Reinforced Crumb Rubber Concrete for Residential Construction

Presentation: Professor Yan Zhuge, UniSA STEM While there are extensive data now available for the performance of crumb rubber concrete (CRC) in laboratory mixes, it is essential that we understand whether satisfactory performance can be replicated in real world structures. This is particularly the case for the area of residential construction, which is often characterised as having the lowest common denominator of workmanship and quality. To replicate the real world situation, two large-scale reinforced concrete residential slabs were constructed, each 4 m × 9 m, with an edge beam and one internal beam across the short dimension. One was cast with CRC and the other with a standard residential mix of conventional concrete. The results to date show that CRC in residential slabs is a promising and potentially viable alternative to conventional concrete. For more from University of South Australia visit: UniSA Homepage: https://www.unisa.edu.au/ UniSA Facebook:   / unisa     / unisanewsroom   UniSA Twitter:   / universitysa   UniSA Instagram:   / universitysa   UniSA Weibo: http://weibo.com/studyatunisa