Research Article
Fresh-State Properties of Mortars with Recycled Glass Aggregates: Global Unification of Behavior
Table 4
Theoretical values of the RGM properties and approximation errors.
| Mortars of study | Property | Final /c ratio | Density (g/cm3) | Air content (%) | Estimated value | Approximation errora (%) | Estimated value | Approximation errora (%) | Estimated value | Approximation errora,b (%) |
| UM-A | 0.68 | 0.01 | 2.19 | 0.01 | 1.55 | 0.21 | 15RGM-A | 0.70 | 0.00 | 2.01 | 0.00 | 8.58 | 0.04 | 30RGM-A | 0.73 | 0.02 | 1.86 | 0.01 | 14.25 | 0.04 | 60RGM-A | 0.80 | 0.01 | 1.65 | 0.01 | 21.45 | 0.03 | 100RGM-A | 0.93 | 0.00 | 1.56 | 0.00 | 22.49 | 0.01 | Approximate mean errorc (%) | | 0.01 | | 0.01 | | 0.07 |
| UM-B | 0.83 | 0.01 | 2.16 | 0.00 | 2.21 | 0.12 | 15RGM-B | 0.86 | 0.02 | 1.96 | 0.00 | 9.99 | 0.01 | 30RGM-B | 0.89 | 0.00 | 1.79 | 0.01 | 16.22 | 0.03 | 60RGM-B | 0.98 | 0.01 | 1.56 | 0.01 | 24.05 | 0.02 | 100RGM-B | 1.13 | 0.00 | 1.48 | 0.00 | 24.91 | 0.01 | Approximate mean errorc (%) | | 0.01 | | 0.00 | | 0.04 |
| UM-C | 0.98 | 0.00 | 2.13 | 0.01 | 2.87 | 0.53 | 15RGM-C | 0.99 | 0.00 | 1.94 | 0.01 | 10.58 | 0.10 | 30RGM-C | 1.02 | 0.01 | 1.78 | 0.01 | 16.61 | 0.04 | 60RGM-C | 1.14 | 0.01 | 1.57 | 0.02 | 23.63 | 0.06 | 100RGM-C | 1.40 | 0.00 | 1.51 | 0.00 | 22.52 | 0.02 | Approximate mean errorc (%) | | 0.01 | | 0.01 | | 0.15 |
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aApproximation error (%) = |(experimental value − estimated value)⁄(experimental value)|. bExperimental value = (experimental value ASTM C231 + experimental value ASTM C185)⁄2. cAverage error (%) = ( )/ n. |