Production of recycled concrete aggregate from concrete test cylinders. (IMAGE)

Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral

Production of recycled concrete aggregate from concrete test cylinders.

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Crushing previously tested concrete cylinders to obtain fragments that, after a particle size classification process, become recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) ready to be used in new structural concrete mixes. This process replicates real industrial conditions for the valorization of construction waste.

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André Pico-Molineros, Eduardo Sanchez-Rojas, Dan V. Bompa, Natividad García-Troncoso / ESPOL Polytechnic University & University of Surrey

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