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Recycled Concrete Aggregates

Concrete is one of the most versatile building materials and has facilitated industrial
growth
in the last century. However, it is difficult to get rid of concrete waste
when concrete
buildings are demolished. Crushed old concrete is recycled as aggregates
in highway
pavements but it is not used in buildings and bridges because of uncertainties
of
performance of new concrete. If crushed old concrete can be recycled in new building
construction it would help in getting rid of waste and preserve natural riverbed rocks.
This
project will pursue research in classifying old crushed concrete for its use
as aggregate in
new concrete for buildings and bridges. Properties such as strength,
durability, long-term
deformation will be determined for concrete made with recycled
concrete. As the nations
infrastructure goes through upgrading, the volume of available
waste concrete will increase.
Use of this waste concrete in new concrete will reduce
environmental impact of storing the
waste and preserving natural environment of riverbeds.
Structural concrete made with recycled concrete aggregates can have significant variability
in the behavior of buildings and bridges regarding deformations, creep and durability.
The
project will pursue experimental and analytical research to seek answers to these
questions:
What are the economic and environmental benefits of recycling concrete in structures?
What are the long-term service load and design load performances of structural
members,
including prestressed concrete members?
How do recycled concrete aggregates affect durability? and
What modifications, if any, need to be made to crushed concrete to enhance
performance
of new concrete?

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The project will assess mechanical properties of concrete made with crushed concrete
as
aggregates. Also, beams and columns made of recycled concrete will be tested in
the
laboratory to establish performance of structural components. Ultimately, the
project will
develop performance-based requirements, mix design guidelines, acceptance
tests, and
structural design/analysis/construction guidelines to achieve acceptable
performance of
concrete members using recycled concrete aggregates.
More information can be found on the Notre Dame page for Sustainable Reinforced
Concrete Structures (https://www3.nd.edu/~concrete/RCA-
concrete/problem_statement.php).
 
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This research is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. CMMI
1436758. The support of the current NSF Program Director, Dr. Y.G. Hsuan and former
Director Dr. K.I. Mehta, is gratefully acknowledged. Any opinions, findings, conclusions,
and/or recommendations in the paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily
represent the views of the NSF or the program directors acknowledged.

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