higher RA replacement ratio has a lower axial stress but larger strain at the peak point. The external FRP jackets (either partial or full wrap) can effectively improve the performance of axially loaded RACFT columns, and the improvement of ductility due to the increase of the FRP thickness is more significant than that of axial compressive strength. Additionally, it was found that the axial strength and ultimate axial strain decrease with increasing slenderness ratios. Furthermore, the influences of slenderness ratios on the behavior of such columns are more significant for the column with a larger length-to-width ratio. Finally, a design model for FRP-confined RACFT slender square columns is developed, which can predict the results of the present test accurately.


2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 1865-1868
Author(s):  
Tao Long ◽  
Shi Hai Dong ◽  
Shi Ming Cui ◽  
Qing Yuan Wang

It is widely considered that crushed construction aggregate waste creates a lower compressive strength kind of concrete. This paper presents experimental investigation on axial compression strength of 18 recycled aggregate concrete cubes under the freeze-thaw test. The research has focused on the effect of the freezing-thawing test on the ultimate carrying capacity of recycled concrete cubes with different coarse aggregate replacement ratio. This study confirms that freezing-thawing cycles have a greater effect on the ultimate bearing capacity of recycled concrete cubes. Some measures should be taken to prevent the recycle concrete from the freeze-thaw damage, for example add air entraining agent to concrete.


2011 ◽  
Vol 194-196 ◽  
pp. 1001-1006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hai Feng Yang ◽  
Zhi Heng Deng ◽  
Xue Liang Li

24 100mm × 100mm × 300mm recycled concrete prisms and 96 150mm × 150mm × 150mm cubes are completed in this paper.The relationships of the carbonation depth in each carbonation age with replacement rate of recycled coarse aggregate and fly ash is studied; The SEM is used to observe the interface structure of recycled coarse aggregate concrete and compared with ordinary concrete, and finally,a recycled concrete carbonation model is proposed. The results showed that: the substitution of recycled coarse aggregate and fly ash cut down the recycled concrete carbonation resistance significantly, which are related with the replacement rate; the content of Ca(OH)2 in the recycled aggregate concrete decreased ,also there are obvious interface transition zone between the recycled coarse aggregate and the new cement;obvious cracks and large voids are exist before the recycled aggregate concrete is loaded, which lead directly to lower carbonation resistance of the recycled concrete.


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