The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials

J de Brito, R Kurda - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
The negative impacts of cement-based material (CBM) production are way bigger than ever
expected. To illustrate the scale of this phenomenon, all the forests in the world, regardless …

Understanding the carbonation of concrete with supplementary cementitious materials: a critical review by RILEM TC 281-CCC

S von Greve-Dierfeld, B Lothenbach, A Vollpracht… - Materials and …, 2020 - Springer
Blended cements, where Portland cement clinker is partially replaced by supplementary
cementitious materials (SCMs), provide the most feasible route for reducing carbon dioxide …

Evaluating compressive strength of concrete made with recycled concrete aggregates using machine learning approach

VQ Tran, VQ Dang, LS Ho - Construction and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
To reduce the environmental impact of construction and demolition waste of concrete,
recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) has been widely utilized in concrete. The compressive …

Durability of recycled aggregate concrete–A review

H Guo, C Shi, X Guan, J Zhu, Y Ding, TC Ling… - Cement and concrete …, 2018 - Elsevier
Recycling of waste concrete has become an important issue worldwide due to the continued
increase of construction wastes. Also, the growing global construction activities urge to find …

Compressive strength prediction of recycled concrete based on deep learning

F Deng, Y He, S Zhou, Y Yu, H Cheng, X Wu - Construction and Building …, 2018 - Elsevier
Considering on the current difficulties of predicting the compressive strength of recycled
aggregate concrete, this paper proposes a prediction model based on deep learning theory …

Properties and composition of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste suitable for concrete production

RV Silva, J De Brito, RK Dhir - Construction and Building Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Arising from a systematic, as opposed to narrative, literature review of 236 publications
published over a period of 38 years from 1977 to 2014, the paper examines the factors …

Water absorption and electrical resistivity of concrete with recycled concrete aggregates and fly ash

R Kurda, J de Brito, JD Silvestre - Cement and Concrete Composites, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper presents a literature review and experimental results on the effect of high
incorporation levels of fly ash (FA) and recycled concrete aggregates (RCA), individually …

Structural concrete with simultaneous incorporation of fine and coarse recycled concrete aggregates: Mechanical, durability and long-term properties

DD Pedro, J De Brito, L Evangelista - Construction and Building Materials, 2017 - Elsevier
This investigation intends to analyse the effects of the variation of different types of recycled
concrete aggregates (RCA) on structural concrete. For this purpose, two source concrete …

Experimental investigation on the variability of the main mechanical properties of concrete produced with coarse recycled concrete aggregates

J Pacheco, J De Brito, C Chastre… - Construction and Building …, 2019 - Elsevier
Research on the variability of the properties of recycled aggregate concrete is lacking and is
necessary for the development of reliability analyses and code calibration procedures. This …

Establishing a relationship between modulus of elasticity and compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete

RV Silva, J De Brito, RK Dhir - Journal of cleaner production, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper provides a systematic literature review, based on the identification, appraisal,
selection and synthesis of the evidence of 121 publications published over a period of 43 …