RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Improving the early-age behavior of concrete containing coarse recycled aggregate with raw-crushed wind-turbine blade
A1 Trento, Daniel
A1 Faleschini, Flora
A1 Revilla Cuesta, Víctor
A1 Ortega López, Vanesa
K1 Recycled aggregate
K1 Wind-turbine blade
K1 Concrete
K1 Concrete curing
K1 Plastic shrinkage
K1 Flexural strength
K1 Ingeniería civil
K1 Civil engineering
K1 Materiales de construcción
K1 Building materials
K1 Hormigón-Ensayos
K1 Concrete-Testing
AB Recycled aggregate used in replacement of coarse natural aggregate can lower the quality of both fresh and hardened concrete properties. There are many methods to reduce the negative effects of recycled aggregate in the literature, although most involve unsustainable solutions that jeopardize any environmental benefits associated with their use. In this study, a novel approach is presented for mitigating the adverse impacts of coarse recycled aggregate used in concrete mixes. Furthermore, it allows solving the current issue of the recycling of wind-turbine blades at the same time. Raw-crushed wind-turbine blade, a waste from the crushing of decommissioned wind-turbine blades with a high proportion of glass fiber-reinforced polymer fibers, was added to concrete mixes containing coarse recycled aggregate. As a main outcome, additions of that waste were found to enhance the early-age properties of concrete containing that kind of aggregate. Plastic shrinkage was reduced, and flexural strength increased by as much as 47 % and 14 %, respectively, while compressive strength remained approximately constant.
PB Elsevier
SN 2352-7102
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9938
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9938
LA eng
NO This research work was supported by MICINN, AEI, EU, ERDF and NextGenerationEU/PRTR [grant numbers PID2023-146642OB-I00; 10.13039/501100011033; TED2021-129715B–I00]; the Junta de Castilla y León (Regional Government) and ERDF [grant number UIC-231; BU033P23]; the University of Burgos [grant number SUCONS, Y135.GI]; and, finally, the University of Padova. Finally, the authors wish to pass on their sincere thanks to Manuel Hernando-Revenga, Nerea Hurtado-Alonso, Javier Manso-Morato and Marcos Villalaín-Soto for their useful assistance during the lab work.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 21-ene-2025