Abstract
The compressive strength of concrete built with river sand and quarry dust as fine aggregate was examined in this study. Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) was blended with river sand and quarry dust at five levels, namely 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, and 50%, by partially substituting OPC with river sand and quarry dust. River sand was combined with quarry dust in five different ratios for each replacement level: 100:0, 90:10, 80:20, 70:30, 60:40, 50:50, and 0:100. For each blend, ten cubes of (150 x 150 x 150) mm were created. As a control, ten cubes containing solely OPC were made, for a total of 60 cubes. The cementitious material to sand mix ratio was kept constant at 1:2:4 and the water to cement ratio was kept at 0.5. Three cubes for each mix and the control were crushed to obtain their compressive strengths at 28 days. The results showed that river sand and quarry dust with a compressive strength of 10 to 30% replacement is an excellent construction material for constructing concrete. As a result, quarry dust and river sand are suggested as construction materials for making concrete, and can be used to replace river sand up to 30% of the time to achieve the needed compressive strength of not less than the standard Keywords: River sand; Quarry dust; Ordinary Portland Cement; Compressive strength DOI: 10.7176/JEES/11-9-06 Publication date: September 30 th 2021
Highlights
The rapid increase in population has led to increased need for infrastructures, which include; buildings, roads and highway constructions
Several materials have been reported as alternatives in the partial replacement of river sand, which include; recycled aggregate, fly ash, limestone slag, silica fume, among others (Zhang et al 2015, Sonebi, 2016, De Brito et al 2018)
3.1 Physical Properties of Materials The first presentation in this part covered the results of the physical properties of river sand and quarry dust
Summary
The rapid increase in population has led to increased need for infrastructures, which include; buildings, roads and highway constructions. Several materials have been reported as alternatives in the partial replacement of river sand, which include; recycled aggregate, fly ash, limestone slag, silica fume, among others (Zhang et al 2015, Sonebi, 2016, De Brito et al 2018). For all the alternative materials being studied, the availability of large quantities of quarry dust in different parts of the world makes it appropriate for usage as fine aggregates in concrete production. During rock comminution (breaking and crushing), waste dust particles are released which are known as quarry dust. These quarry dust cause pollution and have disposal problems. Their usage as concrete production materials would in turn reduce pollution and as well reduce the cost of production (Prakash et al 2012)
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