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International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and Technology (IJARET)
Volume 11, Issue 10, October 2020, pp. 603-615, Article ID: IJARET_11_10_064
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ISSN Print: 0976-6480 and ISSN Online: 0976-6499
DOI: 10.34218/IJARET.11.10.2020.064
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INVESTIGATION ON BEHAVIOR OF BASALT
FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE MADE WITH
GGBFS, CONCRETE DEBRIS AND
OPTIMIZATION OF INGREDIENTS
E. Rani
Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering,
Dr. M.G.R University, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Dr. T. Felix Kala
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. M.G.R University, Chennai, India
ABSTRACT
Rapid urbanization and globalization enhance the growth of a country. Over the
past few decades, investments on the development of infrastructure facilities of the
nation gets huge importance and the same which results in increasing demand on raw
materials utilized for the construction such as cement and aggregates. On the other
hand, there are numerous problems were arising when the disposal of slags and
concrete debris takes place directly to the environment. In order to solve both the
problems, it is proposed to utilise the disposed waste materials in the environment as a
substitute material for concrete ingredients. In this study, cement and coarse aggregate
were replaced partially by ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBFS) (0% to 50%
at an interval of 10%) and demolished concrete debris (CD) (0% to 100% at an interval
of 20%) in M30 grade Basalt Fibre Reinforced Concrete (BFRC) with a basalt fibre
(BF) content of 0%, 0.3%, 0.6% and 0.9% by volume of concrete. Optimum replacement
percentages of GGBFS, CB and BF contents were optimized by experimental
investigation done on strength properties of BFRC and Response Surface Methodology
(RSM).
Keywords: Basalt fibre reinforced concrete, GGBFS, Concrete Debris, RSM
Technique, Central Composite Design.
Cite this Article: E. Rani and Dr. T. Felix Kala, Investigation on Behavior of Basalt
Fibre Reinforced Concrete Made with Ggbfs, Concrete Debris and Optimization of
Ingredients, International Journal of Advanced Research in Engineering and
Technology, 11(10), 2020, pp. 603-615.
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