COMPRESSIVE AND TENSILE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE USING LATERITIC SAND AND LIME STONE FILLER AS FINE AGGREGATE

A.Jayaraman, V.Senthilkumar, M.Saravanan

Abstract: This paper is part of a study investigating the structural characteristics of concrete using various combinations of lateritic sand and lime stone filler as complete replacement for conventional river sand fine aggregate. The lime stone filler obtained from limestone quarries. The concrete are made using varying contents of lateritic and lime stone filler as fine aggregate. The quantity of laterite is varied from 0% to 100% against lime stone filler at intervals of 25%. Samples of concrete (eg.cubes and cylinders) are made in three different grades, namely: M15, M20 and M25. It was found that 0.55 water/cement ratio produced higher compressive strengths, tensile strength and better workability for M20 mix, proportion. Specifically compressive and tensile strength ranged from 21.06 -35.2 N/mm2 and 10.06 -15.5 N/mm2 for the mixes considered. These results compare favourably with those of conventional concrete. The concrete was found to be suitable for use as structural members for buildings and related structures, where laterite content did not exceed 50%.

Keywords: compressive strength, lateritic sand, lime stone filler and tensile strength

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0301012