Sustainability Improvements in the Concrete Industry Use of Recycled Materials for Structural Concrete Production /

• Main Authors: Pellegrino, Carlo (Author), Faleschini, Flora (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Green Energy and Technology,
• Subjects: Energy.; Renewable energy resources.; Building materials.; Renewable energy sources.; Alternate energy sources.; Green energy industries.; Sustainable development.; Structural materials.; Renewable and Green Energy.; Building Materials.; Sustainable Development.; Structural Materials.

This book examines state-of-the-art techniques for using recycled materials for structural concrete production, and explores the use of concrete with metallurgical slag, rheology of fresh recycled concrete, and life-cycle analysis of building materials. It reviews recent codes, guidelines and practi...

Table of Contents:

• Objectives of the Book
• Construction and Demolition Waste
• Workability and rheology of fresh recycled aggregate concrete
• Electric Arc Furnace slag Concrete
• Sustainability of recycled concretes through life cycle assessment
• Experimental database of EAF slag use in concrete.