Avaliação de propriedades do concreto produzido com agregados reciclados de resíduos de construção e demolição visando aplicações estruturais

Abstract

This work analysed some mechanical and durability properties of the concrete produced with fine and coarse aggregates obtained from the recycling of construction and demolition wastes (CDW) in order to evaluate the possibility to use this composite in structures. A special attention was given to the degree of porosity/strength of the coarse recycled aggregate assuming its specific gravity as one of the parameters of the study. Construction and demolition wastes were gathered from illegal deposition areas inside Maceió and were comminuted in laboratory; the grains obtained were divided into fine aggregate and coarse aggregate. One part of the coarse aggregate was mixed in with recycled concrete aggregate in order to produce a new aggregate which was less porous/stronger than the first one the amount of aggregates to be mixed were determined through a rule of mixture for the specific gravity. Concretes were produced in laboratory combining three water-cement ratio with each coarse recycled aggregate and fine recycled aggregate or river sand; reference concretes were produced with natural aggregates too. The properties of the recycled concretes were also investigated by means of a factorial design. In general, the use of coarse recycled aggregate combined with fine coarse aggregate was not good, but the less porous the coarse recycled aggregate (or the higher the specific gravity), the better the concrete properties were. Some recycled aggregate concretes reached strength values bigger than the reference concrete. Results showed that recycled concretes can be used in structures, but with some restrictions.