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
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

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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.

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

Francesco Colangelo

Francesco Colangelo is a Full Professor of Materials Science and Technology at the Parthenope University of Naples in Italy. His main research work covers the recycling of waste materials in concrete especially for geo-environmental and civil engineering applications and the application of life cycle assessment methodology in the preparation of innovative building materials.

Affiliations and expertise

Department of Engineering University Parthenope of Naples Research Unit Parthenope - INSTM - National Interuniversity Consortium of Materials Science and Technology Centro Direzionale, Isola Naples, Italy.

Raffaele Cioffi

Raffaele Cioffi has a degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Naples Federico II. He is Professor of Materials Science and Technology and Materials Engineering at the University of Naples “Parthenope”, Naples, Italy. He has been the Head of the Department of Technology and the director of the Research Quality Centre of the University of Naples "Parthenope". He has been the director of the Sustainable Development Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Technology, the president of the Teaching Board for the Industrial Engineering Course, and he is the coordinator of the Technical and Scientific Committee for the Master Course in Safety Engineering of the University of Naples " Parthenope". He is the vice-president of the Italian Association on Materials Engineering (AIMAT).

Affiliations and expertise

Professor of Materials Science and Technology and Materials Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Naples, Italy

Ilenia Farina

Ilenia Farina received a master's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Naples “Parthenope” and a postgraduate certificate in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Sheffield (UK); the title of her dissertation was “Plasma treatments of polymers for increased adhesion in composite materials”. In 2012, she graduated in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Salerno, submitting a final project titled “Mechanical properties and manufacturing process of innovative sustainable cementitious materials”. Her research interests cover the development of innovative materials for sustainable construction. She has conducted experiments to demonstrate the use of plastic fibers obtained from waste plastic as dispersed reinforcement in cementitious materials. Furthermore, she has also developed new fiber geometries, with the aim of enhancing the thermo-mechanical performance of fiber- reinforced concrete and mortars. Her current research activity focuses on the development of new fiber-reinforced materials using conventional raw materials as well as inorganic waste materials.

Affiliations and expertise

Post-doc Fellow, Department of Engineering, University of Naples “Parthenope”, Naples, Italy