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Recycled Coarse Aggregate (RCA) concrete construction technique can be called as ‘green concrete’, as it minimizes the environmental hazard of the concrete waste disposal. Indian standard recommends target mean compressive strength of the conventional concrete in terms of water cement ratio (w/c). The present work is an attempt to study the behaviour of RCA concrete from two samples of parent concrete having different age group with regard to the relationship of compressive strength with water cement ratios. Number of recycling may influence the mechanical properties of RCA concrete. The influence of age and successive recycling on the properties such as capillary water absorption, drying shrinkage strain, air content, flexural strength and tensile splitting strength of the RCA concrete are examined. The relationship between compressive strength at different w/c ratios obtained experimentally is investigated for the two parameters such as age of parent concrete and successive recycling. The recycled concrete using older recycled aggregate shows poor quality. While the compressive strength reduces with successive recycling gradually, the capillary water absorption increases abruptly, which leads to the conclusion that further recycling may not be advisable.
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Sahoo, K., Pathappilly, R.D. & Sarkar, P. Behaviour of Recycled Coarse Aggregate Concrete: Age and Successive Recycling. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. A 97, 147–154 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40030-016-0154-2
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