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INTRODUCTION :-

• One of the major challenges of our present society is the protection

of environment.

• Some of the important elements in this respect are the reduction of

the consumption of energy and natural raw materials and
consumption of waste materials.

• Rapid infrastructural development such as highways, airports etc.

and growing demand for housing has led to scarcity & rise in cost of
construction materials.

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 INTRODUCTION (CONTD….)

• Any construction activity requires several materials such as concrete,

steel, brick, stone, glass, clay, mud, wood, and so on. However, the
cement concrete remains the main construction material used in
construction industries.

• For its suitability and adaptability with respect to the changing

environment, the concrete must be such that it can conserve
resources, protect the environment, economize and lead to proper
utilization of energy.

• The utilization of recycled aggregate is particularly very essential as

major part of concrete is made of aggregates.

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 INTRODUCTION (CONTD….)

• Most of waste materials produced by demolished structures

disposed off by dumping them as land fill.

• Dumping of wastes on land is causing shortage of dumping place in

urban areas.

• Therefore, it is necessary to start recycling and re-use of demolition

concrete waste to save environment, cost and energy.

• The use of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition

wastes is showing prospective application in construction as
alternative to natural aggregates.

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 SOURCE OF AGGREGATE
• The enormous quantities of demolished concrete are available at
various construction sites.

• Many old buildings, concrete pavements, bridges and other

structures have overcome their age and limit of use due to structural
deterioration beyond repairs and need to be demolished.

• The structures, even adequate to use are under demolition because

they are not serving the needs in present scenario.

• Structures are turned into debris resulting from natural disasters like
earthquake, cyclone and floods etc.

• New construction is required for better economic growth.

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PROCEDURE TO OBTAIN RCA

• Recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) contain not only the original

aggregates, but also hydrated cement paste.

• Recycling of aggregate can take place either at the site from which
the material is sourced using mobile crushers, or the
material may be transported to a central recycling facility where large
stockpiles may be accumulated.

• Recycled aggregates from these central recycling facilities undergo a

number of processes to ensure higher quality.

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 PROCEDURE (CONTD….)

• Various process involve, crushing, pre-sizing, sorting, screening and

contaminant elimination.

• Then to start with clean, quality aggregate in order to meet design

criteria easily and ultimately get a quality product that will go into end
use.

• Further cleaning is also done to ensure the recycled concrete

product is free of dirt, clay, wood, plastic and organic materials. This is
done by water floatation, hand picking, air separators, and
electromagnetic separators.

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 PROCEDURE (CONTD….)

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 PROCEDURE (CONTD….)

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 PROCEDURE (CONTD….)

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APPLICATION OF RECYCLED AGGREGATE
1, 2, 3: Roads
4: Ground Improvement
5: Earthwork Embankment
6: Earthwork Cutting
7: Shallow Foundation
8: Deep Foundation
9, 10: Utilities
11: Concrete Sub Structures
12: Concrete Structures
13: Buildings (industrial)
14: Buildings (residential)

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PROPERTIES AND VARIOUS TESTING METHODS
• Research has shown that coarse recycled aggregates can be used in
concrete up to a compressive strength of 80 N/mm2 and used in the
range of 20 – 30% by mass of aggregates required along with natural
aggregates.

• As replacement amount increase, drying shrinkage and creep will

increase and tensile strength and modulus of elasticity will decrease.

• This is mainly because recycled aggregates provide less restraint to

movement (lower elastic modulus), and because of the higher cement
contents that are often used in these concretes to achieve the
required strength.

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 TESTING (CONTD….)

Particle Size Distribution:

• Sieve analysis is carried out as per IS 2386 for different types of

crushed recycled concrete aggregates.

• It is found that recycled coarse aggregate are reduced to various

sizes during the process of crushing and sieving (by a sieve of
4.75mm), which gives best particle size distribution.

• The particle shape analysis of recycled aggregate indicates similar

particle shape of natural aggregate obtained from crushed rock.

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 TESTING (CONTD….)

Specific Gravity and Water Absorption:

• The specific gravity (saturated surface dry condition) of recycled
concrete aggregate was found from 2.35 to 2.58 which are lower as
compared to natural aggregates.

