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Handbook of Sustainable Concrete and Industrial Waste Management
Recycled and Artificial Aggregate, Innovative Eco-friendly Binders, and Life Cycle Assessment

An up-to-date review on the application of recycled materials and innovative binders in eco-efficient concrete with an emphasis on its environmental impact.

Francesco Colangelo (Edited by), Raffaele Cioffi (Edited by), Ilenia Farina (Edited by)

9780128217306

Paperback, published 6 December 2021

728 pages, 180 illustrations (30 in full color)
22.9 x 15.2 x 4.4 cm, 1 kg

Approx.702 pages

Part 1. Eco-friendly innovative cement and concrete 1. Foamed concrete containing industrial wastes 2. Valorization of industrial by-products and wastes as sustainable construction materials 3. Enunciation of lightweight and self-compacting concretes using non-conventional materials 4. The use of construction and demolition waste as a recycled aggregate in sustainable concrete production: workability, strength, and durability properties 5. Natural fibers 6. Eco-friendly fiber-reinforced concretes

Part 2. Use of industrial waste as aggregates: properties of concrete 7. Energy-saving materials 8. Fresh and mechanical properties of concrete made with recycled plastic aggregates 9. Recycled glass as a concrete component: possibilities and challenges 10. Recycled aggregate concrete: mechanical and durability performance 11. Microstructure and properties of concrete with ceramic wastes 12. Agricultural plastic waste 13. Recycling and applications of steel slag aggregates 14. Quarry waste 15. Implementation of agricultural crop wastes toward green construction materials 16. Balancing sustainability, workability, and hardened behavior in the mix design of self-compacting concrete 17. Design guidelines for structural and non-structural applications 18. Strength and microstructure properties of self-compacting concrete using mineral admixtures. Case study I 19. Durability properties of self-compacting concrete using mineral admixtures. Case study II

Part 3. Innovative binders: alkali-activated and geopolymer concrete 20. Difference between geopolymers and alkali-activated materials 21. Geopolymer binders containing construction and demolition waste 22. On the properties of sustainable concrete containing mineral admixtures 23. Sustainable alkali-activated materials 24. Design guidelines for structural and non-structural applications 25. Future trends: nanomaterials in alkali-activated composites

Part 4. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of concrete 26. Calculation of the environmental impact of the integration of industrial waste in concrete using LCA 27. Role of transport distance on the environmental impact of the construction and demolition waste (CDW) recycling process 28. Management of industrial waste 29. Use of industrial waste in construction and a cost analysis 30. Life cycle assessment (LCA) of concrete containing waste materials: comparative studies 31. Opportunities and future challenges of geopolymer mortars for sustainable development

Subject Areas: Civil engineering, surveying & building [TN], Materials science [TGM]

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