In the study, a field trial was carried out to evaluate the applicability of ground waste glass cullet as a binder component, in the industrial production of precast concrete elements. The influence of glass cullet addition on the properties of fresh and hardened concretes was compared to siliceous fly ash. Moreover, the effects of a partial substitution of the natural aggregate with recycled concrete and expanded clay aggregate were determined. The compressive strength of concretes, in which 25% of cement was substituted with ground waste glass cullet, was even 20% higher compared to elements with an analogous addition of siliceous fly ash. Over 56 days, no drops in strength related to the harmful effects of the alkali-silica reaction were observed. Replacing half of the natural aggregate with graded recycled concrete aggregate, allowed to lower the thermal conductivity of the walls by approx. 10%, with no negative impact on the compressive strength of precast elements. However, a decrease in the consistency of fresh mix was observed after 30 minutes. Replacing the 2÷8 mm gravel with the same fraction of expanded clay resulted in an approx. 18% decrease in thermal conductivity, while maintaining satisfactory mechanical properties. It was concluded that ground waste glass cullet can be successfully used as a fly ash replacement in the production of precast concrete elements.
The aim of current study was to determine the recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) applicability in the production of concrete mixture for vibropressed concrete blocks. The experiments were focused especially on the crushed waste material from the same concrete elements producing plant. For this type of precast elements only some finer fractions can be implemented and the “earth-moist” consistency of fresh mixture is required. The series of samples was prepared in which the mixture of natural aggregates was partially or totally substituted by recycled concrete aggregate. The 0/4 RCA fraction, which is usually rejected in ready mix concrete technology, plays a role of 0/2 sand. The substitution of sand fraction was from 20% to 100% respectively. The substitution of the coarser aggregate fractions by 4/16 RCA was also done. The standard properties of vibropressed elements, such as the degree of densification, the density of material, the compressive and splitting tensile strength and the water absorption capacity according to the relevant standards were determined. The parameters of materials with the natural aggregate substitution by RCA are affected by the ratio of recycled concrete aggregate. In most cases the results do not decline specially from those for reference samples, when only the natural sand (0/2) fraction is substituted by the 0/4 recycled aggregate. As one could expect, as lower the substitution, as better the test results. The partial substitution of natural aggregate by coarser fractions requires experimental verification; over 20% substitution of natural aggregate by 4/8, 8/16 or 0/16 RCA should be excluded.
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