Mechanical Properties of Electric Arc
Furnace Slag Incorporated Brick
Aggregate Concrete
Md. Shafiqur Rahman and Syed Ishtiaq Ahmad
1 Introduction
About four hundred small and big-scale steel industries in Bangladesh produce four
million tonnes of steel annually to meet the demand of the construction industry.
Although most of these steel mills use the old system of induction furnaces, a few
modern large steel industries use electric arc furnaces. Electric Arc Furnace Slag
(EAFS) is a common by-product of the fundamental oxidation process that these
new mills generate in vast quantities. Much research is being conducted worldwide
on the effective use of this EAFS as a replacement for natural (coarse and fine)
aggregate in the making of concrete [1]. Crushed clay brick aggregate is extensively
used as coarse aggregate in Bangladesh due to a lack of natural aggregate sources
[2]. Using brick as coarse aggregate creates many mechanical and durability-related
problems in concrete [3, 4]. Recently, researchers found that induction furnace slag
can effectively substitute brick and recycled aggregate in concrete [5, 6]. Further,
the use of EAFS as a partial replacement for recycled brick aggregate in concrete
production demonstrated that the incorporation of EAFS increased compressive and
tensile strength [7]. According to these findings, partially substituting brick aggre-
gate (BA) with EAFS during the concrete production process can be an effective
way to utilize EAFS. It will also reduce brick consumption and help to solve many
of the environmental issues associated with brick production. The partial replace-
ment of brick aggregate with EAFS could potentially reduce the inherent durability
and mechanical weakness of brick aggregate concrete. This research looks at the
mechanical properties of concrete that has EAFS partially substituted for BA, such
as its flexural strength, compressive and tensile strengths, and modulus of elasticity
(MoE).
Md. S. Rahman · S. I. Ahmad (B)
Department of Civil Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka,
Bangladesh
e-mail: siahmad@ce.buet.ac.bd
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