STEEL AND RECYCLED CONCRETE SLAB PROJECT
Steel And Recycled Concrete Slab (SARCOS) project is aimed to extend the use of recycled aggregates to steel–concrete composite slabs, which actually are exclusively realized by using concrete composed with natural aggregates.
Recycled aggregates to steel–concrete composite slabs
It is meaningful that despite the steel-concrete composite slab solution is worldwide recognized as a cheap constructional technique, the environmental impact associated with the extensive use of natural aggregates is absolutely non-negligible.
Concrete production with natural aggregates yields to a progressive reduction of the raw material, due to need of opening new quarries of natural aggregates, and to the associated production of a very high quantity of waste.
The rational use of available materials and the recycling of waste can partially solve the problem and represent an important element of the circular economy.
SARCOS project would determine the feasibility of composite slab with recycled aggregate which would otherwise be considered as waste.
Research Group
UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI AND POLITECNICO DI MILANO
The working group of the SARCOS Project is composed of professors and researchers of University of Cagliari (UNICA) and Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI)
