Recycled Aggregate Concrete: Technology and Properties

Recycled Aggregate Concrete (RAC) is a sustainable material gaining importance in construction, with a book discussing properties, specifications, and applications. It shares information on concretes using RCA, findings, and conclusions, covering principles, advanced behavior, specifications, codes, best practices, and sustainable concrete construction. It is useful for researchers, concrete scientists, technologists, practicing engineers, and advanced students interested in meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Format: Hardback
Length: 412 pages
Publication date: 26 April 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Recycled Aggregate Concrete (RAC) is a sustainable material that is gaining increasing importance in the construction industry. This book provides an overview of RAC's properties, specifications, and applications, as well as current research and advances in its development and utilization. It covers concretes that use RCA (Recycled Concrete Aggregate, a component of RAC), as well as findings and conclusions. The book presents principles of RAC, including theories and experiments, describes advanced behavior and properties, covers specifications and codes, highlights best practices, and summarizes the use of RAC in sustainable concrete construction. It features scientific findings, citations of reliable sources, conclusions, and recommendations that ensure the book is accessible to various levels of expertise. This book will be useful for researchers, concrete scientists, technologists, practicing engineers, and advanced students interested in reusing construction waste for sustainable construction practices, and will help them strive toward meeting the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Weight: 736g
Dimension: 162 x 241 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032189413