Effect of Silica fume on Ordinary Portland Cement and Polymer Concrete Made out of M Sand
Premkumar R1, Ramesh Babu Chokkalingam2, M Shanmugasundaram3, S. Rajesh4
1Premkumar R, School of Environmental and Construction Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
2Ramesh Babu Chokkalingam, School of Environmental and Construction Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
3M Shanmugasundaram, School of Mechanical and Building Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), India.
4S. Rajesh, School of Environmental and Construction Technology, Department of Civil Engineering, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 01 December 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 13 December 2019 | Manuscript Published on 30 December 2019 | PP: 42-46 | Volume-9 Issue-2S2 December 2019 | Retrieval Number: B10131292S219/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.B1013.1292S219
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Abstract: 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.
Keywords: M Sand, Polymer Concrete, Polyester Resin, Silica Fume. I.
Scope of the Article: Concrete Structures