scholarly journals Effect of Nylon Fiber Addition on the Performance of Recycled Aggregate Concrete

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 767 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seungtae Lee
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Pulse Velocity ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Recycled Aggregates ◽  
Crushed Stone ◽  
Total Charge ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Nylon Fiber

The adhered mortars in recycled aggregates (RA) may lower the performance of the concrete, by for instance reducing its strength and durability, and by cracking. In the present study, the effect of nylon fiber (NF) on the permeability as well as on the mechanical properties of concrete incorporating 100% RA was experimentally investigated. Concrete was produced by adding 0, 0.6 and 1.2 kg/m3 of NF and then cured in water for a predetermined period. Measurements of compressive and split tensile strengths, ultrasonic pulse velocity and total charge passed through concrete were carried out, and the corresponding test results were compared to those of concrete incorporating crushed stone aggregate (CA). In addition, the microstructures of 28-day concretes were examined by using the FE-SEM technique. The test results indicated that recycled coarse aggregate concrete (RAC) showed a lower performance than crushed stone aggregate concrete (CAC) because of the adhered mortars in RA. However, it was obvious that the addition of NF in RAC mixes was much more effective in enhancing the performance of the concretes due to the crack bridging effect from NF. In particular, a high content of NF (1.2 kg/m3) led to a beneficial effect on concrete properties compared to a low content of NF (0.6 kg/m3) with respect to mechanical properties and permeability, especially for RAC mixes.

Study on the Basic Mechanical Properties of Recycled Concrete Hollow Block Masonry

2013 ◽  
Vol 438-439 ◽  
pp. 749-755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tong Hao ◽  
Dong Li
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Shear Strength ◽  
Shear Behavior ◽  
Recycled Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Mortar Strength ◽  
Hollow Block

By the experimental studying on the basic mechanical properties of recycled concrete hollow block masonry, the compressive and shear behavior of recycled aggregate concrete hollow block masonry under different mortar strength were analyzed. Research indicated that the compressive and shear behavior of recycled aggregate concrete hollow block masonry was similar to that of ordinary concrete hollow block masonry. The normal formula was recommended to calculate the compressive strength of the masonry. The shear strength of the masonry was affected by the mortar strength. The shear strength calculation formula of recycled concrete hollow block masonry was proposed according to the formula of masonry design code. The calculating results were in good agreement with the test results.

scholarly journals MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF RECYCLED AGGREGATE CONCRETE WITH STEEL FIBER: A REVIEW

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 37-42
Author(s):  
Ashtar S. Al-Luhybi
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Steel Fiber ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Strength Characteristics ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Recycled Aggregates ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Building Process

In the building process, the recycling of aggregates arising from building and demolition debris is one of the best alternatives to maintain the environment and the areas needed to bury these debris. It also helps to preserve natural concrete sources from depletion efficiently. The use of recycled aggregates in new concrete manufacturing, however, leads to a decrease in concrete\\\’s strength characteristics. This reduction rises with the rise in the percentage of recycled aggregates used in concrete, which has caused many researchers to undertake many researches on how to enhance the characteristics of recycled aggregate-containing concrete. This paper presents several studies that examined the effect of adding steel fiber to improve the properties of concrete containing a coarse recycled aggregate.

scholarly journals Experimental and Theoretical Investigation on the Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Recycled Aggregate Concrete Containing Recycled Rubber

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunchao Tang ◽  
Wanhui Feng ◽  
Zheng Chen ◽  
Yumei Nong ◽  
Minhui Yao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Microstructural Analysis ◽  
Strain Curve ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Recycled Aggregates ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Rubber

The utilization of recycled aggregates made from construction wastes and recycled rubber made from waste tires is an effective method to realize the sustainable development. Thus, this study aims to determine the feasibility of using recycled aggregate concrete containing rubber, named rubberized recycled aggregate concrete (RRAC) as a new type of green-building material. The experimental carbon emissions test verified RRAC as a low-carbon material. In addition, the residual mechanical properties of RRAC were investigated under elevated temperatures. After exposure at 200, 400, and 600 C for 60 min, the stress−strain curve, compressive strength, energy absorption capacity, and spalling resistance of RRAC with recycled aggregate replacement ratios of 50 and 100%, rubber contents of 0, 5, 10, and 15% were explored with microstructural analysis. Moreover, empirical models were proposed to describe the effects of heated temperatures and rubber contents on the stress–strain relationship of RRAC. The results indicated that the rubber particles could reduce the spalling of specimens based on the vapor pressure theory. Therefore, this study provided scientific guidance for the design of structures made with RRAC for resisting high temperatures.

scholarly journals Quality Improvement of Recycled Aggregate Concrete using Six Sigma DMAIC Methodology

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (6) ◽  
pp. 1409-1419
Author(s):  
Suhas Vijay Patil ◽  
Balakrishna Rao K. ◽  
Gopinatha Nayak
Keyword(s):  
Six Sigma ◽  
Coarse Aggregate ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Recycled Aggregates ◽  
Lower Grade ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Coarse Aggregate ◽  
Concrete Mix

