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 …

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 …

Mixture optimization of mechanical, economical, and environmental objectives for sustainable recycled aggregate concrete based on machine learning and …

K Liu, J Zheng, S Dong, W Xie, X Zhang - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) has received rapidly growing attention given its
contribution to sustainability in the construction industry. Except for material properties, eco …

[HTML][HTML] AI-Assisted optimisation of green concrete mixes incorporating recycled concrete aggregates

P Zandifaez, EA Shamsabadi, AA Nezhad… - … and Building Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Maximising the content of supplementary cementitious materials as a partial replacement for
Portland cement and using recycled concrete aggregates as a full or partial replacement for …

Effect of incorporation of high volume of recycled concrete aggregates and fly ash on the strength and global warming potential of concrete

R Kurad, JD Silvestre, J de Brito, H Ahmed - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2017 - Elsevier
This study presents the effects of using supplementary cementing materials and recycled
concrete aggregates (RCA) in concrete, with emphasis on the ability of using high volumes …

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 …

Machine learning prediction models to evaluate the strength of recycled aggregate concrete

X Yuan, Y Tian, W Ahmad, A Ahmad, KI Usanova… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Compressive and flexural strength are the crucial properties of a material. The strength of
recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) is comparatively lower than that of natural aggregate …

Effects of recycled fine aggregates on properties of concrete containing natural or recycled coarse aggregates: A comparative study

R Singh, D Nayak, A Pandey, R Kumar… - Journal of Building …, 2022 - Elsevier
Most of the past studies related to recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) dealt with only
coarse RCA (CRCA), while there were many hesitations regarding incorporation of fine RCA …