AN INVENTIVE CONCRETE PAVEMENT BY USING NYLON CRYSTAL AS A PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT

Abstract

Transportation is a major developing sector in India, and required for good quality of roads, railways and airways is high. Concrete has occupied an important place in construction industry in the past few decades and it is used widely in all types of constructions ranging from small buildings to large infrastructural dams or reservoirs. Cement is major ingredient of concrete. The cost of cement is increasing day by day due to its limited availability and large demand. In the present study an attempt been made on concrete and also an experimental investigation on the concrete using Nylon Crystal. Experimental studies were performed on plain cement concrete and replacement of cement with Nylon crystal is done. In this study the concrete mix were prepared by using Nylon crystal from 1% to soon by weight of cement were added partially to the mixes. A comparative analysis has been carried out for concrete to that of the Nylon crystal reinforced concrete in relation to their compressive strength, split tension strength and flexural strength properties. The concrete made with Nylon crystal performed well in terms of compressive strength, split tension strength and flexural strength showed higher performance at the age of 7, 28, 60 and 90 days than conventional concrete. And also Bond Strength by using cylinders and two different types of acid attack is done to determine the Bond Strength and compressive strength both on conventional concrete and Nylon crystal reinforced concrete. Key Words: Acid Attack, Bond Strength, Compressive Strength, Flexural Strength, Nylon Crystal, Split Tensile Strength.