To investigate the mechanical properties of cement concrete incorporating waste rubber powder, the response surface methodology was employed. The Box–Behnken central composite design was applied to analyze the three primary factors influencing...
At present, global waste tire generation considerably exceeds consumption. Moreover, waste rubber tires (WRTs) are a cause of concern, as huge volumes are being discarded and buried, thus causing serious environmental pollution. Rubberized waste conc...
The goal of the work was to describe properties of asphalt-cement concrete (ACC) with reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), Portland cement, sand, and rubber powder (RP), as a material to base courses of road pavements. The mixtures were designed with th...
Given that rubber tires are almost immune to biological degradation, this vast amount of solid waste is a major environmental concern worldwide. Reuse of these waste tires in the construction industry is one of the strategies to minimize their enviro...
The temperature estimation within asphalt concrete (AC) overlaid on cement-stabilized bases (CSB) is necessary for pavement analysis and design. However, the impact of different CSB gradations and rubberized CSB on AC temperature has not been thoroug...
This study investigates the impact of partially replacing cement with fly ash (FA) on the mechanical performance of fiber-reinforced rubberized concrete (FRRC) incorporating waste tyre rubber and recycled macro-synthetic fibers (MSF). FRRC mixtures w...
This study systematically investigated the effects of mix design conditions (water–cement ratio) and rubber properties (particle size, surface area, and mixing ratio) on the flowability and mechanical characteristics of rubberized concrete, in...
Lime-cement concrete (LCC) is a non-structural concrete in which lime and cement are used as the main binders. However, although LCC has many applications in reducing the settlement of foundations and providing a support layer for shallow foundations...
Tire-derived aggregate concrete (TDAC), or rubberized concrete, is gaining ground as an eco-friendly option in civil engineering. By substituting traditional coarse aggregates with recycled rubber tires, TDAC offers a greener choice with excellent en...
The use of waste materials as alternative aggregates in cementitious mixtures is one of the most investigated practices to enhance eco-sustainability in the civil and construction sectors. For specific applications, these secondary raw materials can...
The global rise in vehicle ownership has led to a significant accumulation of waste tires, with many ending up in landfills or incinerated, resulting in considerable environmental impacts. Several end-of-life solutions have been developed to repurpos...
The energy performance of buildings and the high consumption of traditional building materials are considered to be the most important aspects that are related to the implementation of the sustainability concept in the construction industry with resp...
Although manifold empirical studies have identified the mechanical properties of crumb rubber concrete (CRC), a comparative analysis of economic and environmental benefits between CRC and ordinary Portland cement concrete (OPCC) is not explored. In t...
In recent years, the addition of plastic and rubber waste to construction materials has been widely studied by the research community. This great interest can mainly be attributed to the achievable potential environmental and economic benefits, mainl...
Discarded rubber tires (DSRTs) have become a significant landfill and environmental problem that needs to be solved to reduce health risks, fires, and other environmental issues. The inclusion of such rubber can enhance the ductility of concrete and...
The paper presents the results of a research work aimed at assessing the long-term strength and elastic properties of rubberized concrete. The parameters of the research were the rubber replacement of fine aggregates and the age of testing the specim...
Cement is one of the most valuable materials in today’s society, as it is used in most construction developments known to mankind. However, the energy intensive process and significant environmental impacts related to the production of Ordinary...
The temperature response of pavement is not only crucial for assessing the internal stresses within pavement structures but is also an essential parameter in pavement design. Investigating the temperature response of rubberized concrete pavements (RC...
Erosion effect of chloride ions from the marine, deicing salt, saline-alkali land and some industrial environments will cause the corrosion of rebar in concrete, which is one of the most harmful factors affecting the durability of concrete structure....
There is a lot of ongoing active research all over the world looking for various applications of used tyre rubber, to increase its utilisation rate. One of the common research applications is to incorporate rubber into concrete as a partial replaceme...
An end-of-Life Tyre (ELT) is a type of waste that can generate negative social and environmental impacts due to its disposal. Considering that rubber can improve concrete properties and the massive use of concrete as construction material, the additi...
Waste management is the first priority for many countries, so the focus of this research is on using waste materials in concrete as fillers and substituting concrete ingredients such as crumb rubber (CR) for fine aggregates. The utilization of waste...
Utilizing scrap tire rubber by incorporating it into concrete is a valuable option. Many researchers are interested in using rubber tire waste in concrete. The possible uses of rubber tires in concrete, however, are dispersed and unclear. Therefore,...
Rubber-foamed concrete demonstrates exceptional toughness, a low elastic modulus, and significant sensitivity to density. It is necessary to parameterize the density mix of rubber-foaming concrete to meet engineering design requirements. Density-mix...
Using waste rubber tires for concrete production will reduce the demand for natural aggregate and help to reduce environmental pollution. The main challenge of using waste rubber tires in concrete is the deterioration of mechanical properties, due to...
