A Study of Strength parameters of Structural Concrete Elements Using Foundry Sand

2019 ◽  
pp. 172-178
Author(s):  
Deiveegan A ◽  
Dhevasenaa P.R
Keyword(s):  
Waste Material ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Renewable Materials ◽  
Split Tensile Strength ◽  
Recycled Materials ◽  
Foundry Sand ◽  
Sustainable Environment ◽  
Mix Proportion ◽  
Over Exploitation ◽  
Concrete Elements

The over exploitation of non-renewable materials is becoming a threat and therefore it is necessary to seek the possibility of recycling them, once their durability is expired. The recycled materials can be used effectively in architectural and civil engineering fields. They can stand close to the concept of green concrete which is in compatible with the environment. Foundry sand from casting industries is a waste material which is dumped extensively and in this study an attempt has been made to evaluate the usage of this waste material in concrete. The constant depletion of sand beds at all major sources of availability is a major concern and thus efforts are taken in order to replace sand in construction activities. In this study, effect of foundry sand as fine aggregate replacement on the compressive strength, flexural strength and split tensile strength of concrete with a mix proportion of 1: 1.28: 2.56: 0.45 was investigated at different limited curing periods (7 days and 28 days). The percentage of foundry sand used for replacement were 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 75% and 100% by weight of fine aggregate. Test showed impressive results, showing capability of foundry sand for being a component in concrete for imparting strength. Making concrete from recycled materials saves energy and conserves resources which lead to a safe sustainable environment.

Design of Flowable Fill: Waste Foundry Sand as a Fine Aggregate

1996 ◽  
Vol 1546 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-78 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. T. Bhat ◽  
C. W. Lovell
Keyword(s):  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Penetration Resistance ◽  
Waste Material ◽  
Sand Fly ◽  
Toxicity Tests ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Foundry Sand ◽  
Flowable Fill ◽  
Waste Foundry Sand

Flowable fill is generally a mixture of sand, fly ash, a small amount of cement, and water. Sand is the major component of most flowable fill mixes; consequently, using a waste material as a substitute for natural sand results in the beneficial use of the waste material. Waste foundry sand (WFS) was used as a fine aggregate in this study. Three green sands from ferrous foundries and two Class F fly ashes were used. A natural river sand was used for comparison. The flow behavior, hardening characteristics, and ultimate strength behavior of flowable fill were investigated. The penetration resistance necessary to sustain walkability as the fresh flowable fill hardens was determined, and the time necessary to achieve this penetration resistance was defined as “walkable time.” The unconfined compressive strength at 28 days appeared to correlate well with the water-to-cement ratio. The 90-day compressive strength test results indicate that a maximum rise of 25 to 30 percent in long-term strength with respect to 28-day strength can be expected. The permeability of hardened flowable fill was found to be low (around 10−6cm/sec). The pH of pore solution of hardened flowable fill indicated that the potential for corrosivity is low. The toxicity tests indicated that some WFSs are environmentally safe. The concepts explained are not necessarily restricted to flowable fill containing WFS; they can be generalized as being applicable to all flowable fills.

scholarly journals Utilization of Waste Rubber Tyres as an Ingredient in Concrete Mixes.

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 149-154
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Impact Resistance ◽  
Crumb Rubber ◽  
Waste Material ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Split Tensile Strength ◽  
Volume Variation ◽  
Waste Tyres ◽  
Materials Used

Improvements in materials used for construction have an important impact on the Construction industry. Therefore many efforts have been made in the construction industry to put to use waste material products, e.g., worn-out tyres, into useful and Economical items. If this is achieved successfully it will contribute to the reduced quantity of waste material dumping problems by effective use of these waste materials in the building sector. The present research will concentrate on how to effectively put to use the rubber waste tyres in construction industry so as to reduce their impact on our precious environment and also using them effectively in the construction process. It will involve comprehensive laboratory tests on fresh and hardened rubberized concrete in order to study its strength behavior i.e. compressive and flexure strength, and its impact resistance with different volume of rubber in crumb state (fine aggregate). Volume variation of crumb rubber. The proposed research work will study the effect of volume variation of crumb rubber on the compressive strength, flexural strength, split tensile strength & workability in terms of Slump in mm of the concrete.

