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Albina Scioti and Fabio Fatiguso
The construction industry involves some of the activities with the highest consumption of raw materials and significant waste production. According to the European Commission, it requires large quantities of resources, representing approximately 50% of a...
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Mahmut Cem Yilmaz, Ahmad Aswad and Ömer Mercimek
In this study, an experiment was conducted to innovate a new design of interlocking concrete blocks (ICBs) containing recycled aggregates (RAs) by reducing the consumed time and cost in construction using an environmental approach. Accordingly, the desig...
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Shan Liu, Fengxia Han, Shiqi Zheng, Songpu Gao and Guoxing Zhang
Concrete that self-compacts is frequently utilized in engineering construction. Recycled coarse aggregate self-compacting concrete (RCASCC) is made by partially substituting recycled coarse aggregates (RCA) for natural coarse aggregates in order to conse...
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Sebastiano Candamano, Francesco Tassone, Ivan Iacobini, Fortunato Crea and Piero De Fazio
In the present work, the authors investigated the properties and durability of mortars produced by replacing 100% of natural sand with recycled aggregate. The mix was tuned to produce self-leveling and thixotropic mortars that can find application in cre...
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Mian Luo, Junjie Dai, Ziqi Ding and Ye Liu
Microbial-induced mineralization deposition was used to improve the quality of the recycled fine aggregate (RFA) in this paper. In order to obtain a better improvement effect, the microbial mineralization conditions were first optimized. The effect of th...
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Kun Zhang, Wei Yin, Xi Chen, Hui Li, Mingxing Cao and Shengxue Zhu
In this paper, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) is used as a new additive for porous vegetarian concrete (PVC) to improve its void structure and strength. The effect of the HPMC on the fluidity of the mortar was first investigated by a viscosity test...
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Ana Lourenço, Luís Silva, Vera Fernandes and Pedro Sequeira
The impact that construction has on sustainability as a relevant consumer of materials is well known, especially with regard to cement, which contributes to high CO2 emissions. It is well known that in tile adhesives, cement add positive technical contri...
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Ricardo Infante Gomes, David Bastos, Catarina Brazão Farinha, Cinthia Maia Pederneiras, Rosário Veiga, Jorge de Brito, Paulina Faria and António Santos Silva
Construction and demolition wastes (CDW) are generated at a large scale and have a diversified potential in the construction sector. The replacement of natural aggregates (NA) with CDW recycled aggregates (RA) in construction materials, such as mortars, ...
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Huixia Wu, Jianzhuang Xiao, Chaofeng Liang and Zhiming Ma
The utilization of recycled brick aggregate (RBA) and recycled brick powder (RBP) in cementitious materials helps the reclamation of clay brick waste in construction and demolition waste. This work studied the properties of cementitious materials with RB...
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Sara Jesus, Cinthia Maia Pederneiras, Catarina Brazão Farinha, Jorge de Brito and Rosário Veiga
The construction sector is responsible for one third of the total wastes produced in the EU. Finding solutions for the reuse or recycling of these wastes is one of the major environmental concerns of modern times. The replacement of sand or cement in spe...
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