USE OF RED MUD AND IRON TAILINGS IN SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE

Kiran K. Shetty, Gopinatha Nayak, Vipul Vijayan

Abstract: Cost reduction in the building is the primary objective in developing countries like India. To achieve this objective, intensive efforts are being made in effective utilization of waste and by products particularly from mining and mineral industries. Keeping this in mind, a study on self-compacting concrete (SCC) using red mud as partial replacement for cementitious material along with iron tailings as partial replacement for sand is made. Cementitious material in the mixture was replaced with red mud at 1%, 2%, 3% and 4%. For each red mud replacement level, 10% of fine aggregate (regular sand) was replaced with iron tailings

Keywords: Red mud, Self-Compacting concrete (SCC), Iron tailings

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0306020