Utilization of cement treated recycled concrete aggregates as base or subbase layer in Egypt

• Main Author: Ahmed Ebrahim Abu El-Maaty Behiry
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2013-12-01
• Series: Ain Shams Engineering Journal
• Subjects: Recycled concrete; Cement treatment; Tensile strength; Compressive strength; Resilient modulus; Base aggregate
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090447913000300

Recently, environmental protection has a great concern in Egypt where recycling of increased demolition debris has become a viable option to be incorporated into roads applications. An extensive laboratory program is conducted to study the feasibility of using recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) mixed with traditional limestone aggregate (LSA) which is currently being used in base or subbase applications in Egypt. Moreover, the influence of mixture variables on the mechanical properties of cement treated recycled aggregate (CTRA) is investigated. Models to predict the compressive and tensile strengths based on mixture parameters are established. The results show that the adding of RCA improves the mechanical properties of the mixture where the unconfined compressive strength (UCS) is taken as an important quality indicator. Variables influencing the UCS such as cement content, curing time, dry density play important roles to determine the performance of CTRA.