Publications: books
Dhir, R. K., de Brito, J., Silva, R. V., Lye, C. Q. (2019) Sustainable construction materials: Recycled aggregates . Woodhead Publishing, Duxford, United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1016/C2015-0-00466-X repository
Publications: book chapters
Silva, P. R., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2022) “12 - Mechanical properties of recycled aggregate concrete with bottom ash additions”, in: Awoyera, P. O., Thomas, C., Kirgiz, S. (Eds.), The structural integrity of recycled aggregate concrete produced with fillers and pozzolans. Woodhead Publishing Series in Civil and Structural Engineering, Woodhead Publishing, Duxford, United Kingdom, 275-301. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-824105-9.00002-0 PDF
Publications: patents pending
Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2022) Método de ativação alcalina de cinza de fundo de resíduos sólidos urbanos para a produção de blocos de betão para pavimento [Alkali activation method of bottom ash from municipal solid waste for the production of concrete paving blocks]. Instituto Nacional de Propriedade Industrial, request no. 20222004011972
Publications: in international journals
Kurda, R., Silvestre, J., de Brito, J. (2018). “Life cycle assessment of concrete made with high volume of recycled concrete aggregates and fly ash”. Resources, Conservation and Recycling , 139, 407–417. DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.07.004 PDF
Silva, R., de Brito, J., Lynn, C., Dhir, R. (2019). “Environmental impacts of the use of bottom ashes from municipal solid waste incineration: A review”. Resources, Conservation and Recycling , 140, 23–35. DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.09.011 PDF
Lozano-Lunar, A., Silva, P., de Brito, J., Fernández, J. M., Jiménez, J. R. (2019) “Safe use of electric arc furnace dust as secondary raw material in self-compacting mortars production”. Journal of Cleaner Production , 211, 1375–1388. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.002 PDF
Lozano-Lunar, A., Silva, P., de Brito, J., Álvarez, J. I., Fernández, J. M., Jiménez, J. R. (2019). “Performance and durability properties of self-compacting mortars with electric arc furnace dust as filler”. Journal of Cleaner Production , 219, 818–832. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.02.145 PDF
Kurda, R., de Brito, J., Silvestre, J. (2019). “CONCRETop method: Optimization of concrete with various incorporation ratios of fly ash and recycled aggregates in terms of quality performance and life-cycle cost”. Journal of Cleaner Production , 226, 642–657. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.04.070 PDF
Farinha, C., de Brito, J., Veiga, R. (2019). “Influence of forest biomass bottom ashes on the fresh, water and mechanical behaviour of cement-based mortars”. Resources, Conservation and Recycling , 149, 750–759. DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2019.06.020 PDF
Silva, R. V., de Brito, J., Dhir, R. (2019). “Use of recycled aggregates arising from construction and demolition waste in new construction applications”. Journal of Cleaner Production , 236, 117629. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117629 PDF
Kurda, R., de Brito, J., Silvestre, J. (2020). “A comparative study of the mechanical and life cycle assessment of high-content fly ash and recycled aggregates concrete”. Journal of Building Engineering , 29, 101173. DOI: 10.1016/j.jobe.2020.101173 PDF
Kurda, R., Silva, R., de Brito, J. (2020). “Incorporation of alkali activated municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash in mortar and concrete: A critical review”. Materials , 13(15), 3428. DOI: 10.3390/ma13153428 PDF
Simões B., da Silva P. R., Silva R. V., Avila Y., Forero J. A. (2020). “Ternary mixes of self-compacting concrete with fly ash and municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash”. Applied Sciences , 11(1), 107. DOI: 10.3390/app11010107 PDF
de Brito, J., Kurda, R. (2021). “The past and future of sustainable concrete: A critical review and new strategies on cement-based materials”. Journal of Cleaner Production , 281, 123558. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123558 PDF
Silva, S., Evangelista, L., de Brito, J. (2021). “Durability and shrinkage performance of concrete made with coarse multi-recycled concrete aggregates”. Construction and Building Materials , 272, 121645. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2020.121645 PDF
Casanova, S., Silva, R., de Brito, J., Pereira, M. (2021).
“Mortars with alkali-activated municipal solid waste
incinerator bottom ash and fine recycled aggregates”.
Journal of Cleaner Production
, 289, 125707.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125707
PDF
Carvalho, R., Silva, R., de Brito, J., Pereira, M. (2021). “Alkali activation of bottom ash from municipal solid waste incineration: optimization of NaOH- and Na2SiO3-based activators”. Journal of Cleaner Production , 291, 125930. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.125930 PDF
Hafez, H., Kassim, D., Kurda, R., Silva, R., de Brito, J.
