The Strength Characteristics of Concrete Blended with Recycled Concrete, Quarry Dust and Broken Glass
John Kwesi Quarm Junior, Charles Kwame Kankam
Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · pp. 10–21 · Published 2 Aug 2022
10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i117586Abstract
Conventional concrete mixes produced from naturally occurring aggregates offer benefits in strength, workability, volume stability and permeability, as well as a wide range of properties. However, with increasing availability of construction waste materials, such as demolished concrete and broken glass, there is the need to explore the feasibility of using recycled concrete and glass as replacement for natural crushed aggregates in Portland cement concrete, and determine their compressive and tensile strength in comparison with conventional concrete. Concrete specimens produced with varying percentages of replacement aggregates using recycled concrete and glass were tested for their workability, compressive strength and tensile strength. Six different concrete mixes were designed for the study, with percentage replacement of recycled concrete and broken glass of 0, 25, 50 and 75 by volume of natural aggregate in 1:2:4 concrete mix. In total, 54 cubes and 54 cylinders were cast for compressive strength and split tensile strength, respectively. Recycled concrete and broken / crushed glass were found to be good replacements for natural aggregates in concrete production, although the percentage by volume of recycled concrete and glass used in the concrete mix was an important controlling parameter. With regard to the workability of the concrete, it was found that recycled concrete and broken / crushed glass concrete had similar characteristics to conventional concrete mixes. Partially replaced recycled concrete and broken glass aggregates showed strength variation of between 15% to 30% from natural crushed aggregate concrete. It is recommended that concrete produced using recycled concrete and glass can be utilised for mass concrete works and structural members subjected to low loads.
References (21)
- 1 Construction and Building Materials
- 2 Resources, Conservation and Recycling
- 3 The greening of the concrete industry [DOI]
- 4 Studies on concrete containing ground waste glass [DOI]
- 5 Properties of concrete containing waste glass [DOI]
- 6 Waste E-glass particles used in cementitious mixtures [DOI]
- 7 Economic comparison of concrete recycling: A case study approach [DOI]
- 8 Multicriteria optimization of natural and recycled aggregate concrete for structural use [DOI]
- 9 USE OF RECYCLED CONCRETE AGGREGATE IN CONCRETE: A REVIEW [DOI]
- 10 Closed-loop recycling of recycled concrete aggregates [DOI]
- 11 Civil Engineering Materials [DOI]
- 12 Utilizing Waste Recycled Glass as Sand/Cement Replacement in Concrete [DOI]
- 13 Construction of road sections using mixed recycled aggregates treated with cement in Malaga, Spain [DOI]
- 14 A comparative analysis of the properties of recycled and natural aggregate in masonry mortars [DOI]
- 15 Recycling of construction debris as aggregate in the Mid-Atlantic Region, USA [DOI]
- 16 Analysis of Chemical Composition of Portland Cement in Ghana: A Key to Understand the Behavior of Cement [DOI]
- 17 Flexural fatigue characteristics of steel fiber reinforced recycled aggregate concrete (SFRRAC) [DOI]
- 18 Examining the Variability of Recycled Concrete Aggregate Properties [DOI]
- 19 Recycled Concrete Aggregates [DOI]
- 20 Methods of testing concrete [DOI]
- 21 Specification for Portland cement [DOI]
Cited by 4
Thanh Quang Khai Lam, Thi Bao Yen Luong, Phuoc Trung Cao · Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering · 2024
Yuanyuan Sun, Dongxu Hou, Yanbiao Shi · Buildings · 2025
Showing 2 of 4 known citations — external sources report more than can currently be individually listed.
Related research
- Finite Element Simulation Analysis of Central Pull-out Experiment of Steel Bar and Recycled Concrete — shares topic coverage
- A Review of Research on Recycled Aggregate Concrete Filled Steel Tube — shares topic coverage
- Overview of the Current Research Status of Concrete-Filled Steel Tube — shares topic coverage
- A Review of the Research on the Mechanical Properties of Ultrafine Fly Ash Recycled Concrete — shares topic coverage
- Research Progress on Preparation and Mechan-ical Properties of Recycled Concrete — shares topic coverage
Article metrics
Real usage data collected on this platform.
4
Page views
0
PDF downloads
0
Outbound clicks
4
Citations
Views over time
Views by country
Approximate, from request IP at view time — not citizenship or institution. Countries with fewer than 5 views are grouped as "Other".
Traffic sources
Referring site, by host.
Views and downloads exclude known bots/crawlers. Citations combines this platform's own DOI-resolved index with each external source's own reported total — see Cited by above for individually listed citing works. Last refreshed 0 seconds ago.