scholarly journals Mechanical Properties of Concrete by using M- Sand and Basalt Fibre in Concrete

This paper presents the impact of the basalt fibre in concrete.Basalt fibre is a relatively new material and it is a high performance non-metallic fibre made from basalt rock melted at a high temperature. It is economical and having good strength characteristics, and also resists against temperature and alkaline environment. The Main aim of this paper is to find the compressive, flexural and split tensile strength of Concrete with M-sand and Basalt Fibre. The length of basalt fibre 12mm was used with in the range of 0.1% to 0.3%with total volume of concrete. Due to lack of river sand, it is partially replaced with M-sand by 50%and 60% in this work. This paper shows the enhancement of mechanical properties of concrete by adding Basalt fibre and partial replacement of river sand with M-sand.

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2.23) ◽  
pp. 443
Author(s):  
USHAKRANTI J ◽  
SRINIVASU K ◽  
NAGA SAI

Currently situation, improvement of infrastructure has created an excessive demand for herbal sand, which makes it greater expensive and leads to environmental imbalances. The utilization of suitable sustainable choice materials proves that it is the most efficacious choice to traditional concrete materials and can take care of the surrounding environment. Copper slag is an industrial byproduct of copper production. Copper slag is a high-gravity glassy granular material. This paper reports some experimental studies on the outcome of partially changed sand from impact of copper slag on the mechanical houses of concrete. M30 concrete adopts copper slag plan and partly substitutes high-quality combination fines by means of 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 80% and 100%. The mechanical properties of concrete measured in the laboratory encompass compressive strength, split tensile strength and bending tensile strength. The have an impact on of partly replacing the quality aggregates with copper slag on the compressive strength, the cut up tensile power of the cylinder and the bending power of the prism has been evaluated. Water absorption assessments have been also conducted to report the impact of copper slag on the absorption price of concrete. Test results affords that it is feasible to utilize copper slag as best aggregate in concrete. 


Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1827 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcin Małek ◽  
Mateusz Jackowski ◽  
Waldemar Łasica ◽  
Marta Kadela

High-performance concrete has low tensile strength and brittle failure. In order to improve these properties of unreinforced concrete, the effects of adding recycled polypropylene fibers on the mechanical properties of concrete were investigated. The polypropylene fibers used were made from recycled plastic packaging for environmental reasons (long degradation time). The compressive, flexural and split tensile strengths after 1, 7, 14 and 28 days were tested. Moreover, the initial and final binding times were determined. This experimental work has included three different contents (0.5, 1.0 and 1.5 wt.% of cement) for two types of recycled polypropylene fibers. The addition of fibers improves the properties of concrete. The highest values of mechanical properties were obtained for concrete with 1.0% of polypropylene fibers for each type of fiber. The obtained effect of an increase in mechanical properties with the addition of recycled fibers compared to unreinforced concrete is unexpected and unparalleled for polypropylene fiber-reinforced concrete (69.7% and 39.4% increase in compressive strength for green polypropylene fiber (PPG) and white polypropylene fiber (PPW) respectively, 276.0% and 162.4% increase in flexural strength for PPG and PPW respectively, and 269.4% and 254.2% increase in split tensile strength for PPG and PPW respectively).


2010 ◽  
Vol 146-147 ◽  
pp. 666-669 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin E Li

Basalt filament yarn is a new type of high-performance fibers, which is formed by the direct drawing of basalt rock at high temperatures. It is a natural and environmentally friendly textile material. This paper mainly focuses on thermal resistance research of basalt filament yarn that is heated at various temperatures. The change of color and appearance of heated basalt filament yarn was described. The mechanical properties of heated basalt filament yarn were tested. The results showed that although the mechanical properties of basalt filament yarn decreased with the temperature rising, still remained high tensile strength within a certain temperature range. Basalt filament yarn possess higher tenacity under 325°C. Basalt filament yarns still possess certain tenacity when they were placed at 500°C condition. So basalt filament yarn can be used as heat-resistant materials, such as filtration materials for high-temperature gas and liquid, fire-proof fabrics and so on.


