Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Structural, Mechanical and Material Engineering

Recycled concrete, a solution for fine and coarse raw material for new concrete

Authors
W. Martinez Molina, E.M. Alonso Guzman, H.L. Chavez Garcia, C. Lara Gomez, F.M. Gonzalez Valdez, A.A. Torres Acosta, J.T. Perez Quiroz, H. Hernandez Barrios, W. Martinez Alonso
Corresponding Author
W. Martinez Molina
Available Online November 2015.
DOI
10.2991/icsmme-15.2015.51How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Recycled, Concrete, Aggregates
Abstract

Solid waste generation of Hydraulic Concrete is a new polluting of the earth. The most produced material in the world is the Portland Cement (PC), but its disadvantage lies on its requiring fossil fuels, as well as the COx discharge to the atmosphere. Re-use of Hydraulic Concrete waste abates simultaneously a number of problems, as dumping of solid waste and COx compounds into the environment; affectation of quarry sand and gravel stones, as well as endemic flora and fauna living in them; storm-water runoff by the inability of strata to filter demolished concrete contained in landfills. The use of crushed aggregates coming from Hydraulic Concrete demolition is used to generate Recycled Concrete, a material that can abate costs, diminish pollution, reduce the cost of building, and protect quarries from unnecessary exploitation. Nonetheless, development of Recycled Concrete faces the challenge of finding optimal designs to achieve the highest mechanical performance under static and dynamic stresses, the need to produce concretes less susceptible to carbonation, and therefore, to corrosion of reinforcing steel that protect with the concrete core, aside from waterproof and dense concrete.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2015 International Conference on Structural, Mechanical and Material Engineering
Series
Advances in Engineering Research
Publication Date
November 2015
ISBN
978-94-6252-144-5
ISSN
2352-5401
DOI
10.2991/icsmme-15.2015.51How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2015, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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