Internal Curing Utilising Recycled Concrete Aggregate: A Sustainable Approach for Improving High-Strength Concrete’s Performance

Whwah, MS, Mahmmod, LMR, Abdoulhaleem, HH and Dulaimi, A (2024) Internal Curing Utilising Recycled Concrete Aggregate: A Sustainable Approach for Improving High-Strength Concrete’s Performance. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering. ISSN 2193-567X

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Abstract

High-strength concrete (HSC) makes up the vast majority of materials used in the construction sector due to its exceptional mechanical characteristics and outstanding long-term behaviour. However, in cement-based materials with a low water-to-binder ratio (w/b), excessive autogenous shrinkage has become a prevalent issue. This work suggests the sustainable use of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) to internally cure HSC in order to reduce autogenous shrinkage during the hydration and curing processes. RCA was employed with various volumetric replacement percentages with natural coarse aggregate as a water storage agent (0%, 8%, 16%, 24%, 32%, 50%, 75%, and 100%) under sealed and unsealed conditions. The efficiency of the adopted materials for internal curing was investigated by determining the autogenous shrinkage in addition to unconfined compressive and flexural strength. The laboratory results reveal that the studied properties significantly improved by incorporating RCA into HSC, and the improvement depends on the substitution rate of the coarse aggregate. A better shrinkage behaviour can be obtained by raising the substitution percentage of coarse aggregate with RCA; in contrast, the strengths decrease with increased RCA. RCA can be utilised as an internal curing material for HSC to alleviate autogenous shrinkage with a percentage of around 40%, with the adopted ambient conditions in the early age of HSC with full replacement of virgin coarse aggregate. It is recommended to use 24% RCA as a substitution for natural coarse aggregate for internal curing to improve the characteristics of HSC and the sustainability advantages and reduce its negative environmental impacts.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	0905 Civil Engineering; 0912 Materials Engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Divisions:	Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Publisher:	Springer
Date of acceptance:	12 May 2024
Date of first compliant Open Access:	5 August 2024
Date Deposited:	05 Aug 2024 14:46
Last Modified:	05 Aug 2024 14:46
DOI or ID number:	10.1007/s13369-024-09187-z
URI:	https://ljmu-9.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/23878

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