scholarly journals Effect of Waste Foundry Sand, Waste Glass, and Glass Fiber on Mechanical Properties of Concrete

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 628-632
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Glass Fiber ◽  
Waste Glass ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Normal Concrete ◽  
Split Tensile Strength ◽  
Foundry Sand ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Waste Foundry Sand ◽  
Powdered Form

The proposed study present behaviour of concrete with inclusion of waste foundry sand (WFS), waste glass, and glass fiber in different concrete trial mixes. Waste foundry sand (WFS) is basically by-product formed from metal casting industries ferrous or non-ferrous, which due to rapid concrete construction in world used as an alternative of sand. Waste glass can be used in concrete in crushed form as a replacement of aggregate or in powdered form as a replacement of cement, the only problem with waste glass is it is prone to alkali-silica reaction due to different composition of different types of glasses. Glass fiber is added with waste glass and waste foundry sand (WFS) to increase strength. Normal concrete grade M25 (1:1:2) is used for this experimental purpose, different concrete trials were casted which consist of replacement of sand with waste foundry sand in different proportion (0%, 10%, 20%, and 30%). Next trial consists of optimum value of (WFS) with different proportion of waste glass (0%, 10%, and 20%, 30%) as a replacement of fine aggregate. Final trial consists of addition of glass fiber (0%, 0.25%, 0.50%, and 0.75%) in optimum value of second trial. Mechanical properties of concrete compressive strength, split-tensile strength, flexural strength was examined at 7, 14, 28, and 56 days curing period.

Feasibility Studies on Demolition Recycled Fine Aggregate and Sea Sand as Partial Preplacement to Natural Fine Aggregate in Concrete

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kishor Kumar B. R ◽  
Kishor Kumar B. R ◽  
Kishor Kumar B. R ◽  
Kishor Kumar B. R
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Feasibility Studies ◽  
Partial Replacement ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Split Tensile Strength ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Recycled Fine Aggregate ◽  
Mix Proportion ◽  
Sea Sand

In this research work, an attempt is being made to partially replace the natural fine aggregate with sea sand and recycled fine aggregate obtained from demolished concrete waste in varied proportions to concrete mix and subject the specimens to mechanical strength tests for short and long durations of 7, 28, 56 and 90 days curing. The compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength results of 30% mix proportion (15% Sea sand + 15% demolished waste sand) were found to be 58.3 N/mm2, 3.53 N/mm2 and 4.71N/mm2 respectively. All the three strength test results obtained were found to yield 15% higher strength than the control specimens. Finally, it can be concluded that partial replacement of natural fine aggregate by sea sand and demolition recycled fine aggregate in construction industry, not only eliminates the waste management problems and impacts on environment, but also leads to the sustainable development by reducing the consumption of natural resources.

Mechanical and Durability Analysis of Recycled Materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 882 ◽  
pp. 228-236
Author(s):  
Anamika Agnihotri ◽  
Ajay Singh Jethoo ◽  
P.V. Ramana
Keyword(s):  
Research Work ◽  
Waste Glass ◽  
Partial Substitution ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Split Tensile Strength ◽  
Recycled Materials ◽  
Durability Properties ◽  
Substitution Level ◽  
Durability Analysis ◽  
Concrete Mix

The mechanical and durability properties were best at 45% GGBS and 5% Waste Glass with 0.4 water/cement ratio. The recycled materials implemented for mix proportion were waste glass provided considerably to enhance its properties when added with GGBS. In most of the research work, the effect of WG and GGBS in concrete as a partial substitution of fine aggregate and cement individually is analyzed. Previous studies only show the individual impact of these concrete recycled materials on mechanical and durability properties. In the present study, an exact optimum substitution level of cement by GGBS (15 – 60% at an increment of 15%) and fine aggregate by the waste glass (5 – 20% at an increase of 5%) combined for OPC concrete mix. Mechanical (compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength) and microstructural properties (FESEM) were observed on the combination of waste glass and GGBS concrete mix.

