Long-term flexural performance of reinforced concrete beams with recycled coarse aggregates

Based on these results, it can be reported that long-term deformations are greater for recycled aggregate concrete than for conventional concrete, regarding both strain and deflection. Furthermore, a direct relationship was found between these deformations and the replacement percentage used. Lastly, code-based expressions were used to calculate the long-term deflections of RC beams subjected to sustained loading, which included the recycled coarse aggregate content and corrections previously proposed to predict the mechanical properties, creep, and shrinkage of recycled aggregate concrete.