IJSRSET151621 | Received: 27 November 2015 | Accepted: 03 December 2015 | November-December 2015 [(1)6: 135-139]
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Themed Section: Engineering and Technology
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Study on Strength & Durability of Concrete by Partial Replacement of Fine
& Coarse Aggregates using Marble, Granite & Spent Fire Brick Waste
V. Sai Krupa
*1
, M. K. M. V. Ratnam
2
, V. V. S. Sarma
3
1,2
Computer Engineering Department, D. N. R. College of Engineering & Technology, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
3
Computer Engineering, Department, Vishnu Institute of Technology, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India
ABSTRACT
Concrete is the most undisputable and indispensable material being used in infrastructure development throughout
the world. The objective of this paper is to utilize marble, granite and Spent Fire Brick waste of different sizes in the
manufacturing of concrete bricks, with partial replacement of conventional coarse and fine aggregates with Marble,
Granite and Spent Fire Brick waste content up to 20%.The produced bricks are tested for physical and mechanical
properties according to the requirements of the American Standards for Testing Materials (ASTM) and the INDIAN
Code. The test results revealed that the recycled products have physical and mechanical properties that qualify them
for use in the building sector.
Keywords: Undisputable, Indispensable, Conventional, Spent Fire Brick Waste
I. INTRODUCTION
There is an era of industrial explosion. So, it may lead
to increasing demand of natural resources. The cost of
natural resources is also increased. They have forced to
focus on recovery, reuse of natural resources and find
other alternatives. Stone waste/Granite has been
commonly used as a building material. Today industry’s
disposal of the stone waste/Granite powder material is
one of the environmental problems around the world.
Stone waste/Granite blocks are cut into smaller blocks
in order to give them the desired shape and size. During
the process of cutting, in that original stone
waste/Granite mass is lost by 30% in the form of dust.
Every year 250-400 tons of stone waste/Granite waste is
generated at site. The stone waste/Granite cutting plants
are dumping the powder in any nearby pit or vacant
spaces, near their unit although notified areas have been
marked for dumping. This leads to serious
environmental and dust pollution and occupation of vast
area of land especially after the powder dries up .so it is
necessary to dispose the stone waste/Granite waste
quickly & use in construction industry.
The brick which are near the fire in the kiln subjected to
high heat more than 1000 degree centigrade and
ultimately shrink and loose its shape, colour becomes
reddish and its appearance like reddish to blackish
gradient stone. This over burnt brick serves as waste in
the construction industry and has to accumulate
somewhere in the process of recycling. Concrete is a
solid, hard material produced by combining Portland
cement, coarse and fine aggregate (sand & stone), water
and sometimes admixtures in proper proportions. It is
one of the most widely used construction material and
has a long history of use. Its constituent ingredients
derive from a wide variety of naturally occurring
materials that are readily available in the most parts of
the world.
Approximately 60 to 80 percent of concrete is made up
of aggregates. The cost of concrete and its properties are
directly related to the aggregates used. In aggregates,
the major portion is of coarse aggregate i.e. stone or
gravel which are obtained naturally either from river
bed or by crushing rocks mechanically up to the
required size.