• Also, the RCA from demolished concrete consist of crushed stone

aggregate with old mortar adhering to it, the water absorption ranges
from 3.05% to 7.40%, which is relatively higher than that of the
natural aggregates.

Bulk Density:
• The bulk density of recycled aggregate is lower than that of natural
aggregate which results in to higher porosity.

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 TESTING (CONTD….)

Crushing and Impact Value:

• The recycled aggregate is relatively weaker than the natural

aggregate against mechanical actions.

Compressive Strength:

• The average compressive strengths cubes cast are determined as per

IS 516 using RCA and natural aggregate at the age 1, 3, 7, 14, 28, 56
and 90 days.

• The result shows that the compressive strength of RAC is lower than
the conventional concrete made from similar mix proportions. The
reduction in strength of RAC as compare to NAC is in order of 2- 14%
and 7.5 to 16% for M-20 & M-25 concretes respectively.
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 TESTING (CONTD….)

Modulus of Elasticity:

• The modulus of elasticity of RAC is lower than the natural aggregates

and reduction is up to 15%.

• The reason for the lower static modulus of elasticity of RCA is higher
proportion of hardened cement paste.

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 TESTING (CONTD….)

Natural Aggregate Concrete (NAC): Cement, Fine aggregate and

Coarse aggregate in the ratio 1:1.6:3.3.
.

Recycled Aggregate Concrete (RAC): Natural coarse aggregate was

completely replaced by recycled aggregate and the mix was in the
ratio 1: 1.6: 3.3.
.

NAC1: 10% fly ash (by weight of cement) was added to NAC replacing
cement.

RAC1: 10% fly ash (by weight of cement) was added to RAC replacing
cement.

Water –cement ratio: 0.4 by weight.

Water reducing admixture: 125ml/50 kg of binder

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 TESTING (CONTD….)

Mix Designation Compressive Strength, MPa

7-day 28-day

NAC 35.26 46.13

RAC 29.33 38.11

NAC 1 41.70 48.52

RAC 1 36.70 53.55

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 TESTING (CONTD….)

Drying Shrinkage Water Absorption

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REASONS FOR LOW STRENGTH TEST RESULTS

• The weaker interfacial transition zone between aggregate and

mortar, due to recycled aggregates having a coat of weak mortar
already attached which raises the porosity of the concrete.

• The inclusion of weak and porous aggregate particles, for example

low strength bricks, glass and plaster.

• Crushing and impact values also depends on source of original

aggregates received from recycling of concrete.

• Compressive strength depends on grade of demolished concrete,

replacement ration, W/C ratio and process of recycling.

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OBSTACLES IN USE OF RCA
• The acceptability of recycled aggregate is impeded for structural
applications due to the technical problems associated with it such as
weak interfacial transition zones between cement paste and
aggregate, porosity and transverse cracks within demolished concrete,
high level of sulphate and chloride contents, impurity, cement
remains, poor grading, and large variation in quality.

• The current legislation and experience are not adequate to support

and encourage recycling of construction & demolished waste in India.

• Lack of awareness, guidelines, specifications, standards, data base of

utilization of RCA in concrete and lack of confidence in engineers,
researchers and user agencies is major cause for poor utilization of
RCA in construction.
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VALUE ENGINEERING BENIFITS
• Recycled concrete aggregates reduces the need for virgin aggregates.
This in turn reduces the environmental impact of the aggregate
extraction process.

• Produce specification sized recycled aggregates at any given location.

• Avoid haul-off costs and landfill disposal fees.

• Eliminate the expense of aggregate material imports and exports.

• Minimize impact to community infrastructure by reducing import and

export trucking.

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CASE STUDY: COUNCIL HOUSE 2 (CH2), MELBOURNE

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 CASE STUDY (CONTD….)

• Client and Project Management: City of Melbourne

• Builder: Hansen Yuncken

• Architect: City of Melbourne and DesignInc Pty Ltd

• Structural Engineer: Bonacci Group

• Type of Building: 10 Storey Office Building

• Year of Construction: 2004

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 CASE STUDY (CONTD….)

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 CASE STUDY (CONTD….)

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 CASE STUDY (CONTD….)

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 THANK YOU
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