Seara Paz, SindyGonzález-Fonteboa, BelénMartínez-Abella, FernandoEiras López, Javier2022-03-082022-03-082022Seara-Paz, S., González-Fonteboa, B., Martínez-Abella, F., & Eiras-López, J. (2022). Deformation recovery of reinforced concrete beams made with recycled coarse aggregates. Engineering Structures, 251, 113482. ISSN 0141-0296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113482. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0141029621015856)http://hdl.handle.net/2183/29917Financiado para publicación en acceso aberto: Universidade da Coruña/CISUG[Abstract] The purpose of this research is to analyse the long-term deformations of reinforced concrete beams made of recycled coarse aggregates (RCA), using four different replacement ratios, 0%, 20%, 50% and 100%. For said purpose, three different loading stages were carried out: firstly, loading and sustained load for 1300 days, secondly, unloading and recovery where the deformations were registered over a one year period, and lastly, testing the concrete beams up to failure in order to analyse the effect of recycled aggregates on pre-cracked concrete members. The results led to the analysis of deformations under sustained load, as well as those produced after removing the load and the performance of pre-cracked members, while identifying the effect of recycled coarse aggregates on concrete performance in terms of plastic deformation, recoverability and concrete stiffness, and also on structural design.engAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Recycled aggregate concreteFlexural performanceDeformation recoveryRecoverabilityLong-term deflection recoveryCracked analysisConcrete stiffnessjournal articleopen access10.1016/j.engstruct.2021.113482