
15.04.2022Calculation of volume of aggregate in 1m^3 of concrete. Volume of aggregate = Ratio of aggregate / (Cement+Sand+Aggregate) x 1.57. = 3 / 5.5 x 1.57. = 0.86 m ^3. Now, assuming 1 cubic meter of aggregate = 1500 kgs (because the bulk density of every type of aggregate is different) Hence, 0.86m^3 of aggregate = 1500 x 0.86 = 1290 kgs.
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Disadvantages of Recycled Aggregate. Downgrading of quality of concrete. Increase in water absorption capacity ranging from 3% to 9%. Decrease in compressive strength of concrete (10-30%) Reduces workability of
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17.09.2019Aggregates size varies from several inches to the size of the smallest grain of sand. The Aggregates(fine + coarse) generally occupy 60% to 75% of the concrete volume or 70% to 85% by mass and
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It is one of the factors that influence concrete mix design since it controls the proportion of sand in concrete mixture. The overall fineness of sand is given by factor called fineness modulus, and it is found by sieve analysis
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inert granular materials such as gravel, crushed stone and sand. Coarse aggregate is one of the essential ingredients apart of water and cement in concrete production. It consists about 60 to 75 percent of total concrete production. Coarse aggregate comes from particles greater than 4.75 mm but commonly in a range between 9.5 mm to 37.5 mm.
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The composition, shape, and size of the aggregate all have significant impact on the workability, durability, strength, weight, and shrinkage of the concrete. Aggregate can also influence the appearance of the cast surface, which is
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The River sand lifting from river bed, impact the environment in many ways: Due to digging of the sand from river bed reduces the water head, so less percolation of rain water in ground, which result in lower ground water level. The roots of
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ABSTRACT: The poor quality of Kenyan in situ concrete has necessitated research to establish the properties of the ingredient materials and their influence on the troubling rate of failure of reinforced concrete structures in the country during construction and usage.
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While, compared to the mix containing about 89% fine and coarse waste plastic, it was found that the decrease in strength is about 24% and the decrease in density is 23%. The results showed that the use of plastic as aggregates caused a negative effect on the strength values, however; a good reduction in density was achieved.
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In the production of concrete and mortar, fine and coarse aggregates from non-renewable natural resources are normally consumed. In order to minimize the environmental impacts caused by the
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31.03.2022Two primary elements impact the workability of fresh concrete in this experiment. In this experiment, the coarse aggregate surface roughness was the first element that influenced workability. The cockleshell has a
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Glass Wastes as Coarse Aggregate in Concrete Vikas Srivastava1*, S. P. Gautam2, V. C. Agarwal3, was carried out for both the fine and coarse aggregate.Concrete may be produced as a dense mass which is Property Sand Coarse Aggregate 20 mm 12.5 mm Specific Gravity 2.62 2.71 2.70
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So experts are desperately looking for a suitable alternative for coarse aggregate—the low cost and lightweight, which does not affect nature much. We have already started using M sand instead of river sand. The
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15.02.2019INFLUENCE OF AGGREGATE PROPERTIES ON CONCRETE Aggregates influence the properties of concrete/mortar such as water requirement, cohesiveness and workability of the concrete in plastic stage,
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This study was conducted to determine the effect of concrete strength using coarse aggregate 10mm, 20mm and fine aggregate (sand mining) 3mm, randomly purchased from suppliers. These samples were test using with the mixing ratio of 1: 2: 4 and water cement ratio is set 0.5. Cement used was Ordinary Portland Cement. Each aggregate size are
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01.12.2010Because the cement and coarse aggregate are of the same amount in all the specimens, it is considered that the modulus of elasticity of limestone is higher than the sand. This property also contributes to reduce even further the drying shrinkage in concrete. Download : Download full-size image Fig. 5.
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Followings are the important functions of sand in the concrete mix. Offers requisite surface area for the film of binding material to adhere and spread. Increases the volume of mortar consequently makes mortar more economical. Well-graded sand adds to the density of mortars and concrete. Prevents excessive shrinkage of mortar.
