Influence of Recycled Concrete Aggregate (Rca) on Compressive Strength of Plain Concrete (original) (raw)

Abstract

This paper presents the findings of an investigation on the influence of recycled aggregate concrete (RCA) as a substitute for virgin coarse aggregate in the compressive strength oplain concrete. Recycled aggregate concretes were produced together with virgin coarse aggregates and subjected to empirical tests which include grading, specific gravity, bulk density, water absorption, aggregate impact value (AIV) and aggregate crushing value (ACV) to ascertain their performances. Mix design was carried out for grade 30 concrete according to DoE (1975) and RCA percentages of 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100 were used in replacing the virgin aggregate proportion in the mix. The test results showed that the use of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) reduces the compressive strength and this reduction increases with the increase in percentage of the RCA. Maximum decrement of about 33% in strength or about 67% of compressive strength development occurs when 100% of RCA was used as substitute to virgin c...

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