The paper aims to investigate the influence of waste tire rubber and silica fume on the fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting concrete (SCC) and to design multivariate regression models for the prediction of the mechanical properties of se...
One of the environmental problems causing concern in the world today is the black pollution caused by the accumulation of waste rubber resources. Relevant experimental studies have proved that rubber concrete can help solve the black pollution proble...
Rubberized concrete is a novel green building material that enhances many features when rubber particles are incorporated into cement mortar, simultaneously yielding economic benefits through the recycling of waste tires. This study applies styrene&n...
Permeable concrete is a new type of pavement material, which can effectively improve the urban flood discharge system, and is of great significance to the construction of sponge city. In order to optimize the use effect of permeable concrete and impr...
Several researchers devoted considerable efforts to partially replace natural aggregates in concrete with recycled materials such as recycled tire rubber. However, this often led to a significant reduction in the compressive strength of rubberized co...
To eliminate the unfavorable effect of the accumulation of end-of-life car tires on the environment, many studies have been conducted to recycle those tires in concrete as a partial or full replacement of its natural aggregates. However, the produced...
Worldwide, vast amounts of waste are produced every year and most waste is sent directly to landfills or burnt, which has severe and harmful impacts on the environment. Recycling waste materials is considered the most visible solution to protect the...
Analyzing the global waste management sector, we can see that some waste, due to its specificity, is a major challenge when it comes to its management. This group includes rubber waste and sewage sludge. Both items pose a major threat to the environm...
Waste tire rubber is one of the most concerning environmental pollution issues. With the increasing demand for automobile production, the rate of waste tire generation has also increased. However, these tires often end up stockpiled and not properly...
Recycling of the waste rubber tire crumbs (WRTCs) for the concretes production generated renewed interest worldwide. The insertion of such waste as a substitute for the natural aggregates in the concretes is an emergent trend for sustainable developm...
Unfortunately, the production of cement impacts pessimistically on environments since it emits CO2—a principal Green House Gas (GHG)—encouraging the earth-heating dilemma. Moreover, it necessitates not only high temperature produced by the devouring...
Many studies have used rubber as an additive to form a cement-matrix composite (rubcrete). However, rubcrete has a lower mechanical strength than standard concrete. To improve the properties of rubcrete, this study performed surface modifications on...
Since waste tires constitute a serious environmental concern, several studies are devoted to the use of finely divided recycled rubber for the production of rubberized concrete by partial substitution of the mineral aggregate fraction. The introducti...
To address the challenge of balancing static and dynamic strength in the engineering application of foam concrete, this study proposes a strategy to improve the static and dynamic mechanical properties of foam concrete by synergistically adding rubbe...
As the number of discarded tyres continues to increase, causing serious environmental problems, the need of recycling the waste tyre rubber become extremely urgent in worldwide. Today, there is an increasing focus on recyclable materials. The reuse o...
Rubber concrete has been applied to a certain extent in fatigue-resistant structures due to its good durability. Based on a cohesive model of rubber composed of a five-phase material containing mortar, aggregate, rubber, aggregate-mortar interfacial...
There are ongoing research challenges for the addition of the blend of PET and crumb rubber in polymer-modified concretes, which aims to leverage the benefits of both materials. In this study, various percentage combinations of waste aggregates, such...
Polymer-modified cement has found numerous applications due to its excellent tensile strength. When cement was modified with a single polymer, its tensile strength and performance marginally increased. However, when a small amount of the flexible pol...
This paper used natural pumice from the Inner Mongolia region as coarse aggregate to produce a lightweight concrete mix with a 3% rubber particle (20 mesh) content and dissimilar slag contents (0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, and 30%). It measured the co...
With the advancement of modern engineering structures, traditional cement concrete is increasingly unable to meet the mechanical performance requirements under complex conditions. To overcome the performance limitations of materials, modified concret...
The high production of carbon dioxide from concrete cement manufacturing and the high utilization of natural resources in concrete has been a concern for research in recent decades. Eco-friendly concrete (Eco-Con) is a type of concrete that uses less...
Crumb rubber, obtained from discarded tires, presents a sustainable alternative in the construction industry, particularly in rubberized concrete. Treated crumb rubber offers improved mechanical performance; however, limited reports are available on...
The materials based on concrete with an addition of rubber are well-known. The interaction between concrete components and rubber particles is in the majority cases insufficient. For this reason, different substances are introduced into concrete-rubb...
This article considers the prospects of the application of building structures made of polymer concrete composites on the basis of strength analysis. The issues of application and structure of polymer-concrete mixtures are considered. Features of the...
Combining eco-sustainability and technological efficiency is one of the “hot” topics in the current construction and architectural sectors. In this work, recycled tire rubber aggregates and acoustically effective fractal cavities were com...
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