Estudo do uso do agregado miúdo reciclado de concreto na produção de argamassa para revestimento vertical

Abstract

The utilization of fine recycled aggregate originated from concrete debris recycling presents economics advantages, once recycled fine aggregate has lower costs than natural fine aggregate. Besides, there is an environmental gain due to the replacement of natural fine aggregate by recycled aggregate resulting in a in a reduction of damage caused by irregular deposition of debris, such as siltation of rivers and streams. Evaluate vertical coating mortars when cement is gradually replaced by lime and natural fine aggregates are replaced by recycled concrete fine aggregates in the content of 0%, 20%, 50%, 80% and 100%, by weight, in mixtures 1:3, 1:4 and 1:5, is the objective of this work. The design of experiments technique was used to minimize testing and to facilitate the analysis of results. Mortars were used when reached a level of consistency between 260mm and 280 mm, as prescribed in the NBR 13276 (ABNT, 2005), being verified the loss of workability with time for each mixture. Six prismatic specimens 4cmx4cmx16cm were casted for each mixture for tensile strength in flexural tests and compressive strength tests at 14 and 28 age days, according to NBR 13279 (ABNT, 2005). Later, mortars were applied to walls, previously spatterdashed. At 58 age days, tensile bond strength tests were performed at the coated wall, according to NBR 15258 (ABNT, 2010), as were also evaluated as the sums of the lengths of the cracks. Costs variations between produced mortars and reference mortars were also analyzed. Results were statistically analyzed and mathematical models have been produced for each variable analyzed. Produced models indicate that high levels of cement with recycled aggregates influenced positively, producing mortars with lower cost and better performance in the tests.