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Author(s): Castorina Silva Vieira
Paulo Pereira
Maria de Lurdes Lopes
Title: Valorisation of Recycled Construction and Demolition Wastes in geosynthetic reinforced steep slopes
Issue Date: 2015
Abstract: Over the last years the environmental sustainability has been demanding a progressive increase in the waste valorisation in construction industry. Although some studies have been carried out on the application of recycled Construction and Demolition Wastes (C&DW), their purposes are mainly the production of aggregates for use in concrete and in base layers of transportation infrastructures. As regards the application of C&DW in geotechnical works, it has been noticed that the valorisation is performed mainly in road construction, particularly in base and sub-base layers. The valorisation of recycled C&DW in geosynthetic reinforced structures is almost an unexplored field. A research project entitled "Sustainable application of Recycled Construction and Demolition Wastes in geosynthetic reinforced structures" (RCD-VALOR) is being developed at University of Porto, Portugal, since June 2013. This work presents and discusses some results of RCD-VALOR project, namely results related to the physical, mechanical and environmental characterization of the recycled C&D materials, the characterization of C&DW/geosynthetic interfaces through pullout and direct shear tests and the potential damage induced by recycled C&DW on the geosynthetics short-term tensile behaviour. The results achieved to date have shown that C&DW seem to be alternative materials for the construction of geosynthetic reinforced embankments.
Subject: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias
Engineering and technology
Scientific areas: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias
Engineering and technology
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/92358
Source: WASCON 2015 Resource Efficiency in Construction
Related Information: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia/Projectos de I&DT em Todos os Domínios Científicos/PTDC/ECM-GEO/0622/2012|FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-028842/Aplicação sustentável de Resíduos de Construção e Demolição (RCD) em estruturas reforçadas com geossintéticos/RCD-VALOR
Document Type: Artigo em Livro de Atas de Conferência Internacional
Rights: restrictedAccess
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