5 Eco-Friendly Alternative Aggregates for Concrete!

Alternative materials for coarse aggregate in concrete can be rubber, glass, expanded fly ash clay, or plastic materials. On the other hand, agro-wastes, to industrial by-products, alternative materials for fine aggregate in concrete can be of a wide variety.

Innovative Valorization of Alternative Materials and Waste …

Carbon neutrality is a common development goal worldwide. To achieve this goal, promoting the conversion of wastes into resource or energy in construction and building up a circular construction serve as important measures. In view of this, this joint special issue aims to provide a platform to share and discuss the novel ideas, technologies, and research findings to …

Alternative Pavement Materials: Alternatives To Asphalt

Reused By-Product Aggregates As Alternative Pavement Material. The construction industry has involved the new concept of "waste to resource," repurposing many industrial by-products as alternative aggregates for road construction. By diverting these materials from landfills and incorporating them into pavement applications, we can reduce ...

AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION USING RECYCLED COARSE AGGREGATE …

Since recycled aggregate offers an alternative to conventional natural concrete, its potential to contribute to a sustainable future has been examined through experimental activity.

Alternate Building Materials Used in Construction Industry

These alternate building materials can be used when it meets the respective specifications in the code of practice. Here some new materials and technology is discussed as well and a list many alternate materials for foundation, roof and walls are presented with details of each. New Alternate Building Materials and Technology Following are the ...

Chapter 8 Pavement materials: Aggregates

Transportation Systems Engineering 8. Pavement materials: Aggregates Cover Plate Steel Balls Figure 8:2: Los Angeles abrasion test setup cup of internal dia 10.2 mm and depth 5 cm which is attached to a metal base of impact testing machine. The material is filled in 3 layers where each layer is tamped for 25 number of blows.

Various Substitute Aggregate Materials for Sustainable …

Therefore, a considerable amount of social and research interest has focused on finding alternative aggregate materials to replace natural aggregates. Considering that aggregates comprise a large proportion of the concrete volume, they significantly influence the mechanical properties and durability of the concrete. Therefore, when replacing ...

Various Substitute Aggregate Materials for Sustainable …

From this perspective, this Special Issue is a collection of ten papers focused on various alternative aggregate materials for sustainable concrete development, including …

Alternative concrete aggregates

This paper comprehensively examines materials from three groups of alternative aggregates (demolition waste (CDW), end-of-life manufactured materials waste, and …

Locally Sourced Construction Aggregates

Natural aggregates are the most common materials used in construction. These materials, which are usually made up of rocks or minerals, have been used for thousands of years as a source for creating buildings and structures. While these aggregates continue to be an important component in many different types of construction projects, there have been […]

Sustainable Concrete Alternatives | The Best Substitutes for …

3.1 Cheaper Alternatives to Concrete. Concrete is known for being a reliable building material, but it can also be expensive. If you're working on a budget, there are plenty of cheaper alternatives to concrete that can help you save money without sacrificing durability.. Gravel: One of the most popular cheap concrete alternatives, gravel is easy to install, maintain, and replace.

(PDF) Coconut shell waste as an alternative lightweight aggregate …

The lightweight aggregates obtained from the industrial waste materials used for the production of LWC are bed ash, sintered pulverized fuel ash and expanded slag which promotes th e use of

Alternative materials used for road construction

A dense aggregate might be produced by heat treatment of non-bloating materials or, if lightweight aggregate were desired, gas generating materials might be added to cause bloating. Potential alternate raw materials include clays and shales of all descriptions, sand, soil, and loess, a finely divided, wind-blown material.