(2021). “Assessing sustainability potential of
alkali-activated concrete from electric arc furnace slag using
the ECO2 framework”.
Construction and Building Materials
, 281, 122559.
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2021.122559
PDF
Simões, J. R., Silva, P. R. D., Silva, R. V. (2021). “Binary mixes of self-compacting concrete with municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash”. Applied Sciences , 11(14), 6396. DOI: 10.3390/app11146396 PDF
Silva, P. R, Silva, R. V., de Brito J. (2021). “Use of bottom ash additions in the production of concrete with recycled aggregates”. Indian Concrete Journal , 95(3), 38-49. PDF
Kassim, D., Lamaa, G., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2022) “Performance enhancement of alkali-activated electric arc furnace slag mortars through an accelerated CO2 curing process”. Applied Sciences , 12(3), 1662. DOI: 10.3390/app12031662 PDF
Avila, Y., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2022) “Alkali-activated materials with pre-treated municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash”. Applied Sciences , 12(7), 3535. DOI: 10.3390/app12073535 PDF
Suescum- Morales, D., Bravo, M., Silva, R. V., Jiménez, J. R., Fernandez-Rodriguez, J. M. de Brito, J. (2022) “Effect of reactive magnesium oxide in alkali-activated fly ash mortars exposed to accelerated CO2 curing”. Construction and Building Materials , 342 Part B, 127999. DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2022.127999 PDF
Suescum- Morales, D., Silva, R. V., Bravo, M., Jiménez, J. R., Fernandez-Rodriguez, J. M. de Brito, J. (2022) “Effect of incorporating municipal solid waste incinerated bottom ash in alkali-activated fly ash concrete subjected to accelerated CO2 curing”. Journal of Cleaner Production , 370, 133533. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133533 PDF
Publications: in national journals
Casanova, S., Silva, R., de Brito, J. (2022). “Activação alcalina de cinzas de fundo provenientes da incineração de resíduos sólidos urbanos na produção de argamassas com agregados reciclados de betão [Alkali activation of bottom ash from the incineration of urban solid waste in the production of mortars with recycled concrete aggregates]”. Revista Portuguesa de Engenharia de Estruturas , Série III, 19, 87–98. PDF
Publications: communications in scientific meetings
Silva, R. V., de Brito, J., Bravo, M. (2020). “Reactive magnesium oxide as dimensional stabilizer in cementitious composites containing recycled aggregates”. Future Materials 2020 , Lisboa, Portugal. repository
Carvalho, R., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2020). “Alkali activation of municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ashes: Optimization of the alkali activator”. Future Materials 2020 , Lisboa, Portugal. repository
Kassim, D., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2021). “Alkali activation of electric arc furnace slag: optimum concentration of the alkali activator and mechanical performance of mortars”. CEES 2021 - International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability , Coimbra, Portugal, ID31. PDF
Avila, Y., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2021). “Optimization of the alkaline activation of pre-treated municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ashes”. CEES 2021 - International Conference on Construction, Energy, Environment and Sustainability , Coimbra, Portugal, ID29. PDF
Lamaa, G., Kassim, D., Silva, S., Duarte, A., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2022) “Concrete pavement blocks using carbon-enhanced alkali-activated aluminosilicate industrial wastes”, 6th International Conference on Building Materials and Materials Engineering, Barcelona, Spain. repository
Kassim, D., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J., Avila, Y. (2022) “Carbon capture of alkali activated electric arc furnace slag mortars”, 3.º Congresso de Ensaios e Experimentação em Engenharia Civil , Caparica, Portugal.
Avila, Y., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2022) “A test method of aluminium quantification in municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ashes”, 3.º Congresso de Ensaios e Experimentação em Engenharia Civil , Caparica, Portugal.
