scholarly journals Effect of Egg Shell Powder on Strength Behaviour of Concrete

The study of strength behaviour of M20 grade concrete, by exchanging the cement partly by powder of egg shell, for which an experimental tests were carried out and the effect of egg shell powder (0%,5%.10%,15%) on compressive strength characteristics were studied. The result of this present investigation shows that the replacement of 5% of cement with egg shell powder attains the maximum compressive strength. The best and economical percentage exchange of replacement of powder of egg shell (ESP) with cement is about 5% and also reduces the cost of concrete with the use of powder of egg shell, which is available freely as raw material and then it is grinded well to make powder. The egg shell is available from municipal solid waste and is mixed in powder form in concrete by exchanging the cement and is found that 5% replacement is very effective in the improvement of strength properties when compared to the conventional concrete. Also the exchangement of 5% ESP in cement gives higher split tensile strength as compared to other cement ingredient mixtures. In this study, it is fixed that 0.45 is the w/c ratio and it produces medium degree of workability which is suitable for most of the concrete mixtures on site. The addition of eggshell powder as filler in concrete has improved the strength of concrete and also improved and better split tensile strength.

2008 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 130-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Kumutha ◽  
K Vijai

The properties of concrete containing coarse recycled aggregates were investigated. Laboratory trials were conducted to investigate the possibility of using recycled aggregates from the demolition wastes available locally as the replacement of natural coarse aggregates in concrete. A series of tests were carried out to determine the density, compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength and modulus of elasticity of concrete with and without recycled aggregates. The water cement ratio was kept constant for all the mixes. The coarse aggregate in concrete was replaced with 0%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% recycled coarse aggregates. The test results indicated that the replacement of natural coarse aggregates by recycled aggregates up to 40% had little effect on the compressive strength, but higher levels of replacement reduced the compressive strength. A replacement level of 100% causes a reduction of 28% in compressive strength, 36% in split tensile strength and 50% in flexural strength. For strength characteristics, the results showed a gradual decrease in compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength and modulus of elasticity as the percentage of recycled aggregate used in the specimens increased. 100% replacement of natural coarse aggregate by recycled aggregate resulted in 43% savings in the cost of coarse aggregates and 9% savings in the cost of concrete.


This research paper deals with the mechanical properties of translucent concrete. Translucent concrete block is prepared by inserting the optical fibers from one side to other. The casted translucent concrete cubes are tested for mechanical properties and compare the results with mechanical properties. The cost analysis is carried out for both the concretes. Results show the improved tensile strength and similar compressive strength of translucent concrete than conventional concrete.


2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 5010
Author(s):  
Arkadiusz Denisiewicz ◽  
Małgorzata Śliwa ◽  
Krzysztof Kula ◽  
Tomasz Socha

This paper presents the experimental tests of concrete made on the recycled aggregates basis. Tests were carried out to determine the concrete suitability for construction purposes. The physical and strength properties were determined for three types of recycling aggregates. The aggregates were obtained from sanitary ceramics ‘SC’ (washbasins and toilet bowls), building ceramics ‘BC’ (solid bricks), and concrete rubble ‘CR’. The results obtained in tests of compressive strength, bending tensile strength, water absorption, total shrinkage, watertightness, and frost resistance of concrete made of SC and CR aggregates gave grounds for stating its suitability for structural purposes. Concrete based on the BC aggregates is not recommended for structural applications.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.12) ◽  
pp. 689
Author(s):  
Pragadeesan S ◽  
Harishankar S

Sand is the most normally utilized fine aggregate in construction industry for the generation of concrete. The present scenario is in such a way that the cost of sand reached new heights and the demand for sand is also exhaustive. The replacement of the sand has a lot of constraints. Seashells are composed of calcium carbonate or chitin can be suitable alternative. It is used as a replacement of fine aggregate by 2%, 4%, 6%, 8%, and 10% for M20 grade concrete. Further 15% and 20% replacements are made. Silica fume is a ultrafine powder gathered as a result of silicon and ferrosilicon compound generation and the principle field of use is as pozzolanic material. It is used as an admixture by 5% to 10% of weight of cement to improve the strength properties. Concrete cubes and cylinders with mentioned proportion and conventional concrete are casted. Mechanical properties are evaluated by conducting compressive strength and split tensile strength tests.  


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.12) ◽  
pp. 437
Author(s):  
V R.Prasath Kumar ◽  
K Gunasekaran ◽  
Sreerag K P

High standing estimation of building materials utilized for development is a component of incredible concern. Coconut shell as a completely substitution in the place of coarse aggregate may totally effective for designers in construction industry. The coconut shell concrete is a light weight solid which may decrease the self-heap of a structure. The under taken project depends on inspecting attributes of coconut shell concrete when contrasted with conventional concrete. Coconut shells going from 10mm strainer and held on 6.3mm were considered to utilize for this study. For the current study M100 grade concrete is used to cast the specimens. The principle properties considered testing on coconut shell concrete and conventional concrete is compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength. Examples were taken by supplanting coarse aggregate with coconut shells completely and cement is supplanted by silica fume with various extents of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% for compressive strength test and tests were done at 3, 7, 28, 56 and 90 days of curing, it is observed that the ideal compressive strength outcomes were obtained at 10% of silica fume. The flexural strength and  split tensile strength of the specimens are calculated with replacement of cement by silica fume with  different extents of 0%, 5%, 10% and 15%, tests were done at 3, 7 and 28 days of curing. The optimum replacement percentage of cement by silica fume is 10% for compressive strength, split tensile and flexural strength. The primary principle is to lessen the utilization of natural aggregate by supplanting them with coconut shells and to decrease the density of concrete which makes concrete for simple dealing.  


