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T1 Fiber-Reinforced concrete and its life cycle assessment: A systematic review
A1 Manso Morato, Javier
A1 Hurtado Alonso, Nerea
A1 Revilla Cuesta, Víctor
A1 Skaf Revenga, Marta
A1 Ortega López, Vanesa
K1 Fiber-reinforced concrete
K1 Life cycle assessment
K1 PRISMA
K1 Global warming potential
K1 Performance-to-sustainability balance
K1 Ingeniería civil
K1 Civil engineering
K1 Materiales de construcción
K1 Building materials
K1 Hormigón-Ensayos
K1 Concrete-Testing
AB Concrete is the most environmentally demanding construction material in use worldwide, so evaluating the sustainability performance of concrete is therefore essential. Fiber-Reinforced Concrete (FRC) can diminish the carbon footprint of concrete, being verified by Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). In this systematic review, using the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses, 69 documents were studied to survey the existing literature on FRC, its LCA methodology and results, and the mechanical performance of the mixes. The results were then presented, and the fibers were characterized, to analyze both the environmental and mechanical performance of the selected research papers using representative indexes, mostly regarding Global Warming Potential (GWP). These indexes showed that the environmental impacts of the FRC mixes could be reduced, even reaching reductions in the GWP of FRC of up to 94 %, without hindering their mechanical performance. FRC sustainability was highly dependent upon the nature and treatment of the used fibers. Thus, steel or synthetic fibers were the most common, yet the most polluting to produce, while some recycled fibers reached high environmental impacts due to the necessary treatments to obtain adequate characteristics, as their non-optimized production procedures can result in up to 7 % increase of GWP of FRC despite of the incorporation of these sustainable raw materials. Nevertheless, those FRC mixes achieved promising LCA results, even diving by half their GWP, when these treatments and procedures were carefully designed. Further development of concrete manufacturing processes and sustainable fiber recovery and characterization are also needed for successful implementation of greener solutions.
PB Elsevier
SN 2352-7102
YR 2024
FD 2024
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9939
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/9939
LA eng
NO This research work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Universities, MICINN, AEI, EU, ERDF and NextGenerationEU/PRTR [grant numbers PID2020-113837RB-I00; 10.13039/501100011033; TED2021-129715 B–I00; PID2023-146642OB-I00; FPU21/04364]; the Junta de Castilla y León (Regional Government) and ERDF [grant number UIC-231; BU033P23; BU066-22]; and, finally, the University of Burgos [grant number SUCONS, Y135. GI].
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 21-ene-2025