© June 2019 | IJIRT | Volume 6 Issue 1 | ISSN: 2349-6002 IJIRT 148289 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH IN TECHNOLOGY 160 An Experimental Study on Strength and Properties of Thirsty Concrete Prof. Shilpi S. Bhuinyan 1 , Shreyance Luniya 2 , Mithila Mane 3 , Smit Modi 4 , Rushikesh Tapkir 5 1 Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Dept, AISSMS COE Pune, India 2,3,4,5 Student, Civil Engineering Dept, AISSMS COE Pune, India Abstract- In this paper , a thirsty concrete used for roadway is introduced .It is an concrete with high porosity used for flatwork applications that allows to pass through which reduces the runoff from a site and help recharging ground water levels. Using the common material and method, the strength of the pervious concrete is low. Hence the materials with different type, shapes and sizes are used to get better results. The infiltration rate, abrasion resistance and durability of the materials used are also good. And an experimental study evaluating strength and permeability characteristics of a pervious concrete mix design is presented. The experimental work included compressive strength tests(at 7 and 28 days, and infiltration rate test(at 28 days) on clean specimens .Resulting that Its void content ranges from 18 to 35% with compressive strengths of 2.74 to 27.56 MPa .Pervious concrete is used in parking areas, roadways, pedestrian walkways, and greenhouses and contributes to sustainable construction. In this project scrap marble is used to make pervious concrete and also checking various parameters like permeability and compressive strength with respect to different shapes of aggregate like angular, rounded, and flaky type. Under the guidance of J. Kumar RMC plant PUNE, this project was successfully completed. I. INTRODUCTION Improvement in construction industry and infrastructure in India, maximum metro cities tends to getting covered with impermeable concrete pavements which results into environmental problems such as fall of recharge of rainwater into the ground hence continuous reduction in water table which leads to water crisis during summer. environmental issues such as erosion, decrease in ground water table, pollution of rivers, lakes, and coastal waters are occurred due to the falling of maximum quantity of rainwater on impermeable surfaces hence the best solution to get rid of all these problems stated above is the installation of pavement surfaces made up of thirsty concrete which is an environmentally friendly material. Although emphasis has been placed on the conventional pervious concrete and it’s porosity, not much research has been carried out to characterize the relationship between compressive behavior of pervious concrete with varied aggregate type and almost no research has been done using scrap marble as aggregate. In this research cubes using different types of aggregate where casted for M40 grade of concrete in which aggregate size vary from 4.75mm to 12.5 mm. II. OBJECTIVES Objectives of proposed work would be: 1. To enhance compressive strength of pervious concrete by using different shaped coarse aggregates and replacing aggregate with marble. 2. To study water penetration property of pervious concrete by varying shape of coarse aggregates and replacing aggregate with marble. 3. To study abrasion resistance property of pervious concrete pavement. 4. To check which type/shape of aggregate used for making pervious concrete gives maximum rate of infiltration. III. EXPERIMENTAL WORK i) Tests on material: Following are the tests that have taken on materials used to get their physical properties: