scholarly journals An Experimental Programme on Frc with Opc, Flyash, Ggbs, and Metakaolin

The production of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is increasing year by year world over. Further, the production of every tonne of OPC generates one tonne of green house gases, (CO2 ) which results in Global Warming. Usage of OPC is more in construction industry as it is a major ingredient in Concrete. As the usage of Concrete is increasing year by year, more and more is the OPC production and hence the environment is getting polluted; added to this undesirable scenario, the natural resources like lime stone used to manufacture cement and river sand are getting depleted year by year. In order to prevent the usage of large amounts of OPC in Concrete, mineral admixtures like Ground Granulated Blast furnace Slag (GGBS), Fly Ash and Metakaolin which are pozzolanic and cementitious in nature are adopted to replace certain percentages of OPC. Manufactured Sand (M-sand) is adopted to replace river sand. Experimental investigation is conducted on fiber reinforced concrete with steel fibers @1% of weight of binder by casting requisite number of cubes and cylinders of concrete of grade M25; in these mixes OPC is replaced with GGBS, Fly Ash and Metakaolin up to 45%. Mechanical properties are determined by conducting compressive strength and split tensile strength tests; additionally some of the durability properties are established by conducting Water absorption and Sorptivity tests. Test results are comparable between controlled concrete and innovative concrete of present investigation.

Concrete is a globally utilized material in the construction field. In the last few decades, Concrete consumption has become multifold and usage has enhanced in massive scale due to the rapid growth of infra sector. Generally, Concrete consists of cement, aggregate, and water; these ingredients become more expensive day by day and additionally hard to please and is increasing widely. During the process of making Ordinary Portland Cement(OPC) produces a large amount of greenhouse gases and the environment being polluted. To minimize the cement utilization and environmental issues is essential to switch the cement by another alternate materials such as pozzolanas. The various number of pozzolanic materials comes from industrial wastes are Groundz Granulatedz Blastz furnacez Slagz (GGBS), xFlyqAsh (FA), zSilicazFume (SF), Metakaolin (MK) etc are utilized in concrete. Similarly, the availability of river sand is getting drained furthermore it turns out troublesome. In order to avoid this problem river sand is alter by zManufacturedkSand (M Sand). An attempt is made in the present investigation to study on properties of fiber reinforced concrete (qsteelu fibers @ 1% of binder) of M40 grade made with OPC, GGBS, MK and manufactured sand. In this study, OPC is replaced by GGBS and MK in different proportions. By casting requisite number of cubes, cylinders then zMechanical properties are determined such as fCompressivekstrength,sSplitdtensile strength tests and durability properties are determined by conducting Water absorption and Sorptivity tests. Test results are compared between controlled concrete and innovative concrete of M40 grade.It is observed that 30%(15%GGBS,15%MK) replacement is optimum for strength and durability criteria.


Concrete is one of the most commonly and widely adopted material for construction. Cement is used as primary binder material to produce Concrete. However, every tonne of Cement production releases one tonne of greenhouse gases which results in global warming; due to continuous and ever increased usage of Cement and natural sand are causing uncontrollable global warming and depletion of natural resources respectively year by year. This tendency needs to be retarded if not arrested, by developing a comprehensive approach to use more and more pozzolanic mineral admixtures and manufactured sand (M-Sand) in Concrete. In this study on fiber reinforced concrete (with steel fiber @ 1% of binder), Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is replaced up to 50% with Fly Ash and Ground Granulated Blast-Furnace slag (GGBS) for M30 grade of Concrete. Mechanical properties like compressive strength and split tensile strength at 7 days and 28day age are tested. Additionally, durability tests like water absorption and sorptivity tests are conducted after 28days of curing. The test results indicated that workability was increased and there was no significant improvement in durability properties on increasing the percentage of OPC replacement. However, 30% of OPC replacement is found to be optimum for strength criteria


The present investigation is carried out to study the strength and durability characteristics of steel fibre reinforced concrete, by replacing Ordinary Portland cement with Fly Ash, Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBS) and Metakaolin. In this study, cement is replaced by 30% and 40% with Fly Ash, GGBS and Metakaolin for M30 and M35 grades of concrete. Steel fibres @ 1% by weight of binder is used in all the mixes. Strength characteristics like compressive strength and split tensile strength are tested at 7 days and 28 days age. Additionally, durability tests such as water absorption and Sorptivity tests are conducted after 28days curing. The test results have shown that 30% replacement is optimum for strength criteria. And when metakaolin is used with fly ash, durability properties were improved and workability reduced.


