Designing Concrete Mixtures with RCA

The use of recycled concrete aggregates (RCA) in new concrete can help to reduce landfilling, improve economics of concrete, and supplement dwindling aggregate supplies in urban areas. The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) has calculated that they spend $1.45 million/year to dispose of demolished concrete, and has invested in crushing units to produce RCA but have not yet developed a design process for using the material as a replacement aggregate. The primary goal of this proposal is to validate and improve a novel RCA design methodology through both experimental and computational methods. The intended outcome of the project is to provide guidance to NYCDOT on using their home developed RCA in concrete cast as a part of the sidewalk replacement work. Given adequate performance and cost effectiveness, the knowledge and design tools developed for the sidewalk program could then be deployed to more advanced infrastructure including pavements and bridges.

• Record URL:
  https://cait.rutgers.edu/research/designing-concrete-mixtures-with-rca/

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $200000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A3551847102

  CAIT-UTC-REG27

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation

  Rutgers University
  100 Brett Road
  Piscataway, NJ  United States  08854-8058

  New York City Department of Transportation

  40 Worth Street
  New York, NY  United States  10013
• Project Managers:

  Szary, Patrick

  Heyward, Leon

  Mikuliak, Kate

• Performing Organizations:

  New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)

  Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
  University Heights
  Newark, NJ  United States  07102-1982
• Principal Investigators:

  Adams, Matthew

  Bandelt, Matthew

• Start Date: 20191201
• Expected Completion Date: 20201130
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Concrete aggregates; Durability; Mix design; Recycled materials; Sidewalks; Validation
• Identifier Terms: New York City Department of Transportation
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Materials; Pavements;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01727610
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 69A3551847102, CAIT-UTC-REG27
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Nov 15 2019 1:37PM