Research Article

Reliability-Based Analysis of Recycled Aggregate Concrete under Carbonation

Table 3

Input parameters.

Principal variableSecondary variableUnitDistributionValues

Concrete properties—for all the models
w/c ratioFrom 0.50 to 0.65
R%From 0 to 100%
fcMPaEvaluated with (23)

fib Bulletin 34 [18]
(mm2/y)/(kg/m3)Normalμ (evaluated with (20));
kmm/day0.5Evaluated with (19), coefficients in Table 1
ktNormalμ = 1.25; σ = 0.35
εtNormalμ = 315.5; σ = 48
kctcdays3
bcNormalμ = −0.567; σ = 0.024
keRHreal%Weibulla = 80; b = 5
RHref%65
2.5
fe5.0
Cskg/m3Normalμ = 0.00082; σ = 0.0001
W (t)t0years0.0767
psR0.1
bwNormalμ = 0.446; σ = 0.163
ToW0.246
ammNormalμ = 30; σ = 10

Papadakis et al. model [24]
(NAs)kg/m32700
(RAs)kg/m32300
kg/m33100
kg/m31000
% coarse aggregates50
kg/m3Evaluated with (22)
ckg/m3From 260 to 340
kg/m3170
akg/m3 − c − 
ppmv500
RH%80