Study on Concrete Using Waste Materials by Partial Replacement of Aggregates to Reduce Global Warming Gases
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| Title | Study on Concrete Using Waste Materials by Partial Replacement of Aggregates to Reduce Global Warming Gases |
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| Abstract | The climate change due to global warming is one of the greatest environmental issues we face now. The green house gases including CO2 are released during cement and steel manufacturing process. In order to reduce the amount of green house gases, an attempt has been made to reuse the waste materials along with concrete in construction industries. In recent years, attempts have been made to increase the utilization of fly ash, quarry dust, granite and construction and demolition debris to partially replace the use of fine aggregate and coarse aggregate in concrete are gathering momentum. This paper presents information on fly ash, granite and quarry dust based concrete, material and the mixture proportions, the manufacturing process, and the influence of various parameters on the properties of fresh and hardened concrete with plain concrete and partial replacement of fine aggregate by flyash and quarry dust and coarse aggregate by granite and C&D debris concrete. The column specimens were tested under axial compression to investigate the effects of waste materials. Since the materials used were locally available waste materials, a detailed characterization was planned. In this paper, an attempt was made to utilize the waste materials by effectively recycling and filling in steel tubular circular columns with recycled aggregate concrete instead of conventional concrete. An empirical equation for calculating the design load carrying capacity of the composite column was developed using the experimental results. The test results were compared with the international codes and new theoretical models were suggested for the design. In this paper, experimental and analytical investigations were carried out to study the strength and behaviour of CFST columns over the entire range of loading. The ultimate loads and behaviour of CFST were compared with those of the hollow steel tube columns. From these elaborative experimental and analytical investigations that were done, it is concluded that out of all the waste materials used, the contribution of C&D debris and quarry dust are significant. The remaining materials that include fly-ash and granite are reasonably contributed in the performance enhancement under axial loading conditions. Finally, it is concluded that materials recovered from various waste stream are suitable to be used as secondary aggregates in concrete. The advantage of using such waste materials provides generally a low cost construction than using virgin aggregates and the elimination of the need for waste disposal in landfills. Utilization of these waste materials in concrete leads to an effective solid waste management technique and will also be cost effective. The exploitation of available natural resources and raw materials required for the construction industries can also be reduced which in turn reduces the release of green house gases which causes global warming. |
| Publisher | Indian Society for Education and Environment (ISEE) |
| Date | 2011-03-01 |
| Source | Indian Journal of Science and Technology Volume 4, Issue 3, March 2011 |