Publications: progress reports
Task 1
Kurda, R., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2019). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 1 — Report 1: Literature review on the influence of municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash on the performance of alkali-activated materials . CERIS Report DTC 15/2019, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Kurda, R., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2019). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 1 — Report 2: Database on alkali-activated materials containing municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ash . CERIS Report DTC 18/2019, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Task 2
Carvalho, R., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2019). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 2 — Report 1: Optimização da solução alcalina na produção de argamassas com cinzas de fundo de resíduos sólidos urbanos activadas alcalinamente [Optimization of the alkaline solution in the production of mortars with alkali-activated urban solid waste bottom ash]. CERIS Report DTC 19/2019, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Pereira, Y. A., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2019). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 2 – Report 2: Further optimization of the alkaline solution for the production of mortars with alkali activated municipal solid waste incinerator bottom ashes . CERIS Report DTC 39/2019, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Pereira, Y., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2019). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 2 — Report 3: Test methods for the second stages of Task 2: Optimization of the alkali activator . CERIS Report DTC 36/2019, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Kassim, D., Silva, R. V., Ahmed, H., de Brito, J. (2019). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete): Task 2 — Report 4: Alkali activation electric arc furnace slag mortars: Methodology, optimization of mix design, and schedule . CERIS Report DTC 25/2020, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Pereira, Y. A., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2021). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 2 — Report 5: Results and discussion of the second experimental stage of Task 2: Pretreatment of MIBA and optimum NaOH and Na2SiO3 contents . CERIS Report DTC 06/2021, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Task 3
Casanova, S., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2019). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 3 — Report 1: Influência da cura térmica na produção de argamassas com cinzas de fundo de resíduos sólidos urbanos activadas alcalinamente [Influence of thermal curing on the production of mortars with alkali-activated urban solid waste bottom ash]. CERIS Report DTC 21/2019, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Pereira, Y. A., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2020). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete): Task 3 — Report 2: Test methods for the second stage of Task 3 . CERIS Report DTC 16/2020, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Kassim, D., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2021). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete): Task 3 — Report 3: Optimum concentration of the alkali activator and mechanical performance of mortars . CERIS Report DTC 06/2021, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Pereira, Y. A., Silva, B., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2019). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement-free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 3 — Report 4: Results and discussion of the experimental investigation on binary mixes containing alkali-activated municipal incinerator bottom ashes and fly ash . CERIS Report DTC, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Task 4
Silva, R. V., Kurda, R., Pereira, Y., de Brito, J. (2019). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 4 — Report 1: Lessons learned from the preliminary stage of the experimental campaign . CERIS Report DTC 40/2019, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Alnezami, S., Kurda, R., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2022) Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 4 — Report 2: Environmental impact and technical performance of recycled concrete containing municipal incinerated bottom ash . CERIS Report DTC, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Sequeira, F. M., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2022) Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 4 — Report 3: Desempenho em termos de durabilidade de betões com cinza de fundo de resíduos sólidos urbanos activada alcalinamente [Performance in terms of durability of concrete with alkali-activated urban solid waste bottom ash]. CERIS Report DTC, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Cagica, G. da C., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2022) Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 4 — Report 4: Desempenho mecânico de betões com cinza de fundo de resíduos sólidos urbanos activada alcalinamente [Mechanical performance of concrete with alkali-activated urban solid waste bottom ash]. CERIS Report DTC, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Task 5
Silva, B. A., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2021). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 5 — Report 1: Production and test methods of paving blocks for the first stage of Task 5 . CERIS Report DTC, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Kassim, D. A. K., Lamaa, G., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J. (2022). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 5 — Report 2: Paving blocks based on alkali-activated aluminosilicate industrial wastes: Experimental plan and results . CERIS Report DTC 19/2022, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Maia, A. M. B., Silva, R. V., de Brito, J., Pereira, C., Silvestre, J. D. (2022). Recycled inorganic polymer concrete: towards a cement free and fully recycled concrete (RInoPolyCrete). Task 5 — Report 3: Estudo de avaliação do ciclo de vida e toxicidade de cinzas de fundo de resíduos sólidos urbanos activadas alcalinamente [Life cycle assessment and toxicity study of alkali-activated urban solid waste bottom ash]. CERIS Report DTC, Lisbon, Portugal. PDF
Publications: master’s dissertations
Carvalho, R. J. S. (2019). Argamassas produzidas através da activação alcalina de cinzas de fundo provenientes da incineração de resíduos sólidos urbanos: Optimização do activador alcalino [Mortars produced through the alkali activation of bottom ash from the incineration of urban solid waste: Optimization of the alkaline activator]. Master’s Dissertation in Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. PDF
Fernandes, A. S. L. C. (2019). Ativação alcalina de cinzas de fundo provenientes da incineração de resíduos sólidos urbanos na produção de argamassas com agregados reciclados de betão: Influência da cura térmica [Alkali-activation of bottom ash from the incineration of urban solid waste in the production of mortars with recycled concrete aggregates: Influence of thermal curing]. Master’s Dissertation in Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. PDF
Cagica, G. C. (2022). Desempenho em termos de resistência mecânica de betões com cinzas de fundo da incineração de resíduos sólidos urbanos ativadas alcalinamente [Performance in terms of mechanical strength of concrete with alkali-activated bottom ash from the incineration of urban solid waste]. Master’s Dissertation in Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. repository
Miguel, F. S. A. (2022). Desempenho em termos de durabilidade de betões com cinza de fundo de resíduos sólidos ativada alcalinamente [Performance in terms of durability of concrete with alkali-activated solid waste bottom ash]. Master’s Dissertation in Civil Engineering, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon. repository