Evaluation of crumb rubber as aggregate for automated manufacturing of rubberized long hollow blocks and bricks

  1. Sodupe-Ortega, E. 2
  2. Fraile-Garcia, E. 2
  3. Ferreiro-Cabello, J. 2
  4. Sanz-Garcia, A. 13
  1. 1 University of Helsinki
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    University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finlandia

    ROR https://ror.org/040af2s02

  2. 2 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

  3. 3 Tokyo Women's Medical University
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    Tokyo Women's Medical University

    Tokio, Japón

    ROR https://ror.org/03kjjhe36

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Revista:
Construction and Building Materials

ISSN: 0950-0618

Año de publicación: 2016

Volumen: 106

Páginas: 305-316

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.1016/J.CONBUILDMAT.2015.12.131 SCOPUS: 2-s2.0-84951310384 WoS: WOS:000370103400033 GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Otras publicaciones en: Construction and Building Materials

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Resumen

Waste tire rubber is a promising lightweight aggregate for building products that enhances their thermal and acoustic properties. Even the environmental benefits of its use are evident, higher cost and significant changes in compressive strength and workability hinder its widespread adoption. This article examines the use of crumb rubber (CR) as aggregate in dry-mix mortars to produce rubberized long hollow blocks and bricks using automated brick machines. CR was incorporated over a range of 10-40% with water/cement ratio varying from 0.7 to 0.9. The production of rubberized bricks exhibited better performance than long hollow blocks in factory trials. Tests showed important deformations and drastic reduction in compressive strength, especially for crumb rubber percentages greater than 20%. Due to this and the high cost of CR, caution must be taken with the design of new rubberized building products to make sure they are profitable. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.