A Comprehensive Overview of Recycled Glass as Mineral Admixture for Circular UHPC Solutions

N. Marcela Redondo-Pérez, Jesús D. Redondo-Mosquera and Joaquín Abellán-García ()
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N. Marcela Redondo-Pérez: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Del Norte, Barranquilla 081007, Colombia
Jesús D. Redondo-Mosquera: Department of Civil Engineering, Universidad de La Guajira, Riohacha 440002, Colombia
Joaquín Abellán-García: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universidad Del Norte, Barranquilla 081007, Colombia

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 12, 1-42

Abstract: This review article analyzes the influence of recycled glass (as sand and powder) beyond the durability, rheology and compressive strength of plain UHPC, even exploring flexural and direct tensile performance in fiber-reinforced UHPC. Interactions with other mineral admixtures like limestone powder, rice husk ash, fly ash, FC3R, metakaolin and slags, among others, are analyzed. Synergy with limestone powder improves rheology, reducing superplasticizer usage. Research highlights waste glass–UHPC mixtures with reduced silica fume and cement content by over 50% and nearly 30%, respectively, with compressive strengths exceeding 150 MPa, cutting costs and carbon footprints. Furthermore, with the proper fiber dosage, waste glass–UHPC reported values for strain and energy absorption capacity, albeit lower than those of traditional UHPC formulations with high cement, silica fume and quartz powder content, surpassing requirements for demanding applications such as seismic reinforcement of structures. Moreover, durability remains comparable to that of traditional UHPC. In addition, the reported life cycle analysis found that the utilization of glass powder in UHPC allows a greater reduction of embedded CO 2 than other mineral additions in UHPC without jeopardizing its properties. In general, the review study presented herein underscores recycled glass’s potential in UHPC, offering economic and performance advantages in sustainable construction.

Keywords: waste glass; ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC); life cycle analysis; circular economy; mineral admixtures; compressive strength; rheology; durability; post-cracking behavior; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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