HIGH PERFORMANCE ECO CONCRETE BY PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT BY MARBLE POWDER, SAND BY TILE POWDER AND BLUE METAL BY TILE CHIPS

Abdul Wahid.A, Rabik Raja.M

Abstract: Concrete is a composite material which is comprises of blue metal and sand which are bonded together with a fluid cement which hardens over time. Concrete has been used since ancient times to build massive structures such as dams and historical monuments such as Panama Canal, The Colloseum, etc. Various researches have been carried out for a long time looking for replacement materials for the constituents of concrete to improve various properties such as strength, permeability, etc. Researches have also taken a path to reduce the cost of concrete production by use of various locally available replacement materials. The concrete industry is on the lookout for replacement materials constantly due to various ill effects in the current materials. In this experimental investigation cement is partially replaced by marble powder and sand by tile powder and blue metal by tile chips. These materials have been used as replacement in 10, 20 & 30% initially. There are very less research papers that indicate the effects of using these materials as individual replacement materials in concrete. There is no evidence of these materials being used together as replacement materials in concrete which led to the ideology of experimenting the usage of combination of replacement materials in concrete. The experimental investigation were carried out using M25 grade concrete. The replacement materials were used as to replace the conventional elements of concrete in the percentages 10, 20 & 30.The combinations of these percentages have been carried out to keenly note the results and strength variations for maximum accuracy possible.

Keywords: Eco Concrete, Marble Powder, Tile Powder, Tile Chips

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0509007