
Handbook of Sustainable Concrete and Industrial Waste Management
Recycled and Artificial Aggregate, Innovative Eco-friendly Binders, and Life Cycle Assessment
- 1st Edition - December 1, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Francesco Colangelo, Raffaele Cioffi, Ilenia Farina
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 7 3 0 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 0 1 3 - 8
The Handbook of Sustainable Concrete and Industrial Waste Management summarizes key research trends in recycling and reusing concrete and industrial waste to reduce their env… Read more
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The Handbook of Sustainable Concrete and Industrial Waste Management summarizes key research trends in recycling and reusing concrete and industrial waste to reduce their environmental impact. This volume also includes important contributions in collaboration with the CRI-TEST Innovation Lab, Naples – Acerra.
Part one discusses eco-friendly innovative cement and concrete and reviews key substitute materials. Part two analyzes the use of industrial waste as aggregates and the mechanical properties of concrete containing waste materials. Part three discusses differences between innovative binders, focusing on alkali-activated and geopolymer concrete. Part four provides a thorough overview of the life cycle assessment (LCA) of concrete containing industrial wastes and the impacts related to the logistics of wastes, the production of the concrete, and the management of industrial wastes.
By providing research examples, case studies, and practical strategies, this book is a state-of-the-art reference for researchers working in construction materials, civil or structural engineering, and engineers working in the industry.
- Offers a systematic and comprehensive source of information on the latest developments in sustainable concrete;
- Analyzes different types of sustainable concrete and innovative binders from chemical, physical, and mechanical points of view;
- Includes real case studies showing application of the LCA methodology.
Materials scientists and engineers; civil engineers.
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
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 1, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Language: English
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Francesco Colangelo
Francesco Colangelo is a Full Professor of Innovative Materials for Civil Engineering and the director of the master’s course in Safety Engineering in the Department of Engineering at Parthenope University of Naples, Italy. His main research areas include recycling of waste materials in concrete and geo-environmental and civil applications, treatment of MSWI fly ash, application of lifecycle assessment methodology to various processes for preparing innovative building materials, evaluation of the durability of mortars and concrete, stabilization and solidification of hazardous wastes, and synthesis of geopolymeric eco-sustainable materials based on industrial waste. He has extensive consultancy experience in the treatment and recycling of solid waste, remediation of old landfills, and resource recovery plants. He has served as the principal investigator for numerous research projects in collaboration with public and private companies. Since 2012, he has been a senior member of RILEM.
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Raffaele Cioffi
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