Microstructure and mechanical properties of concrete with treated recycled concrete aggregates

• Main Authors: Tang, Anthony John, De Jesus, Richard, Cunanan, Alvin
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Aggregates (Building materials); Waste products as building materials; Civil Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/4315
• Institution: De La Salle University

Recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) are sourced from construction demolitions. Weaker concrete, however, often resulted when using RCA as partial or full replacement of coarse aggregates due to old mortar in RCA. Several treatment methods target this old mortar to completely remove it, or enhance its...