...Saumyaranjan Sahoo; Rakesh Kumar Patra; Sanat Kumar Patro Recycled aggregate concrete ( RAC ) offers environmental benefits but its structural application is limited due to inferior mechanical performance compared with conventional concrete. The incorporation of steel fibres has shown potential...

...Tinu Lusi; Sudisht Mishra In general, the river sand is used as fine aggregate, leading to large-scale riverine mining, causing multi-faceted stresses, such as embankment erosions, water pollution, and landslides. To abate such problems, new materials must replace the sand. Many projects use...

... reduces the tensile strength ratio. Therefore, the use of cigarette filters should be controlled as ageing increases the indirect tensile strength. Figure 1. Granulation used in this research study The materials used in this study included aggregate, bitumen and cigarette filters...

...Natália Salamoni, BEng; Gustavo Toigo, BEng; Joana Sousa-Coutinho, EngD This study evaluated characteristics of mortars using recycled construction and demolition waste (CDW) from the industry as fine recycled aggregate in replacement of natural sand (NS). Mixes with replacements in volume of 20...