RECYCLED AGGREGATE

CONCRETE IN RIGID PAVEMENTS

By
K. KarunaKaran
 CONTENT
• INTRODUCTION
• OBJECTIVES
• ADVANTAGES
• DISADVANTAGES
• LITERATURE REVIEW
• DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
• TESTING
• CONCLUSION
 INTRODUCTION
•  To achieve sustainable issue in construction area, researchers
and companies focus on using waste concrete as a new
construction material.
• It is called recycled aggregate which can be produced by
concrete crusher.
• The aggregates are categorized by size as coarse and fine
aggregate.
• The characteristic of recycled aggregates could be different by
its parent concrete because the parent concrete was designed
for its purposes such as permeability, durability and high
strength concrete.
 OBJECTIVES
• To find out the % use feasible for construction
• To reduce the impact of waste materials on environment
• To carry out different tests on recycled aggregates &
natural aggregates and compare their results
• To find out the ways of cost saving such as transportation
costs, excavation costs, etc.
 ADVANTAGES
• Cost saving
There are no detrimental effects on concrete & it is expected that the increase in the cost of cement
could be offset by the lower cost of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA).

• Save environment
 There is no excavation of natural resources & less transportation.
 Less land is required.
 Less emission of carbon due to less crushing.

• Save time
There is no waiting for material availability.

• Job opportunity
Creates employment opportunities and economic activities in recycling industries
 DISADVANTAGES
• Less quality (e.g. compressive strength reduces by 10-30%).
• Duration of procurement of materials may affect life cycle of
project.
• Land, special equipments & machineries are required (more
cost).
• Very high water absorption (up to 6%).
• It has higher drying shrinkage & creep.
 LITERATURE REVIEW
• The applications of recycled aggregate in the construction area
are very wide. There are many testing based on the recycled
aggregate have been carried out all around the world.
• Hanson and Torben (1986) stated that since 1945, the research
on recycled aggregate had been carried out in many countries.
Some of the literature reviews on recycled aggregate are
shown as below.
Concrete
It is crushed, the
reinforcement bar is
removed, and the
material is screened
for size. Market
outlets for recycled
concrete include
road base, general
fill, pavement
aggregate, and
drainage media.
 DESIGN & ANALYSIS
MIX PROPORTIONING
The mix proportioning was done as per the Indian standards
(IS 10262:2009). The cement used is of single origin
Portland Pozzolana type with specific gravity 2.6.
• AGGREGATE:
Recycled aggregates comprises of crushed, graded inorganic
particles processed from construction and demolition concrete
debris.
These materials were obtained from a pavement.
 TESTING
• SHAPE TEST : as per IS:2386(part I)-1963
− Elongation Index test
− Flakiness Index test
− Combined Index test
− Angularity number test
• AGGREGATE CRUSHING VALUE as per IS 2386(part IV)
1963
• AGGREGATE IMPACT VALUE as per IS 2386(part IV)1963
• LOS ANGELES ABRASION as per IS 2386(part IV)1963
• WATER ABSORPTION TEST as per IS 2386(part IV)1963
• COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH TEST as per IS Code
• SPLIT TENSILE TEST as per IS Code
• FLEXURAL STRENGTH TEST as per IS Code
THE CHOICE IS YOURS
TO LANDFILL TO RECYCLE
THANK YOU