Author(s):  
S.O Ajamu ◽  
I.A Raheem ◽  
S.B Attah ◽  
J.O Onicha

Natural river sand is one of the important constituent materials in concrete production while stone dust is a material obtained from crusher plants which is also sometimes being used either partially or fully in replacement of natural river sand in concrete production. Use of stone dust in concrete not only improves the quality of concrete but also conserve the natural river sand. However, due its scarcity and environmental degradation caused resulting from excessive mining of Natural river sand, there is need to investigate an alternative material of the same quality which can replace river sand in concrete production. In the present study, experiments were carried out to study the gradation of aggregates, workability, compressive strength and split tensile strength of concrete made using quarry dust as replacement of fine aggregate at 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100%. Grade M15 of concrete was produced with ordinary Portland cement (OPC) for referral concrete while M25 of concrete was prepared for compressive strength and split tensile strength concrete. Workability and Compressive strength were determined at different replacement level of fine aggregate and optimum replacement level was determined based on compressive strength. Results showed that by replacing 50% of fine aggregate with quarry dust, concrete of maximum compressive strength can be produced as compared to all other replacement levels. The effect of quarry dust on compressive strength and split tensile strength was investigated and from the overall result obtained, it was observed that the compressive strength and split tensile strength increased significantly for all the curing ages from 0% to 50% replacement level of quarry dust. Maximum value obtained for 28day compressive and tensile strength were 25N/mm2 and 2.3N/mm2 respectively and this occurred at 50% replacement.


In an attempt to renovate waste product into constructive material for the building purpose, this research considered the use of corn cob ash (CCA) as a partial replacement of cement. Hence, in this research, we have proposed an eco-friendly solution by investigating the utilization of corncob ash with 0, 5, 10 and 15% replacement for cement in M30 grade of concrete Mechanical Properties such as compressive strength, Split tensile strength and Flexural strength at 7,14,28 days are examined in laboratory. The results reveal that Corn Cob Ash can be used as a partial replacement for cement which in turn reduces the emission of greenhouse gases.


Author(s):  
Chevvu Krishnaveni

Abstract: Plastic pollution is one of the greatest causes of global warming. Disposal of large quantity of plastic waste products causes environmental & health issues .This report will discuss a solution to plastic pollution by conducting to recycle the plastic and reuse in concrete, so the waste plastic is recycled into plastic aggregates. This paper aims to enhance the concrete mechanical properties by replacement of natural coarse aggregate with recycled plastic aggregates and by adding polypropylene fibers in combination with high performance cement as a partial replacement of cement. This both combinations in concrete gave excellent values of compressive strength and tensile strength. Replacement of coarse aggregate weight by 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% of recycled plastics and for each replacement percentages polypropylene fibres of 0.5%, 1.0%, 1.5%, 2.0% with partial replacement of cement were conducted. In literature reported that the addition of recycled plastic causes the reduction of strength due to poor bonding between concrete and plastics, to overcome this problem the addition of polypropylene fibres which has a good bonding property will improve the concrete strength were added. Result shows that 15% replacement of natural aggregates with plastic aggregate achieves the maximum strength of concrete. Keywords: Re-cycled plastic aggregates, polypropylene fibres, high performance cement, compressive strength, split tensile strength.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.31) ◽  
pp. 219
Author(s):  
K M. Ganesh ◽  
A S. S. Vara Prasad ◽  
P S. Viswa Harish ◽  
A Subrahmanyam Raju

Among all the transportation systems roadways is most commonly used transportation system. But in present scenario roads faces a lot of problems like potholes, cracks and many other distresses. Not even these but water is also the main enemy to the pavement which causes deformations and changes the texture of subgrade soil resulting in large variation in performance.The total Impervious Surface Change (ISC) in India for the decade 2000 to 2010 is 2274.62 km2. This is one of the most considerable problems due to rapid urbanization where there is a tremendous increase in construction of black topped and different types of impervious pavements. This has an adverse effect on the environment as the storm water becomes stagnant over the surface of the pavement due to inadequate drainage conditions.The necessity for reducing stagnation and the surface runoff has given the inception of pervious pavement surface. Pervious concrete pavement is a special type of its kind with high perviousness with no or minimal fines which allow water to percolate through it and thus the water which is accumulated over the surface can be collected and used for various purposes.The present work studied the mechanical properties and also the permeability of pervious concrete of mix 3:1 aggregate cement ratio. The control mix is altered by partially replacing 30% of cement with Ground Granulated Blast furnace Slag (GGBS), included Cellulose fibers of 5% of weight of the cementitious material and combination of both in one mix and compared the results obtained.The properties such as compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength and permeability are assessed by performing tests. It was observed that there is an increase in Compressive Strength, Split Tensile Strength, Flexure Strength and decrease in the permeability in the altered pervious concrete mixes when compared to the Pervious concrete with no additives.  


