Carbonation of cement paste: Understanding, challenges, and opportunities

B Šavija, M Luković - Construction and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Cement paste is known to react with atmospheric carbon dioxide. Carbonation of cement
paste has long been recognized as one of the causes of reinforcement corrosion. On the …

Utilisation of recycled concrete aggregates for sustainable highway pavement applications; a review

CM Nwakaire, SP Yap, CC Onn, CW Yuen… - … and Building Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Highway pavements are very expensive infrastructures that consume very high amounts of
natural resources. Utilisation of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) for highway pavement …

[HTML][HTML] Innovative technologies for recycling End-of-Life concrete waste in the built environment

AT Gebremariam, F Di Maio, A Vahidi, P Rem - … Conservation and Recycling, 2020 - Elsevier
Currently, natural resources are consumed at an alarming rate than their production (United
Nations Environment Programme, 2014). This imposes unprecedented pressure on the …

The use of steel slag aggregate to enhance the mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete and retain the environment

H Qasrawi - Construction and Building Materials, 2014 - Elsevier
Waste materials, such as demolished concrete rubbles and steel slag, are dumped in
landfills. Such action destroys the environment. Recycling these materials and using them …

Durability properties of basalt fiber-reinforced mortars with different mineral admixtures exposed to high temperatures

M Yıldırım, HB Özhan - Construction and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigated the durability properties of mortars containing basalt fiber and
various mineral admixtures against high temperatures. Different types of mortar samples …

Flexural behavior of reinforced recycled aggregate concrete beams under short-term loading

IS Ignjatović, SB Marinković, ZM Mišković… - Materials and …, 2013 - Springer
Recycling of waste concrete is one of the sustainable solutions for the growing waste
disposal crisis and depletion of natural aggregate sources. As a result, recycled concrete …

Shear behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete beams with and without shear reinforcement

IS Ignjatović, SB Marinković, N Tošić - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
An experimental study of the shear behaviour of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) beams
with and without shear reinforcement is presented. Nine full-scale simply supported beams …

Mechanical and durability performance of sustainable structural concretes: An experimental study

C Faella, C Lima, E Martinelli, M Pepe… - Cement and Concrete …, 2016 - Elsevier
This study reports the results of a wide experimental campaign intended at investigating the
mechanical and durability performance of structural concretes made with Recycled Concrete …

Effect of bitumen grade on hot asphalt mixes properties prepared using recycled coarse concrete aggregate

H Qasrawi, I Asi - Construction and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
The research aims at evaluating the effect of using recycled coarse concrete aggregates
(RCA) on the basic properties of hot mix asphalt made with different grades of bitumen …

Creep strain of recycled aggregate concrete

CQ Lye, RK Dhir, GS Ghataora, H Li - Construction and Building Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
Aimed at providing an in-depth study of globally published literature in the English medium
on creep of concrete made with recycled aggregates, literature search establishing research …