Most commonly used composite building material in construction industry is Concrete due to ease of construction and its properties like compressive strength and durability. The basic ingredient of Concrete having adhesive nature is Ordinary Portland Cement(OPC). OPC is being replaced with Fly Ash and Metakaolin as these mineral admixtures possess pozzolanic properties which credit for strength gain and cost reduction in concreting. In this investigation, OPC is replaced up to 40% with Fly Ash and Metakaolin for M35 grade of Fibre Reinforced Concrete(FRC). Natural sand is replaced completely with Manufactured sand (M-sand). Steel fibres @ 1% of binder are used. Mechanical properties like compressive strength and split tensile strength at 7 days and 28 days age are tested. Additionally durability tests like water absorption and sorptivity after 28days curing are conducted. The test results indicated that 30% replacement of OPC was optimum for strength criteria, workability of Concrete was decreased with increase in replacement of OPC with Fly Ash and Metakaolin together.


Due to urbanization and population growth, the Construction industry is increasing rapidly over a few decades at the same time leads to increase in global warming too. In the construction, the main ingredient, Concrete which contains large amount as cement which act as a binder and Natural sand(River sand) as fine aggregate .During the cement production large co2 emits, which is mainly responsible for global warming as well as natural sand leads to Environmental degradation. So, in order to minimize this phenomenon's as well as to enhance advancements in construction industry an attempt is made in this research work to replace the cement partially with supplementary materials known as mineral admixtures. The mineral admixtures such as Fly ash, Ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) and Metakaolin which are by products of industries which usage in concrete as cement replacer decrease the co2 emissions as well as disposal problems of industries and replacing natural sand with M-sand Strength as well as durability properties of FRC (@1% steel fiber by weight of binder) made with 100% OPC with different water binder ratios and concrete grades M25 and M40 were found. And then FRC made with OPC and mineral admixtures up to 45% with fly ash, Metakaolin and GGBS in different combinations were tested for strength and subjected to durability tests. For comparison durability and strengths were performed on M40 grade mix without fibres. It is observed during the analysis of tests FRC with mineral admixtures has performed better than that of FRC made with 100% OPC.


Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 596
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Dosho

To improve the application of low-quality aggregates in structural concrete, this study investigated the effect of multi-purpose mineral admixtures, such as fly ash and ground granulated blast-furnace slag, on the performance of concrete. Accordingly, the primary performance of low-quality recycled aggregate concrete could be improved by varying the replacement ratio of the recycled aggregate and using appropriate mineral admixtures such as fly ash and ground granulated blast-furnace slag. The results show the potential for the use of low-quality aggregate in structural concrete.


In this paper, a combination of high-calcium fly ash (HCFA) and ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) was used along with a combination of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and sodium silicate(Na2SiO3 ) as alkaline activators (AAs) to produce geopolymer paste and mortar. The alkaline activator ratio (AAR) was maintained at 1.5 apart from their molarity at 10 for the study. A rational method, namely minimum voids approach was used for the mix design. A commercially available glass fibre mesh was used as reinforcement in the geopolymer mortar produced above, to assess its potential for use as a flooring tile. The influence of W/S (water-to-solids) ratio and the influence of various fine aggregates, namely, river sand (R), manufactured sand (M) and construction demolition waste (D) on the various geopolymer system (GP) and on the strength characteristics, are highlighted. A maximum transverse strength (TS) of 6.25 N/mm2 could be attained by the geopolymer tile, using three layers of glass fibre mesh and GP mortar developed. The study indicates that a combination of FA and GGBFS helps us to attain substantial strength under ambient temperature in geopolymer mortar