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aggregate and crushed stone coarse and fine aggregate are produced by crushing natural stone. Crushing, screening, and washing may be used to process aggregates from either sand and gravel deposits or stone quarries. Aggregates may be produced from igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic rocks, but geological type does not by itself make an aggregate
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31.05.2013In the laboratory, and when designing concrete mixtures, we really talk of only two moisture conditions. The first, oven dry, means exactly what it sounds like. The aggregates, which contain pore spaces of their own, have those pore space filled only with air. The second, saturated surface dry condition, is defined as the condition in which all
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12.03.2022According to several research, the coarse recycled concrete aggregate may replace around 30% of natural crushed coarse aggregate without significantly affecting concrete performance. Even after being crushed by crushers, waste concrete from construction and demolition includes a minor quantity of combustibles such as wood
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18.06.2022The Importance of Gravel and Sand in Concrete. Sand and gravel in concrete serve several purposes. Because they act as a filler, they also add more volume to the concrete, making it a stronger product. The size of the gravel also helps to determine the concrete's strength. Though larger pieces of gravel produce more friction and make
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Seven mix proportions were cement concrete using sea sand is less than traditional prepared. First was control mix (without Sea sand), and the cement concrete using river sand from 4 - 10%. Strength of other six
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25.03.2022The cost of river sand is much due to excessive cost of transportation from its natural sources. Also huge amount of depletion of these sources leads to environmental problems. Also environmental Expand 2 PDF Enhancing the durability properties of concrete prepared with coarse recycled aggregate S. Kou, C. Poon Engineering,
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15.11.2022Durability of RAC is affected by various features like aggregate replacement ratio, concrete age, W/C ratio, moisture content. Concrete has lower resistance to carbonation, chloride penetration, reinforcement corrosion. The carbonation depth in RAC is higher because of the presence of an extra interfacial transition zone.
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25.03.2022The cost of river sand is much due to excessive cost of transportation from its natural sources. Also huge amount of depletion of these sources leads to environmental problems. Also environmental Expand 2 PDF Enhancing the durability properties of concrete prepared with coarse recycled aggregate S. Kou, C. Poon Engineering, Materials Science 2012
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15.02.2019aggregate impact value gives a relative measure of the resistance of an aggregate to sudden shock or impact, as an alternative to crushing value, the aggregate impact value should not exceed 45% by weight for
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coarse aggregate with coconut shell aggregate is determined from the study. Coarse aggregate made from coconut shells were used in proportions of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30% and 35% to replace coarse aggregate in conventional concrete. A constant water to cement ratio of 0.5 was used throughout the study.
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29.05.20191. It assists in producing workability and uniformly in mixture. 2. It assists the cement paste to hard the coarse aggregate particles. 3. It helps to prevent possible segregation of paste and coarse aggregate particularly
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• Aggregates in any particular mix of concrete are selected for their durability, strength, workability and ability to receive finishes. • For a good concrete mix, aggregates need to be clean, hard, strong particles free of absorbed chemicals or coatings of clay and other fine materials that could cause the deterioration of concrete.
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31.05.2013while this will potentially increase strengths and even durability if not accounted for, placing these dry aggregates into the wet concrete mixture will allow the aggregates to take up water from the paste, filling their pore spaces but decreasing the amount of water available to allow the particles to slip by one another during pumping, placing,
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There are many reasons. Perhaps the biggest reason in cost. Using aggregate as a filler can help concrete producers save a lot of money. Cement usually costs seven or eight times what stone and sand cost. Cement is necessary,
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Also, as coarse aggregates' size increases, normal concrete strength decreases. The rate of fall in strength is highest with the concrete containing quarry dust as a fine aggregate. However, the case of laterized concrete was not studied. Xie et al [6] confirmed these earlier finding that the
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There are many reasons. Perhaps the biggest reason in cost. Using aggregate as a filler can help concrete producers save a lot of money. Cement usually costs seven or eight times what stone and sand cost.
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The coarse aggregate has 20 mm maximum size, specific gravity and absorption were 2.67% and 1.1%. The fine natural sand has a fineness modulus of 2.74, specific gravity of 2.58, and maximum size of 5 mm.
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Larger than 4.75mm size is coarse sand or aggregate, so coarse aggregate size arranging between 5mm to 256 mm or more. You Can Follow me on Facebook and Subscribe our - PCC is plain cement
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Many types of construction materials, including concrete, asphalt and mortar, utilize aggregates as key ingredients. Using aggregate materials for concrete reduces production costs and increases the resistance of concrete mixes. Crushed aggregates make up for around 60% to 75% of the volume of concrete.
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01.06.2016It was reported that compressive strength, Flexural strength, Splitting tensile strength and young's modulus of elasticity of concrete prepared with GBFS as fine aggregate and marble waste as coarse aggregate was 3–6%, respectively higher than that of concrete with river sand as fine aggregate and marble waste as coarse aggregate.
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02.05.2017Effect of Coarse Aggregate on Strength of Concrete Coarse aggregate makes up about 75% of concrete by volume. Strength of concrete is also affected by the properties of coarse aggregates
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A.: The fineness of cement usually affects the rate at which cement gains strength. It may also have a minor effect on workability but probably not much. If you took a cement and ground part of it to a greater fineness the finer portion would produce higher early strength than the other portion.
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