Recycled aggregates (RA) are obtained from construction and demolished waste, laboratory crushed concrete and concrete waste at RMC plants. The concrete made from recycled aggregate is known as recycled aggregate concrete. The use of recycled aggregate is very beneficial to the environment in civil works. Its usage also helps in financial saving as the cost of transportation and production energy cost of natural coarse aggregate (NCA) is reduced. In India, the recycled aggregate application in lower grade concrete work is observed. However, the effect of recycled aggregate on the strength and durability of concrete restricts its use in higher-grade work. This paper presents a series of tests carried out on recycled coarse aggregate (RCA) and recycled coarse aggregate concrete (RCAC) and test results are compared with the NCA and parent concrete made from NCA. Tests were carried out as per IS code and concrete was prepared using a two-stage mixing approach in the concrete mix design. M30 concrete mix of four RCAC samples was tested at 28 days of curing and in comparison with parent concrete, it is found that on an average compressive strength is decreased by 12.89% at 28 days curing. Adhered mortar increases the porosity of the recycled aggregate and forms a weak zone between aggregate surface and mortar. In addition, test results showed the defects in recycled aggregate and helped to identify the area where concentration is necessary to improve the quality of recycled aggregate using six sigma DMAIC methodology. Total of 12 defects were found in the process and raw material. Statistical analysis was used to evaluate the performance of all the mix made with RCA.

scholarly journals Elasto-Damage Constitutive Modelling of Recycled Aggregate Concrete

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Recycled Aggregates ◽  
Percentage Increase ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Conventional Concrete ◽  
Critical Energy Release Rate ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Finite Element Software ◽  
Concrete Model

Use of recycled aggregates in concrete has proved to be beneficial in attaining sustainable construction without compromising overall material and structural performance when compared with concrete containing natural aggregates. However, use of the recycled aggregates in concrete have resulted in reduction in compressive and tensile strengths with the recycled aggregates percentage increase in concrete. Furthermore, it is important to note that most of the finite element software used in the construction industry use concrete model derived from the test results of the conventional concrete, therefore, they may not always predict safe solution for recycled aggregates concrete (RAC). Therefore, in this investigation elasto-damage, proposed by Khan and Zahra, for natural aggregate concrete (NAC) was modified to incorporate the influence of recycled aggregates on the behaviour of concrete. Model use four parameters α, β, γ critical energy release rate (Rc) to predict the behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete for multi axial stress states. Parameters α, β and γ are used to predict the different behavior of concrete in tension and compression while Rc controls the damage growth rate. These parameters are defined as a function of concrete compressive strength (fc/) and its initial elastic modulus (Eo). Existing test results for uniaxial compressive state of stress were used to validate this model and it was found that it predicts better post cracking and post peak-behaviour of RAC as compared to the commercially available models for conventional concrete

scholarly journals Experimental study on the influence of recycled aggregates on the mechanical properties of concrete

2021 ◽  
Vol 283 ◽  
pp. 01033
Author(s):  
Chuangui Li ◽  
Hongkui Zhao ◽  
Jianfeng Wu ◽  
Xiangang Li ◽  
Ya Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Cohesive Force ◽  
Recycled Aggregates ◽  
Replacement Rate ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Splitting Strength

Construction solid waste has become an important environmental pollution source in the city, and the treatment and application of construction solid waste has become the focus of attention. Construction waste recycled aggregates have defects such as high water absorption and micro cracks, which affect its extensive application. In order to improve the utilization rate of recycled aggregates, the influence of different replacement rates of recycled aggregates on the mechanical properties of concrete is studied in this paper. The results show that with the increase of replacement rate of recycled aggregates, the 3-day, 7-day and 28-day compressive strength, splitting strength and cohesive force of concrete decrease gradually, but the mechanical properties of concrete decrease slowly at 3 days and 7 days, and decrease obviously at 28 days. Moreover, with the increase of replacement rate of recycled aggregates, the decline trend of mechanical properties is not obvious. Compared with natural aggregate concrete, the 28-day compressive strength, splitting strength and cohesive force of 100% recycled aggregate concrete are reduced by 16.1%, 20.1% and 18.1% respectively, but the mechanical properties meet the requirements of C30 concrete, which provides a reference for engineering application.

scholarly journals Mechanical Property Tests and Strength Formulas of Basalt Fiber Reinforced Recycled Aggregate Concrete

Materials ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-En Fang ◽  
Hua-Shan Hong ◽  
Pei-Hui Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Elastic Modulus ◽  
Failure Modes ◽  
Volume Fraction ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Volume Fractions