In this investigation, conventional concrete was made with replacing the sand by 80 % of M-sand and the cement by fillet material silica fume in varying percentages say 5%, 10 % , and 15%, to study the compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength. In order to the maximum strength was attained at 10% of silica fume. The result showed that by increasing the silica fume content, the strength of the M-sand concrete was decreased because higher fineness of silica fume content decreases the strength of the M-sand concrete. Secondly polymer concrete with unsaturated polyester resin with hardener MEKP, Cobalt as the accelerator and silica fume in varying percentages say 0%, 5% and 10% was made to study the compressive strength and split tensile strength of polymer concrete. In improved silica fume content the strength was high. Polymer concrete improved the mechanical properties. Polymer concrete system was mainly useful to fill the micro voids. In this research, the maximum strength was attained at 5% of silica fume filler added with polymer concrete. Thus the high strength of the concrete was obtained due to the pozzolanic reaction with the silica fume.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.21) ◽  
pp. 255 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Manju ◽  
B Dhanush Kumar ◽  
S Suresh Kumar ◽  
S Nirmal Kumar

Natural aggregate is not an environmental friendly material due to its destructive resource consuming nature. GGBS is a byproduct of steel industries, whereas GGBFS mixed with cement of 1:2 ratio making an artificial aggregate, whereas hardening powder used to spray made upon artificial aggregate to develop the strength of concrete. The basic properties of natural and artificial aggregates were determined. The mix design to be determined obtained for conventional concrete of control mix of grade M 25. The different mix proportions were prepared by replacement of 20, 40, 60, 80, 100 of natural aggregate instead of artificial aggregate. To check the compressive strength, split tensile strength determine. Based on the result we choose optimum percentage of aggregate and make it and concrete to determine the durability properties of concrete compared with natural aggregate.  


2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 263-269
Author(s):  
Jigyasa Shukla ◽  
Harsh Gupta

This paper present the study of various strength such as compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength during 7 and 28 day. It is construct the specimens size 15cm X 15cm X 15cm for testing purpose which depend upon the size of aggregate. Test results are indicated that strength performance of concrete well as in durability aspect are improved using of Silica fume


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 6703-6707
Author(s):  
A. S. Buller ◽  
A .M. Buller ◽  
T. Ali ◽  
Z. A. Tunio ◽  
S. Shabbir ◽  
...  

This study experimentally investigates the mechanical and durability performance of bacteria concrete in terms of density, compressive strength, split tensile strength, and water absorption capacity. The concrete specimens were produced with a ratio of 1:2:4, w/c ratio of 0.45, and having a bacteria dosage level ranging from 1 to 6% by weight of water. To investigate the usefulness of the bacteria dosage level, cubic and cylindrical specimens were cast and tested after 28 days of water curing in a Universal Testing Machine with a constant loading rate. The density of each specimen was also recorded soon after casting and after the curing period ended. Moreover, the water absorption test was similarly conducted on cube specimens at various time intervals to record the penetration depth. The test results of normal concrete (without bacteria) were compared with the ones of the specimens containing bacteria. The optimum level of bacteria was found to be 3.5%, which showed the highest values in terms of compressive strength, split tensile strength, and density. Bacteria tend to generate more crystalline materials inside the concrete mass due to reactions with the surrounding moisture which produces a compact surface, thus strength properties were improved and water penetration was blocked which suggests better durability of the concrete.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 3516-3519

The rapid growth of the population leads to a requirement of infrastructure this leads to scarcity of raw material for construction such as cement and sand. The other hand pollution growing due to thermal power plants, granite polishing unit and plastic waste this need to be removed. This gives an idea of using this compound as a raw material in concrete making. This concept found to effective minimizes disposal of fly, granite power and plastic wastes, and leads towards Green Building Concepts. In this investigation of M25 grade normal concrete is made by cement, sand, and aggregate which is tested and compared by special concrete. The concrete mix is prepared as per 10262 -2019 by adding replacing small amount of Fly ash in place of cement OPC 53 grade, and fine aggregate is prepared by partial replacing with granite powder (0%,10%,20%,30%)and another mix is prepared by adding 0.5 nylon fiber, partial replacement of fine aggregate with granite powder (0%,10%,20%,30%)specimens are casted . The casted specimens are tested for split tensile strength and compressive strength 7, 14 and 28 day’s respectively and these results also compared with each other. I t is observed that compressive strength and split tensile of concrete at 28days of curing show max value when compared with normal concrete. When the percentage of granite powder increases to 30% it shows that a decrease in both split tensile strength of concrete and compressive strength. When we added fiber to the concrete there is an increase in compressive strength and split tensile strength but there is a not much increase in compressive strength but increase in split tensile strength


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