Avaliação do módulo de elasticidade dinâmico de concreto produzido com agregado graúdo reciclado de concreto

Abstract

The construction industry is one of the largest solid waste generator. For this reason, it is important to adopt a new model aiming for thereuse of construction waste and thereby achieve a more sustainable development. In this context, studies on concrete made with recycledaggregate concrete have been developed, focused to determine compressive strength and tensile strength, with little emphasis on the elastic behavior of concrete. This work aims to analyze the dynamic modulus of elasticity of concrete produced with waste concrete as aggregate. To this end, it was made two groups of concrete using two types of waste generated in larger quantities by an industry of prefabricated concrete. The first group was made with a residue of plastic concrete, air-cured, and concrete made with of heat curing. The concrete aggregates were used to replace 50% by volume of natural coarse aggregate. In the second group recycled aggregates was produced in two strengths (18 and 50 MPa), being used to produce a new concrete of 32 MPa. The levels of substitution were 25%, 50%, 75% and 100%. The dynamic modulus of elasticity was calculated as specified in C597 (ASTM, 2009). It was analyzed the influence of moisture content and the type of waste recycled aggregate replacement in the natural dynamic modulus of elasticity. The type of recycled aggregate influenced the dynamic modulus of elasticity, as well as different levels of moisture and replacement of concrete at the time of trial. For the materials tested, the modulus of elasticity did not vary as a function of the compressive strength of recycled aggregate concrete, bu there was a positive correlation between the modulus of elasticity and compressive strength of concrete.