Analyzing the Behaviour of Concrete with Waste Ceramic as Fine Aggregate

Vol. 3 No. 1

Year: 2013

 
Issue: Dec-Feb

Title : Analyzing the Behaviour of Concrete with Waste Ceramic as Fine Aggregate

Author Name: Senthil Vadivel Thiyagarajan, R. Thenmozhi , M. Doddurani

 

Synopsis:

Common river sand is expensive due to excessive cost of transportation from natural sources. Also large–scale depletion of these sources creates environmental problems. Use of hazardous industrial wastes in concrete-making will lead to greener environment, reuse of these wastes from construction and demolition is one of the most important purposes around the world. One of the most important wastes, due its wide range of reuse possibilities, is ceramic waste from the construction and ceramic industry. In ceramic industry about 30% production goes as waste, which is not recycled at present. In this paper, an attempt has been made to find the suitability of the ceramic industrial wastes as a possible substitute for conventional fine aggregate. Experiments were carried out to determine the mechanical properties of concrete with ceramic waste as fine aggregate at four different proportions (20%, 40%, 60%, and 80%) and to compare them with conventional concrete. The gradation and the properties of fine and ceramic aggregates were very much close to each other. Test results indicates that the workability of ceramic waste fine aggregate concrete is good and the strength characteristics are comparable to those of the conventional concrete.