Abstract

In recent years, many researchers in the construction industry had taken up the challenge to incorporate non-biodegradable wastes as partial replacement of cement and/or natural aggregates in the daily production of cement-based materials. Various efforts were intended to understand the influence of using marble dust in concrete due to its availability and a relatively high volume of the generation that causes serious environmental problems. Previous studies have utilized marble dust as a replacement of cement, fine aggregate, or total paste in the concrete and mortar mixtures. In general, several investigations have shown that up to a certain cement replacement ratio, marble dust can positively impact on the strength and microstructure properties of concrete. Furthermore, the results have indicated that the considerably high degree of fineness in the marble dust provides sufficient cohesiveness of mortar and concrete even in low w/c ratio conditions. Hence, this powder can be utilized as a filler to improve the flowability of cement-based materials. Consequently, this chapter aims to summarize recent investigations on the properties of concrete incorporating marble waste as cement replacement materials, highlight the potential gaps in the literature, and propose a prediction model for estimating the compressive and flexural strengths of concrete with marble dust using regression analysis.

Highlights

  • Throughout the last few decades, considerable efforts in the scientific community were focused on providing sustainable solutions for minimizing nonbiodegradable wastes by suggesting innovative waste management plans

  • Usysal & Yilmaz [25] clarified that an increase in the modulus of elasticity when up to 20% of the cement was changed by marble powder in a self-compacting concrete mixture, but a slight decline is observed at 30% replacement ratio

  • This chapter has focused on briefly reviewing the utilization and mechanical properties of cement-based materials incorporating marble dust with emphasis on concrete mixtures with marble wastes cement replacement

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Introduction

Throughout the last few decades, considerable efforts in the scientific community were focused on providing sustainable solutions for minimizing nonbiodegradable wastes by suggesting innovative waste management plans. At high replacement ratios, beyond 10% to 15%, the compressive and tensile strengths of the concrete reduce Another importance of this material, in addition to its sustainable benefits, comes from the high degree of fineness that allows utilizing it as filler in cement-based mixtures. This chapter is intended to offer a brief review of the utilization and mechanical properties of cement-based materials incorporating marble dust with emphasis on concrete mixtures with marble wastes cement replacement Another aim of the study is to propose estimation models using multiple regression analysis for the compressive and flexural strengths of marble dust concrete and highlight some observations on the influence of marble dust content and properties on the change in the concrete strength capacity

Engineering properties marble dust
Types of marble waste utilizations and potential applications
Mechanical properties of concrete utilizing marble waste
Collected data
Multiple linear regression
Compressive strength regression model
Future trends
Findings
Conclusion
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