Materials ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 512
Author(s):  
Zhi Cheng ◽  
Xinrong Cheng ◽  
Yuchao Xie ◽  
Zhe Ma ◽  
Yuhao Liu

Desulfurization ash and fly ash are solid wastes discharged from boilers of power plants. Their utilization rate is low, especially desulfurization ash, most of which is stored. In order to realize their resource utilization, they are used to modify loess in this paper. Nine group compaction tests and 32 group direct shear tests are done in order to explore the influence law of desulfurization ash and fly ash on the strength of the loess. Meanwhile, FLAC3D software is used to numerically simulate the direct shear test, and the simulation results and the test results are compared and analyzed. The results show that, with the increase of desulfurization ash’s amount, the shear strength of the modified loess increases first and then decreases. The loess modified by the fly ash has the same law with that of the desulfurization ash. The best mass ratio of modified loess is 80:20. When the mass ratio is 80:20, the shear strength of loess modified by the desulfurization ash is 12.74% higher than that of the pure loess on average and the shear strength of loess modified by fly ash is 3.59% higher than that of the pure loess on average. The effect of the desulfurization ash on modifying the loess is better than that of the fly ash. When the mass ratio is 80:20, the shear strength of loess modified by the desulfurization ash is 9.15% higher than that of the fly ash on average. Comparing the results of the simulation calculation with the actual test results, the increase rate of the shear stress of the FLAC3D simulation is larger than that of the actual test, and the simulated shear strength is about 8.21% higher than the test shear strength.


This research work has been investigated the agriculture solid waste of sugarcane bagasse ash (SCBA) materials replacing Portland cement and produces the assured quality of concrete. The current research work for various mixes of experimental test results shows the higher compressive strength was 37.51MPa at 28-days, 38.10 MPa at 56-days, the best mix consisting of SCBA (wet sieving method) content up to 15% (by weight of binding materials) along with 1.5% of waste tin fibers and also an excellent improvement trend was noted in flexural rigidity of concrete to addition of tin fibers shows the higher bending stress for all mixes except reference as well as more than 15% of SCBA concrete at different curing days. However, this study focused on the indirect measurement of tensile strength in SCBA concrete obtained the higher split tensile strength was 3.75MPa at 28-days, 3.95MPa at 56-days. It is concluded based on the various test results for different curing days the optimum replacement level of SCBA up to 15% of Portland cement was fixed and achieve the target strength of M25 grade of Portland cement concrete at 28 days.


Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 1486
Author(s):  
Yi-Chen Chen ◽  
Wei-Hao Lee ◽  
Yung-Chin Ding

Aggregate sludge is a waste product produced from crushing, screening, and washing processes at aggregate plants. Because of the large quantity and high treatment cost of this sludge, it cannot be disposed of as landfill, and thus, has caused environmental concern over the years in Taiwan. In this preliminary study, the recycled aggregate sludge was reutilized for construction applications through the geopolymerization process. The ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) and fly ash (FA) were selected as alkaline activated materials for the fabrication of sludge geopolymer. Several process parameters that may affect the mechanical and physical properties of geopolymer were investigated. These parameters are sludge/GGBFS/FA ratios, solid/liquid (alkali solution) ratio, the molarity of NaOH, and curing time. According to the test results, the compressive strength of geopolymer specimens (70/30 sludge/GGBFS ratios) made with 4 M and 6 M NaOH can reach 39.17 MPa and 43.6 MPa after 28 days of curing. The specimen made with 60/40 sludge/GGBFS ratios has a strength of 61.3 MPa. After replacing GGBFS with 10% fly ash (70/20/10 sludge/GGBFS/FA), the strength of the specimen can also reach 43 MPa. According to the test results obtained in this study, it was found that the higher the NaOH concentration, the higher the strength of the geopolymer, and the GGBFS also can contribute more to the mechanical properties of geopolymer than fly ash. This preliminary study suggests that it is possible to reutilize aggregate sludge for construction applications and solve its environmental disposal problem.


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