Effect of Marble Sludge Powder and Quarry Rock Dust as Partial Replacement for Fine Aggregates on Properties of Concrete
Ronak Malpani1, Sachith Kumar Jegarkal2, Rashmi Shepur3, Ravi Kiran H. N4, Veena Kumara Adi5
1Ronak Malpani, Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere (Karnataka), India.
2Sachith Kumar Jegarkal, Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere (Karnataka), India.
3Rashmi Shepur, Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Bapuji Institute of engineering & Technology, Davangere (Karnataka), India.
4Ravi Kiran H.N, Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere (Karnataka), India.
5Dr. Veena Kumara Adi, Post Graduate, Department of Environmental Engineering, Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere (Karnataka), India.
Manuscript received on 12 June 2014 | Revised Manuscript received on 19 June 2014 | Manuscript Published on 30 June 2014 | PP: 39-42 | Volume-4 Issue-1, June 2014 | Retrieval Number: A1686064114/14©BEIESP
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Abstract: Concrete sustainability involves continuously choosing low impact building materials. Use of alternate aggregate materials has greater potential because 75% of concrete is composed of aggregates. The experimental study has been carried out to investigate the suitability of marble sludge powder and quarry rock dust as partial replacements for fine aggregates. This paper reports the properties of concrete mixtures where in a portion of sand is replaced by marble sludge powder and quarry rock dust and mixtures of both. During this experiment, the properties of concrete were studied for eight series of concrete mixtures by replacing the portion of fine aggregates by marble sludge and quarry rock dust and mixtures of both. The chemical composition and some of the mechanical properties of marble sludge powder and quarry rock dust are reported with that of sand. The effect of quarry rock dust and marble sludge powder on the compressive strength and split tensile strength were recorded at the curing age of 7 and 28 days. All the data are tabulated and compared. It was observed that particular proportions of marble sludge powder and quarry rock dust displayed enhancing effect on the compressive strength.
Keywords: Marble Sludge Powder, Quarry Rock Dust, Workability, Compressive Strength, Split Strength.
Scope of the Article: Concrete Structures