Recycled demolished concrete (DC) as recycled aggregate (RA) and recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) is generally suitable for most construction applications. Low-grade applications, including sub-base and roadwork, have been implemented in many countries; however, higher-grade activities are rarely considered. This paper examines relationships among DC characteristics, properties of their RA and...

Concrete is a complex material of construction that enables the high compressive strength of natural stone to be used in any configuration. This is accomplished by breaking natural stone to suitable sizes and mixing the aggregates so formed with suitable proportions of water and cement. This mixture can then be moulded into any required shape while still fluid. The water and cement react chemic...

Plastic cracking of concrete such as plastic settlement and plastic shrinkage cracking is directly related to the bleeding of concrete, which is a natural time-dependent process in a fresh concrete mix. A portion of the mixing water together with very fine materials finds its way to the surface of the concrete during this process. The rapid rate of initial bleeding slows down with the elapsed t...

Article history: Received: 19.07.2014. Received in revised form: 02.11.2014. Accepted: 11.11.2014. Design and manufacturing of construction materials have been investigated. The aim is to identify methods to produce sustainable economic materials used for soil foundation and concrete structure. Several additives have been analyzed in order to develop acceptable economical construction materials...

A new kind of retarding polycarboxylate superplasticizer (M20S80) was prepared through the modification of black liquor and polycarboxylate superplasticizer (S) through an Fe-H2O2 reaction system. The synthesis process of M20S80 was introduced. Infrared spectrum analysis (FT-IR) was used to investigate the changes in functional groups in M20S80. At the same time, a mixture of LM20S80 was made b...

In this study, waste tire powder and waste liquid crystal display (LCD) glass sand are used as recycled materials. With a fixed water to binder ratio (W/B = 0.4), the use of fly ash and slag as cementreplacement materials. waste tire powder and waste LCD glass sand, which passed the sieve screen size # 30(0.595 mm), were used to replace fine aggregates at 0%, 5% and 10% in producing lightweight...

In conventional concrete, micro-cracks develop before structure is loaded because of drying shrinkage and other causes of volume change. When the structure is loaded, the micro cracks open up and propagate because of development of such micro-cracks, results in inelastic deformation in concrete. Fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) is cementing concrete reinforced mixture with more or less randomly ...

This research aims to produce non-structural concrete with mixed recycled aggregates (MRA) in upscaled applications with low-cement content. Four slabs were executed with concrete made with different ratios of coarse MRA (0%, 20%, 40% and 100%), using the mix design, the mixing procedures and the facilities from a nearby concrete production plant. The analysis of the long-term compressive and s...