Study on Strength Properties of Concrete by Using Bottom Ash and Foundry Sand as a Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 346-352
Author(s):  
Easwaran P ◽  
Kalaivani M ◽  
Ramesh S ◽  
Ranjith R
Keyword(s):  
Industrial Waste ◽  
Thermal Power ◽  
Bottom Ash ◽  
Strength Properties ◽  
Ecological Impacts ◽  
Partial Replacement ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Split Tensile Strength ◽  
Foundry Sand ◽  
Waste Foundry Sand

The management of solid industrial waste is of big global concern nowadays. The majority of industries are not interested in the treatment and safe disposal of industrial waste due to its high cost involvements, causing environmental and other ecological impacts. The disposal of waste foundry sand is of prime importance due to the big volume produced from the metal casting industries all over the world as well as the waste bottom ash produced from the thermal power plant. The possibility of substituting natural fine aggregate with industrial by-products such as bottom ash and foundry sand offers technical, economic and environmental advantages which are of greater importance in the present context of sustainability in construction sector. Concrete is the most important engineering material and the addition of some other material may change the properties of concrete. Studies have been carried out to investigate the possibility of utilizing the board range of material as partial replacement material for cement and aggregate in the production of concrete. Natural fine aggregate are becoming scarcity because of its huge utility in various constitution process the possibility of substituting natural fine aggregate with industrial by product such as waste foundry sand and bottom ash in concrete. This study investigate the effect of waste of bottom ash and foundry sand is equal quantities as partial replacement of fine aggregate in 0%, 20%, 30%, 40% on concrete properties such as compression strength and split tensile strength. This study also aims to encourage industries to start commercial production of concrete products using waste bottom ash and foundry sand.

scholarly journals Inquiry on Mechanical Properties of M30 Grade Concrete with Partial Replacement of Copper Slag and Dolomite Powder for Fine Aggregate and Cement

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (12) ◽  
pp. 4219-4223
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Experimental Investigation ◽  
Cement Content ◽  
Copper Slag ◽  
Partial Replacement ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Split Tensile Strength ◽  
Cement Ratio ◽  
Mix Proportion ◽  
Chemical Admixture

Concrete plays an important role in every construction. This paper is an experimental investigation to study the mechanical properties of the concrete with partial replacement of cement by dolomite powder and fine aggregate by copper slag. So, in this investigation, by usage of Dolomite powder in concrete on one side improves density and other side improves strength and hardness. Copper slag also increases density of concrete and toughness of concrete. The cement content replaced with dolomite and fine aggregate replaced with copper slag from 5% to 25% at regular intervals of 5%. In the designed mix proportion of M30 grade concrete is 1:2.17:2.95. The Superplasticizer Master Rheobuild 920SH of 0.5% dosage used as chemical admixture is added to the concrete to maintain 0.45 the water-cement ratio. The concrete cubes, cylinders were casted. The different mechanical properties like compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength were tested after 3 days, 7 days and 28 days of curing from 5 to 25% at regular intervals of 5% replacement of cement with dolomite powder and 10% to 50% at regular intervals of 10% replacement of fine aggregate with copper slag.

scholarly journals Properties of Sustainable Concrete Containing Red Mud: A Review

2021 ◽  
pp. 15-26
Author(s):  
Krishna Singh Kanyal ◽  
Yash Agrawal ◽  
Trilok Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Flexural Strength ◽  
Water Absorption ◽  
Red Mud ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Construction Material ◽  
Carbon Dioxide Emission ◽  
Waste Material ◽  
Partial Substitution ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Split Tensile Strength

Concrete is an essential construction material and major component of concrete is cement. There is a huge amount of carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere during manufacturing process of cement which has negative impact on the environment. Thus it become necessary to discover a substitute material for cement in concrete. Rapid industrialization generates a significant quantity of waste material which are causing negative effect on environment. These wastes can be a replacement for traditional material which are used in concrete like cement or fine aggregate. Red mud is waste material which generated from bauxite ore at the time of production of aluminium by the Bayer process. In this review paper, the effort is made to present the properties of concrete with red mud after studying several research papers. This paper discusses the properties of red mud concrete such as workability, compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength, water absorption and modulus of elasticity. This paper shows the feasibility of partial substitution of cement in concrete by red mud. The study shows that incorporating red mud resulted increase in strengths of concrete such as compressive, split tensile and flexural strength. The water absorption of concrete decrease as increase in red mud content, it can be established that there is a possibility for using red mud in concrete as a binder ingredient for sustainable construction.

