AN EXPERIMENTAL LABORATORY STUDY ON UTILIZATION OF CERAMIC WASTE AS A PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF COARSE AGGREGATE IN CONCRETE

Nishant Kumar, Aravind Sagar B

Abstract: In modern constructions, the usage of ceramic materials is increasing day by day in the form of tiles, sanitary fittings, electrical insulators etc. Due to its brittle nature about 30 % of ceramic materials is wasted in daily production while processing, transporting and fixing. Therefore, these wastes can be used in concrete production to maintain the environment and improving the properties of concrete. Hence, the crushed waste ceramic tiles were used in concrete as a replacement for natural coarse aggregates with 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% of substitution. After analyzing results, the optimum value of waste ceramic tile to be used within the concrete mix with a water/cement ratio of 0.4 was determined as about 20%.

Keywords: Ceramic Materials, Crushed Waste Ceramic Tiles, A Replacement for Natural Coarse Aggregates, and Water/Cement Ratio of 0.4

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0511019