2011 ◽  
Vol 71-78 ◽  
pp. 1233-1236
Author(s):  
De Zhi Wang ◽  
Yun Fang Meng ◽  
Yin Yan Zhang

The split tensile strength and compressive strength of concrete mixed with SiO2and CaCO3nanoparticles have been experimentally studied. SiO2nanoparticles as a partial cement replaced by 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 wt.% and CaCO3nanoparticles by 1.0 and 3.0 wt.% were added partially to concrete. Curing of the specimens has been carried out for 7, 28, 78 and 128 days after casting. SiO2nanoparticle as a partial replacement of cement up to 3.0 wt.% could accelerate formation of CSH gel at the early ages and hence increase the split tensile strength and compressive strength. The optimal replacement level of cement by SiO2nanoparticles for producing concrete with improved strength was set at 2.0 wt.%. CaCO3nanoparticles as a partial replacement of cement up to 3.0 wt.% could consume crystalline Ca(OH)2and accelerate formation of calcium carboaluminate hydrate at the early ages and increase the split tensile strength and compressive strength. The optimal replacement level of cement by CaCO3nanoparticles for producing concrete with improved strength was set at 3.0 wt.%.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.12) ◽  
pp. 168
Author(s):  
J Arthika ◽  
C Venkatasubramanian ◽  
D Muthu ◽  
Neha P Asrani ◽  
R Gayathri

The construction industry has been responsible for degrading the environment due to ecological imbalance caused during the extraction and production of building materials. To make this production of construction materials cleaner, the dependency on conventional materials has to be reduced. With this aim, this article presents an experimental study on partial replacement of cement, sand and aggregate by cowdung ash(CDA), granite powder(GP) and marble stone(MS) respectively. For this, four series of mix proportions were prepared to evaluate the compressive strength and the split tensile strength. Replacement ratios of the first, second, third and fourth mixes are (5%CDA, 10%GP, 15%MS), (5%CDA, 15%GP, 30%MS), (10%CDA, 15%GP, 30%MS), (5%CDA, 7.5%GP, 15%MS) respectively. Results revealed that the partial replacement of binders and fillers is effective to enhance compressive and split tensile strength of   concrete. This would enable the construction industry to reduce their dependency on river sand and natural coarse aggregate.  


Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 1718 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongyan Chu ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Fengjuan Wang ◽  
Taotao Feng ◽  
Liguo Wang ◽  
...  

Ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) has been used as an advanced construction material in civil engineering because of its excellent mechanical properties and durability. However, with the depletion of the raw material (river sand) used for preparing UHPC, it is imperative to find a replacement material. Recycled sand is an alternative raw material for preparing UHPC, but it degrades the performance. In this study, we investigated the use of graphene oxide (GO) as an additive for enhancing the properties of UHPC prepared from recycled sand. The primary objective was to investigate the effects of GO on the mechanical properties and durability of the UHPC at different concentrations. Additionally, the impact of the GO additive on the microstructure of the UHPC prepared from recycled sand was analysed at different mixing concentrations. The addition of GO resulted in the following: (1) The porosity of the UHPC prepared from recycled sand was reduced by 4.45–11.35%; (2) the compressive strength, flexural strength, splitting tensile strength, and elastic modulus of the UHPC prepared from recycled sand were enhanced by 8.24–16.83%, 11.26–26.62%, 15.63–29.54%, and 5.84–12.25%, respectively; (3) the resistance of the UHPC to penetration of chloride ions increased, and the freeze–thaw resistance improved; (4) the optimum mixing concentration of GO in the UHPC was determined to be 0.05 wt.%, according to a comprehensive analysis of its effects on the microstructure, mechanical properties, and durability of the UHPC. The findings of this study provide important guidance for the utilisation of recycled sand resources.


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