Creep and shrinkage of recycled aggregate concrete

By A. Domingo-Cabo, C. Lázaro, F. López-Gayarre, M. A. Serrano-Lopez, P. Serna, J. O. Castaño-Tabares. 2009

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Abstract This paper presents the results of experimental research into concrete produced by replacing the natural aggregates with recycled aggregates coming from construction waste and concrete work demolitions. The main aim of this work was to determine creep and shrinkage variations experienced in recycled concrete, made by replacing the main fraction of the natural aggregate with a recycled aggregate coming from waste concrete and comparing it to a control concrete. The substitution percentages were 20%, 50% and 100%. Fine natural aggregate was used in all cases and the amount of cement and water–cement ratio remained constant in the mixture. It was possible to state that the evolution of deformation by shrinkage and creep was similar to a conventional concrete, although the results after a period of 180 days showed the influence of the substitution percentage in the recycled aggregates present in the mixture. In the case when 100% coarse natural aggregate was replaced by recycled aggregate there was an increase in the deformations by creep of 51% and by shrinkage of 70% as compared to those experienced by the control concrete.

Subfields: Building and Construction, Civil and Structural Engineering

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Short and long-term behavior of structural concrete with recycled concrete aggregate (2013, background): “The recycled aggregates are similar in appearance to the natural crushed aggregates, however their texture is rougher due to the adhered mortar, thus presenting higher water absorption and lower density than natural aggregates [24].”
Rheological behaviour of concrete made with fine recycled concrete aggregates – Influence of the superplasticizer (2015, methodology): “[39] made recycled concrete with 40 MPa of compressive strength replacing 0%, 20%, 50% and 100% of CNA by CRCA of good quality.”
An experimental study on flexural strength of reinforced concrete beams with 100% recycled concrete aggregate (2014, background): “Comprehensive research [19–25] has been done on both the fresh and hardened properties of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA), recycled aggregate resulting from crushed concrete, but very little research has been performed on the structural behavior of RCA.”