
Concrete Recycling
Research and Practice
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Book Description
François de Larrard is Scientific Director of the R&D centre of the LafargeHolcim group and Scientific Director of the French national project Recybéton. He formerly spent almost thirty years at IFSTTAR (formerly LCPC). He has been granted both the Robert l'Hermite medal and the G.H. Tattersall award by RILEM, and is author of two books, including Concrete Mixture-Proportioning which is also published by Taylor & Francis.
Table of Contents
Introduction. Recycled aggregates. Binder incorporating recycled concrete fraction. Recycled concrete from production to hardening stages. Properties of hardened recycled concrete. Mix-design of recycled concrete. Reinforced recycled concrete. Experimental construction sites. Sustainability of concrete recycling. Implementation of concrete recycling. Conclusion: concrete towards the circular economy.
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François de Larrard is Scientific Director of the R&D centre of the LafargeHolcim group and Scientific Director of the French national project Recybéton. He formerly spent almost thirty years at IFSTTAR (formerly LCPC). He has been granted both the Robert l'Hermite medal and the G.H. Tattersall award by RILEM, and is author of two books, including Concrete Mixture-Proportioning which is also published by Taylor & Francis.