In order to investigate the influence of basalt fibers (BFs) on the mechanical performance of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC), some groups of RAC specimens were first tested involving different types of fibers such as carbon fibers, steel fibers, polypropylene fibers and hybrid fibers. The main four indices for the investigation consisted of cube compressive strengths, axial compressive strengths, splitting tensile strengths and Young’s modulus. The effects of fiber volume fractions on the RAC slumps were also discussed. Meanwhile, the mechanical properties and failure modes of the BF-reinforced RAC were compared with those of other fiber-reinforced RAC and common concrete (CC). Subsequently the optimal volume fractions of BFs were explored for different mechanical properties within the volume fraction range of 0–0.2%. The back propagation neural networks were further applied to predict and validate the optimal BF fractions. Lastly, the general strength formulas, as well as the elastic modulus formula, for BF-reinforced RAC were deducted based on the specimen test results. It is found that the addition of fibers may improve the failure modes of RAC and different fibers present positive or negative effects on the mechanical properties. The optimal volume fractions of BF with respect to the four mechanical indices are 0.1%, 0.15%, 0.1% and 0.2% respectively. The proposed strength and elastic modulus formulas of BF-reinforced RAC provide satisfactory predictions with the test results and thus can be used as a reference in practice.

scholarly journals Recycled Aggregates Concrete Compressive Strength Prediction Using Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs)

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Mohamad Ali Ridho B K A ◽  
Chayut Ngamkhanong ◽  
Yubin Wu ◽  
Sakdirat Kaewunruen
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Recycled Aggregates ◽  
Strength Prediction ◽  
Concrete Compressive Strength ◽  
Conventional Concrete ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Ann Models

The recycled aggregate is an alternative with great potential to replace the conventional concrete alongside with other benefits such as minimising the usage of natural resources in exploitation to produce new conventional concrete. Eventually, this will lead to reducing the construction waste, carbon footprints and energy consumption. This paper aims to study the recycled aggregate concrete compressive strength using Artificial Neural Network (ANN) which has been proven to be a powerful tool for use in predicting the mechanical properties of concrete. Three different ANN models where 1 hidden layer with 50 number of neurons, 2 hidden layers with (50 10) number of neurons and 2 hidden layers (modified activation function) with (60 3) number of neurons are constructed with the aid of Levenberg-Marquardt (LM) algorithm, trained and tested using 1030 datasets collected from related literature. The 8 input parameters such as cement, blast furnace slag, fly ash, water, superplasticizer, coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, and age are used in training the ANN models. The number of hidden layers, number of neurons and type of algorithm affect the prediction accuracy. The predicted recycled aggregates compressive strength shows the compositions of the admixtures such as binders, water–cement ratio and blast furnace–fly ash ratio greatly affect the recycled aggregates mechanical properties. The results show that the compressive strength prediction of the recycled aggregate concrete is predictable with a very high accuracy using the proposed ANN-based model. The proposed ANN-based model can be used further for optimising the proportion of waste material and other ingredients for different targets of concrete compressive strength.

Mechanical Properties and Permeability of Recycled Aggregate Concrete at Low Water/Binder Ratio

2011 ◽  
Vol 477 ◽  
pp. 16-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gai Fei Peng ◽  
Qi Bin Liu ◽  
Zhu Bo Guo ◽  
Qiao Xing Hou ◽  
Si Qi Cao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Water Absorption ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Chloride Ion ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Recycled Aggregates ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Binder Ratio ◽  
Water Binder Ratio

This paper presents an experimental research on mechanical properties and permeability of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC). Concretes at a water/binder ratio of 0.255 were broken into recycled aggregates (RA). A type of thermal treatment was employed to remove mortar in RA. Tests were conducted on aggregate to measure water absorption and crushed values, and on RAC and natural aggregate concrete (NAC) to measure compressive strength, tensile splitting strength, and fracture energy. The results revealed that both gravel damage and mortar attached can significantly influence the water absorption and crushed value of RA. The mechanical properties RAC were obviously lower than those of NAC at an identical mix proportion. Moreover the removal of mortar caused a decrease in mechanical properties. The behavior of the chloride ion penetration of RAC under compressive loading is different that of NAC, which may be related to the flaws of RA. Further experimental research is needed to identify its mechanism.

scholarly journals Effect of Aggregate Size on Recycled Aggregate Concrete under Equivalent Mortar Volume Mix Design

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (23) ◽  
pp. 11274
Author(s):  
Haneol Jang ◽  
Jeonghyun Kim ◽  
Alena Sicakova
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Distribution Curve ◽  
Aggregate Size ◽  
Recycled Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Recycled Aggregate ◽  
Mix Design ◽  
Recycled Aggregates ◽  
Particle Size Distribution Curve ◽  
Aggregate Concrete ◽  
Natural Aggregates

In this paper, the effect of the original aggregate size of the recycled aggregate on the mechanical properties of the recycled aggregate concrete was evaluated. A series of concretes were produced in which natural aggregates, recycled aggregates, and original aggregates in recycled aggregates were matched for a single particle size distribution curve. The replacement levels of recycled aggregate were 25% and 50%, and equivalent mortar volume mix design was applied for recycled aggregate concrete. The results show that the mechanical strength of recycled aggregate concrete increases with increasing original aggregate size. This effect was observed to be greater in concrete using recycled aggregate with a high residual mortar content.

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