Experimental Study of Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate with Waste Material from China Clay Industries

摘要

With the Industrial Revolution, Technology developed rapidly and the manufacturing age came into view. Early industries were on at small scale and produced smoke as the main Pollutant. But as the number of factories increased and work on the large scale the issue of industrial pollution started to take on too much importance. So for this purpose, the utilization of industrial and agricultural waste produced by the industrial process has been the focus of waste reduction research for economical, environmental and technical reasons. The problem arising from continuous technological and industrial development is the disposal of waste material. A partial substitution of cement or fine aggregate by an industrial waste is not only economical but also improves the properties of fresh and hardened concrete as lowering the shrinkage and minimize the cracks and enhance the durability characteristics besides the safe disposal of waste material thereby protecting the environment from pollution. This paper deals with the partial replacement of fine aggregate with the industrial waste from China Clay industries. The compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength of conventional concrete and fine aggregate replaced concrete are compared and the results are tabulated.