MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SELF–COMPACTING CONCRETE WITH COARSE RECYCLED AGGREGATE

Abstract

Use of recycled aggregates, obtained by crushing old concrete, presents one of the solutions offered by the concept of sustainable development. This paper includes an overview of available literature regarding the application of recycled aggregates in the production of self–compacting concrete and its aim is to determine the impact of changes in some properties of self–compacting concrete, according to the percentage content of coarse recycled aggregate. On the basis of the analysis results in the presented scientific papers, we established the changes in flow diameter and compressive strenght, depending on the amount of the applied recycled aggregates.