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International Journal of Civil Engineering and Technology (IJCIET)
Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2017, pp. 67–72 Article ID: IJCIET_08_04_009
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON COMPRESSIVE
STRENGTH OF CONCRETE BY PARTIAL
REPLACEMENT OF COARSE AGGREGATE BY
CERAMIC AGGREGATE
M. Jagadeesh
PG Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Siddharth Institute of Engineering and
Technology, Puttur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Dr. K. Chandrasekhar Reddy
Professor & Principal Department of Civil Engineering, Siddarth Institute of Engineering
and Technology, Puttur, Andhra Pradesh, India
ABSTRACT
Concrete is the most widely used man made construction material all around
globe. Around 5 billion tones of concrete have been used worldwide every year. It is
inevitable material in human life due to its characteristics like strength and durability.
Mechanical properties of concrete change depending on its ingredients. Now a day
the usage of ceramics is increasing day-by-day. Ceramics are made from natural
materials such as clay that have been hardened by heating at high temperatures of
1100
0
c-1200
0
c. Ceramic aggregates possess similar properties same as that of
natural coarse aggregate. The ceramic waste is durable, hard and highly resistant to
chemical and physical degradation. Use of hazardous industrial wastes in concrete-
making will lead to greener environment. In ceramic industry about 30% production
goes as waste, which is not recycled at present. In this study an attempt has been
made to find the suitability of the ceramic industrial wastes as a possible substitute for
conventional crushed stone coarse aggregate.
Experiments were carried out to determine the compressive strength of ceramic
waste coarse aggregate. The properties of the aggregates were also compared. Test
results indicate that the workability of ceramic waste coarse aggregate concrete is
good and the strength characteristics .The proposed project is to deal with M25 grade
of concrete and partial replacement of coarse aggregate by ceramic aggregate in the
concrete composition.
Key words: Ceramic Aggregate, Compressive Strength, Workability.
Cite this Article: M. Jagadeesh and Dr. K. Chandrasekhar Reddy, Experimental
Study on Compressive Strength of Concrete By Partial Replacement of Coarse
Aggregate By Ceramic Aggregate. International Journal of Civil Engineering and
Technology, 8(4), 2017, pp. 67–72.
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