Performance of spent garnet sand and used foundry sand as fine aggregate in concrete

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Naga Rajesh Kanta ◽  
Markandeya Raju Ponnada
Keyword(s):  
Partial Replacement ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Construction Sector ◽  
River Sand ◽  
Split Tensile Strength ◽  
Conventional Concrete ◽  
Foundry Sand ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Structural Applications ◽  
Concrete Production

Purpose In the construction sector, river sand has turned into a costly material due to various reasons. In the current study, used foundry sand (UFS) and spent garnet sand (SGS) are used as a partial and full replacement to sand in concrete production. Design/methodology/approach The objective of the work is to develop non-conventional concrete by replacing river sand with a combination of UFS (constant 20Wt.% replacement) and SGS at various percentages (20, 40, 60 and 80 Wt.%). Findings Compared to conventional concrete, the 28 days compressive strength of non-conventional concrete (with UFS at 20% and spent garnet sand at 20%, 40% and 60% were 8.12%, 6.77% and 0.83% higher, respectively. The 28 days split tensile strength of non-conventional concrete (UFS at 20% and SGS at 20 and 40%) were 32.2% and 51.6% higher, respectively. Research limitations/implications It can be concluded that 60 Wt.% of river sand can be combined replaced with 20 Wt.% UFS and 40 Wt.% SGS to produce good quality concrete whose properties are on par with conventional concrete. Practical implications The results showed that combined SGS and UFS can be used as a partial replacement of river sand in the manufacturing of concrete that is used in all the applications of construction sector such as buildings, bridges, dams, etc. and non-structural applications such as drainpipes, kerbs, etc. Social implications Disposal of industrial by-product wastes such as SGS and UFS affects the environment. A sincere attempt is made to use the same as partial replacement of river sand. Originality/value Based on the literature study, no work is carried out in replacing the river sand combined with SGS and UFS in concrete.

An Experimental Investigation of the Properties of Self Curing Concrete Using Foundry Sand

2017 ◽  
Vol 867 ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
S. Ragunath ◽  
R. Gokulan ◽  
K. Letcham
Keyword(s):  
Tensile Strength ◽  
Compressive Strength ◽  
Polyethylene Glycol ◽  
Water Soluble ◽  
Water Evaporation ◽  
Water Retention Capacity ◽  
Fine Aggregate ◽  
Curing Agent ◽  
Split Tensile Strength ◽  
Foundry Sand

The aim of this investigation is to study the use of the water soluble polyethylene glycol as self-curing agent. The function of self-curing agents is to reduce the water evaporation from concrete and hence they increase the water retention capacity of concrete compared to the conventionally cured concrete.The use of self-curing admixtures is very important from the point of view that saving of water is a necessity everyday (each one cubic meter of concrete requires 3m3 of water for a construction, most of which is used for curing). In this study, compressive strength and split tensile strength of concrete containing self-curing agent is investigated and compared with that of conventionally cured concrete.It is experimentally found by the authors that the concrete cast with polyethylene glycol as self-curing agent is stronger than that obtained by sprinkler curing as well as by immersion curing. In this project, foundry sand is replaced as a fine aggregate. It is also tested with conventional concrete and self curing concrete with 5% and 10% replacement of foundary sand which has been tested for compressive strength and split tensile strength for 7days and 28 days of curing and their results are compared. The compressive strength by 13.62%, 18.83% and 22.43%when compared to the Con mix at the age of 7 days and also 5.40%, 8.90% and 14.16% at the age of 28 days. Mixtures WSPG and WSPG with FS enhanced their tensile strength by 14.50%, 16.36% and 20.82% when compared to the Con mix at the age of 7 days and also 4.30%,8.15% and 12.90% at the age of 28 days.

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