Comparative Studies on Sustainable Alternative …

Aggregates provide volume at low cost, comprising 66 percent to 78 percent of the concrete. With increasing concern over the excessive exploitation of natural and quality aggregates, the …

Suitability of Alternate Materials for Granular Pile Based on …

This research article focuses on numerical analysis to compare settlement response and suitability of alternate materials of the granular pile under varying loads. Numerical studies have been performed to study load–settlement behavior of granular pile in alternate materials using finite element numerical modeling PLAXIS 3d software. A finite element-based …

The Production of Sustainable Concrete with the Use of Alternative …

The concrete industry is a core element of the building sector, but it has to deal with the increasing attention on the environmental issues related to the production process: increasing energy efficiency and the adoption of alternative fuels or raw materials represent the most relevant solutions. The present work analyses physical, mechanical, and environmental …

Alternative Fine Aggregates to Natural River Sand for …

To address SDG12 (ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns), and to provide technical evidence for alternative concrete constituents to traditional natural river sand, stone fine aggregate (SFA), brick fine aggregate (BFA), ladle-refined furnace slag aggregate (LFS), recycled brick fine aggregate (RBFA), and washed waste fine aggregate (WWF), ready …

Alternative fine and coarse aggregates in concrete: a review …

Download Citation | Alternative fine and coarse aggregates in concrete: a review | Concrete is the most commonly used material in the construction industry, with concrete aggregates accounting for ...

Alternative materials for wearing course of concrete …

Pranav et al. (2020) Concrete pavement materials Literature review on which combination of materials to use given the mechanical characteristics of these materials Alternative materials to replace ...

Replacement Of Coarse Aggregate in Concrete

Reviewed the features of 13 alternative coarse aggregates as a replacement for natural coarse aggregate. Alternative coarse aggregates from different by-products and waste …

A comparative study on the various alternative materials for …

In examining different vermiculite, graph 2.1 revealed that maximum strength is observed to be 50% in M30 having the partial replacement of fine aggregate with vermiculite [9]. From graph 2.2, 10% of bottom ash is maximum for substitution in fine aggregate and it is cost-effective for use in concrete manufacture [13].Polystyrene is a very fortunate plastic packaging …

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Concrete is being used mostly in Construction Industries. Concrete's applications in different industries is increasing day by day. [9] It has been used in Roman era, firstly as a construction material. It is because concrete is more useful than other construction materials keeping in view the durability, economy and most importantly strength of construction material [2].

5 Eco-Friendly Alternative Aggregates for …

Alternative materials for coarse aggregate in concrete can be rubber, glass, expanded fly ash clay, or plastic materials. On the other hand, agro-wastes, to industrial by-products, alternative materials for fine aggregate in concrete can …

(PDF) Sustainable Alternate Materials for Concrete Production …

To prove that M-sand and CS are sustainable alternate materials, this study focused on the microstructural characteristics on concrete constituents and CS aggregate and also conducted on concrete ...

(PDF) Alternative concrete aggregates -Review of physical …

Samples of agricultural waste with potential as alternative materials for natural aggregates: a) Rice husk; b) Wood; c) Hemp. S. Dias et al. Cement and Concrete Composites 152 (2024) 105663

(PDF) Alternate aggregates for concrete

A sustained and developed building industry requires large quantities of raw materials such as aggregates and crushed rocks. Although the use of secondary materials, such as recycled aggregate ...

Alternative materials for building construction

The construction industry is increasingly turning to alternative materials to promote sustainability and resilience. This Collection will focus on innovative materials that offer environmental and ...

Review on Alternatives of Aggregates with Alternative …

This main aim is to review properties of alternative aggregate or mixes with those aggregates within Eastern Africa. In this study, 23 reviews, at optimum aggregate replacement using volcanic materials, crushed rock sand and also fired bone generally indicated good strength performance. Majority of the alternative materials mixes

Partial replacement of cement with alternative cementitious material …

In the same manner, cement production is also associated with several consequences, namely the emission of greenhouse gases, increased carbon footprint, exhaustion of fossil fuels and natural raw materials, etc. Therefore, there is a strong demand to switch to other alternative materials to replace cement and aggregates in concrete [8–10].

The Production of Sustainable Concrete with the …

Fine aggregates showed the highest number of alternatives and replacement level, with the relevant impact on concrete properties; coarse aggregates, however, always reach a complete...