Sustainable Use of Crushed Concrete Waste for Thin Flexible Pavement
Crushed concrete waste is a by-product from building demolition and constitutes a principal component of municipal solid waste consisting of concrete, sand, brick, rock, metals and timber. Over 50% of this waste is commonly sent to land-filled sites, resulting in the impact on the limited capacity o...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Conference Paper |
| Published: |
The Australian Geomechanical Society and New Zealand Geotechnical Society
2012
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15662 |
| _version_ | 1848748954581204992 |
|---|---|
| author | Siripun, Komsun Jitsangiam, Peerapong Nikraz, Hamid Leek, Colin |
| author2 | G Narsilio |
| author_facet | G Narsilio Siripun, Komsun Jitsangiam, Peerapong Nikraz, Hamid Leek, Colin |
| author_sort | Siripun, Komsun |
| building | Curtin Institutional Repository |
| collection | Online Access |
| description | Crushed concrete waste is a by-product from building demolition and constitutes a principal component of municipal solid waste consisting of concrete, sand, brick, rock, metals and timber. Over 50% of this waste is commonly sent to land-filled sites, resulting in the impact on the limited capacity of land-filled sites. Nowadays, the sources of virgin natural aggregates are depleted by increasing in demand of using a virgin material in building and infrastructure construction and maintenance facilities. This depletion leads to the utilisation of crushed concrete waste to replace natural aggregates in road and highway construction. Of key significance of this study is to present alternative materials for road and highway construction on the production of the proper guideline for road base by using crushed concrete waste. Sophisticated tests were conducted to investigate the mechanical responses of compacted crushed concrete subjected to applied loads simulated from traffic loads. Unconfined compressive strength, shear strength parameters, resilient modulus and permanent deformation of such material were determined. Our findings showed that crushed concrete waste is able to utilise as a road base material. The results of this study will enhance increased use of crushed concrete waste in road and highway construction and will, therefore, alternatively reduce consumption and costs in manufacturing virgin aggregates. |
| first_indexed | 2025-11-14T07:13:15Z |
| format | Conference Paper |
| id | curtin-20.500.11937-15662 |
| institution | Curtin University Malaysia |
| institution_category | Local University |
| last_indexed | 2025-11-14T07:13:15Z |
| publishDate | 2012 |
| publisher | The Australian Geomechanical Society and New Zealand Geotechnical Society |
| recordtype | eprints |
| repository_type | Digital Repository |
| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-156622023-02-02T07:57:38Z Sustainable Use of Crushed Concrete Waste for Thin Flexible Pavement Siripun, Komsun Jitsangiam, Peerapong Nikraz, Hamid Leek, Colin G Narsilio A Arulrajah J Kodikara Crushed concrete waste flexible pavement Crushed concrete waste is a by-product from building demolition and constitutes a principal component of municipal solid waste consisting of concrete, sand, brick, rock, metals and timber. Over 50% of this waste is commonly sent to land-filled sites, resulting in the impact on the limited capacity of land-filled sites. Nowadays, the sources of virgin natural aggregates are depleted by increasing in demand of using a virgin material in building and infrastructure construction and maintenance facilities. This depletion leads to the utilisation of crushed concrete waste to replace natural aggregates in road and highway construction. Of key significance of this study is to present alternative materials for road and highway construction on the production of the proper guideline for road base by using crushed concrete waste. Sophisticated tests were conducted to investigate the mechanical responses of compacted crushed concrete subjected to applied loads simulated from traffic loads. Unconfined compressive strength, shear strength parameters, resilient modulus and permanent deformation of such material were determined. Our findings showed that crushed concrete waste is able to utilise as a road base material. The results of this study will enhance increased use of crushed concrete waste in road and highway construction and will, therefore, alternatively reduce consumption and costs in manufacturing virgin aggregates. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15662 The Australian Geomechanical Society and New Zealand Geotechnical Society fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Crushed concrete waste flexible pavement Siripun, Komsun Jitsangiam, Peerapong Nikraz, Hamid Leek, Colin Sustainable Use of Crushed Concrete Waste for Thin Flexible Pavement |
| title | Sustainable Use of Crushed Concrete Waste for Thin Flexible Pavement |
| title_full | Sustainable Use of Crushed Concrete Waste for Thin Flexible Pavement |
| title_fullStr | Sustainable Use of Crushed Concrete Waste for Thin Flexible Pavement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustainable Use of Crushed Concrete Waste for Thin Flexible Pavement |
| title_short | Sustainable Use of Crushed Concrete Waste for Thin Flexible Pavement |
| title_sort | sustainable use of crushed concrete waste for thin flexible pavement |
| topic | Crushed concrete waste flexible pavement |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/15662 |