Use of marble dust and linz-donawitz slag for the production of pervious concrete

Abstract

Nowadays, the development of infrastructure is in full swing, which exploits natural resources and causes environmental pollution. Furthermore, cement is the most essential commodity for construction material mainly concrete, and its production is rapidly increasing to fulfil the demand for construction. The cement production is regarded as the one of the key causes of CO2 emissions, which adversely affect the atmosphere by causing global warming. In addition to this, the ecosystem may suffer from marble quarrying and construction material processing. Nonetheless, waste marble can be used as a by-product if managed in accordance with regional, national, and international environmental laws. On the other hand, Currently, LD slag is disposed of in landfills, which exacerbates the scarcity of available land and contaminates groundwater through the leaching of heavy metals. The waste materials have the potential to be used in the development of infrastructure materials. The infrastructure development has aggravated the issue of rainwater runoff and flash flooding in rainy seasons because of inappropriate drainage. The elimination of sand in pervious concrete reduces its strength performance its practical applications are still limited. This study is aimed toward the permeability improvement of conventional pavement concrete by the implementation of pervious concrete and also to improve its strength characteristics. In this study, an attempt has to be made to replace the cement with marble dust up to a replacement level of 0% to 20% with an interval of 5%. Also, natural aggregate is replaced with Linz-Donawitz (LD) slag by 5%, 15%, 25%, and 35%. From the study, it is found that the use of marble dust and LD slag improves the strength properties, but reduces the permeation properties.