An alternative concept for the recycling of concrete waste is to recover clean, unbound, coarse aggregate from the concrete matrix. This paper describes a programme of investigations into aggregate liberation, which resulted when concrete specimens were subjected to compressive failure enacted through staged size reduction using crushing machines. Both roll and jaw crushers were used and the products were subsequently treated in a ball mill. The liberation characteristics of standard concrete mixes with respect to aggregate type, crushing-induced failure and abrasion through milling are presented.

  • ABSTRACT

  • INTRODUCTION

  • ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

  • EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

  • EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS

  • DISCUSSION

  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  • REFERENCES

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