Multi-functional Concrete with Recycled Aggregates

Multi-functional Concrete with Recycled Aggregates consists of chapters covering multiple aspects of sustainable concrete materials, inclusive of engineering, environmental, policy, and management factors. With contributing authors worldwide from a variety of disciplines bridged by the theme of sustainability of concrete, this book aims to provide an overview of existing research and practices of traditional recycled aggregate concrete; introduce the latest studies of high-performance concrete adopting recycled aggregates from C&D wastes; disseminate the latest findings of multifunctional recycled aggregate concrete by achieving the waste reuse while realizing other environmental sustainability goals; and link the multipurpose sustainable concrete technical development into the C&D waste management.

Autorentext
Professor Yidong Xu is currently serving as the Director of the Institute for Coastal Engineering Structure and Materials at NingboTech University China. He is a member of the CCH technical committee of RILEM and technical committee member of the Chinese Ceramic Society and the Chinese Civil Engineering Society. Professor Xu's research focuses on sustainable concrete materials and structures, as well as construction engineering and management. As a principle investigator, he has completed 4 research projects funded by the China National Science Foundation and the Zhejiang Provincial Science Foundation, as well as 6 research projects supported by Ningbo Municipal Science Bureau, and over 20 consulting projects sponsored by industry. Professor Xu has published over 100 journal articles and he serves as a peer reviewer for 45 academic journals. He is also the holder of five patented innovations in concrete materials research. Dr. Ruoyu Jin is a Charted Builder of the UK-based Charted Institute of Building and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK. He currently works as an Associate Professor in Construction Management at London South Bank University, UK. His main research interests focus on construction waste management, especially recycled aggregate concrete, and digital transformation for construction management. Dr. Jin has completed several research projects (e.g., Innovate UK) in the areas of construction waste management involving recycled aggregate concrete and he also works on Building Information Modeling (BIM) for construction waste management and utilizing recycled aggregates for digital manufacturing of sustainable concrete. He has authored over 80 peer-reviewed journal articles and has one patented innovation in reusing construction waste as sustainable construction materials. He also serves as a peer reviewer for more than 10 international journals in the field of construction materials and construction management, as well as international funding agencies.

Klappentext
Multi-functional Concrete with Recycled Aggregates introduces recent research practice on addressing environmental sustainability (e.g., reducing air pollution) while utilizing recycled aggregates from construction demolition (C&D) wastes. The book addresses current state-of-the-art developments surrounding the use of C&D wastes to achieve sustainability. Chapters provide an overview of existing research and practices in traditional recycled aggregate concrete. There are also sections that introduce the latest studies of high-performance concrete adopting recycled aggregates from C&D wastes, the managerial aspects of C&D waste management, policy, managerial perspectives, and the entire waste reuse model.

Overall, the book moves a step forward from existing books on recycled aggregate concrete by presenting how recycling C&D wastes in new concrete production could achieve extra environmental or engineering purposes and achieve sustainability from both technical and managerial perspectives.

Inhalt

Section 1. Recycled aggregate concrete 1. Sources of recycled aggregates for concrete production 2. Research of properties of concrete with recycled aggregates 3. Applications of recycled aggregate concrete

Section 2. High-performance concrete with recycled aggregates 4. Rheology of High-performance recycled aggregate concrete 5. Mechanical properties of High-performance recycled aggregate concrete 6. Durability of High-performance recycled aggregate concrete 7. Creep and shrinkage performance of High-performance recycled aggregate concrete 8. Producing high-performance concrete from contaminated recycled aggregate

Section 3. Newly developed multi-functional recycled aggregate concrete 9. Self-cleaning concrete adopting recycled aggregates 10. Recycled aggregate concrete for pavement rapid repair 11. Research of recycled aggregate concrete for photocatalytic purpose in degrading air pollution 12. Pervious concrete adopting recycled aggregate for environmental sustainability

Section 4. Waste management policies and practices of concrete recycling 13. Existing sustainability rating systems in adopting waste reuse 14. Entire concrete waste reuse model 15. SWOT analysis of promoting recycled aggregate concrete 16. Adopting recycled aggregate concrete from the management perspective