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 …

Properties of recycled concrete aggregate and their influence in new concrete production

KP Verian, W Ashraf, Y Cao - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2018 - Elsevier
This manuscript presents a review of the potential and challenge of using recycled concrete
aggregate (RCA) as the substitute for natural aggregate (NA) in concrete mixtures. Using …

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 …

Influence of glass fibers on mechanical and durability performance of concrete with recycled aggregates

B Ali, LA Qureshi - Construction and Building Materials, 2019 - Elsevier
Plain cement concrete has inferior performance in tension and a very high carbon footprint.
These issues can be minimized by simultaneous incorporation of fibers and recycled …

Green concrete: A review of recent developments

A Sivakrishna, A Adesina, PO Awoyera… - Materials Today …, 2020 - Elsevier
So much innovations have ensued in the concrete industry in the last decade, especially in
terms of ensuring concrete sustainability and its green initiatives. A call for sustainability is …

Hydration development of mineral additives blended cement using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA): Methodology of calculating the degree of hydration

W Deboucha, N Leklou, A Khelidj, MN Oudjit - Construction and Building …, 2017 - Elsevier
Reducing environmental pollution is becoming an important issue that must be taken into
consideration, particularly, when producing concrete. Mineral additives used as cement …

Use of recycled concrete aggregates in production of green cement-based concrete composites: A review

N Makul, R Fediuk, M Amran, AM Zeyad, G Murali… - Crystals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) are used in existing green building composites to
promote the environmental preservation of natural coarse aggregates (NCA). Besides, the …

Mechanical and durability properties of recycled aggregate concrete: effect of recycled aggregate properties and content

T Ozbakkaloglu, A Gholampour, T Xie - Journal of Materials in Civil …, 2018 - ascelibrary.org
The use of recycled concrete aggregates as an alternative aggregate material in concrete
has been studied over the past two decades. It is now recognized that the recycled …

The production of sustainable concrete with the use of alternative aggregates: A review

MC Collivignarelli, G Cillari, P Ricciardi, MC Miino… - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
The concrete industry is a core element of the building sector, but it has to deal with the
increasing attention on the environmental issues related to the production process …

Mechanical properties of the concrete containing recycled fibers and aggregates

M Ahmadi, S Farzin, A Hassani, M Motamedi - Construction and Building …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Mixed Recycled Aggregates (MRA) is a mixture of recycled concrete and masonry
materials. These kinds of aggregates have lower strength and higher water absorption than …