Properties of high-workability concrete with recycled concrete aggregate

• Published in: Materials research (São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil) Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 248 - 255
• Main Authors: Safiuddin, Alengaram, Ubagaram Johnson, Salam, Abdus, Jumaat, Mohd Zamin, Jaafar, Fahrol Fadhli, Saad, Hawa Binti
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Portuguese; Spanish
• Published: ABM, ABC, ABPol 2011; Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol)
• Subjects: Aggregates; Concretes; ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL; hardened properties; MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY; METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING; Modulus of elasticity; natural coarse aggregate; Recycled; recycled concrete aggregate; Splitting; Tensile strength; Voids; Workability; workability; hardened properties; recycled concrete aggregate; natural coarse aggregate
• ISSN: 1516-1439; 1980-5373; 1980-5373
• DOI: 10.1590/S1516-14392011005000039

The effects of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) on the key fresh and hardened properties of concrete were studied. RCA was used to produce high-workability concrete substituting 0-100% natural coarse aggregate (NCA) by weight. The slump and slump flow of fresh concretes were determined to ensure high workability. The compressive, flexural and splitting tensile strengths, modulus of elasticity, and permeable voids of hardened concretes were also determined. The test results revealed that RCA significantly decreased the workability of concrete. RCA also affected the compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, and permeable voids of concrete. At the age of 28 days, the concrete with 100% RCA provided 12.2% lower compressive strength and 17.7% lesser modulus of elasticity than the control concrete. 100% RCA also increased the permeable voids of 28-day old concrete by 8.2%. However, no significant negative impact of RCA was observed on the flexural and splitting tensile strengths of concrete.