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Influence of the Quality of Recycled Aggregates on the Mechanical and Durability Properties of High Performance Concrete

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The main objective of this experimental work is to analyse the effect of recycled aggregates (RA), on the basis of the study of the various qualities, of the physical, mechanical and durability properties of high performance concrete (HPC). Five types of recycled aggregates: three coarse RA sourced from parent concretes of 100, 60 and 40 MPa, as well as one coarse mixed recycled aggregate and one fine ceramic waste aggregate were used as replacement for natural aggregates (NA). Two types of coarse NA and two types of river sands were employed for concrete production. On the basis of the findings of our research it was determined that the reduction in quality and the increase in the amount of RA substitution produced a decline in the properties of HPC. According to our analysis of the mechanical properties, a 100 % replacement of coarse NA for recycled concrete aggregates can be employed, providing the RA has been sourced from a 60 MPa minimum-strength concrete. Nevertheless, durability behaviour was greatly influenced by the use of RA, and consequently replacement ratios of high quality RA should be reduced to 50 % to achieve similar behaviour patterns to those of NA concrete. Moreover, severe reductions of RA qualities (sourced from 40 MPa strength concretes or mixed waste) only permitted 20 % replacement ratios on HPC production. However, those concretes containing fine ceramic RA (up to 30 %) reached higher compressive strength, higher chloride-ion penetration resistance and higher improvements of durability properties at longer ages than those concretes produced using NA concrete.

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The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support of The Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness by INNPACT project (IPT-2011-1655-370000) and the support of Vias y Construcciones S.A, and Drace Infraestructuras enterprises.

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    Andreu Gonzalez-Corominas & Miren Etxeberria

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Chi-sun Poon

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Gonzalez-Corominas, A., Etxeberria, M. & Poon, Cs. Influence of the Quality of Recycled Aggregates on the Mechanical and Durability Properties of High Performance Concrete. Waste Biomass Valor 8, 1421–1432 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-016-9637-7

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