Sand Cement Brick Containing Recycled Concrete Aggregate as Fine-Aggregate Replacement
Nowadays, the usage amount of the concrete is increasing drastically. The construction industry is a huge consumer of natural consumer. It is also producing the huge wastage products. The usage of concrete has been charged to be not environmentally friendly due to depletion of reserve natural resour...
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doaj-323afdf48feb42a0a7e35c7161192d352021-02-02T05:57:03ZengEDP SciencesMATEC Web of Conferences2261-236X2017-01-011030101610.1051/matecconf/201710301016matecconf_iscee2017_01016Sand Cement Brick Containing Recycled Concrete Aggregate as Fine-Aggregate ReplacementSheikh Khalid Faisal0Shah Herman Herman1Azmi Nurul Bazilah2Juki Mohd Irwan3Jamilus Research Centre, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam dan Alam Sekitar, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn MalaysiaJamilus Research Centre, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam dan Alam Sekitar, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn MalaysiaJamilus Research Centre, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam dan Alam Sekitar, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn MalaysiaJamilus Research Centre, Fakulti Kejuruteraan Awam dan Alam Sekitar, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn MalaysiaNowadays, the usage amount of the concrete is increasing drastically. The construction industry is a huge consumer of natural consumer. It is also producing the huge wastage products. The usage of concrete has been charged to be not environmentally friendly due to depletion of reserve natural resources, high energy consumption and disposal issues. The conservation of natural resources and reduction of disposal site by reuse and recycling waste material was interest possibilites. The aim of this study is to determine the physical and mechanical properties of sand cement brick containing recycled concrete aggregate and to determine the optimum mix ratio containing recycled concrete aggregate. An experiment done by comparing the result of control specimen using 100% natural sand with recycled concrete aggregate replacement specimen by weight for 55%, 65%, and 75%. The sample was tested under density, compressive strength, flexural strength and water absorption to study the effect of using recycled concrete aggregate on the physical and mechanical properties of bricks. The result shows that the replacement of natural sand by recycled concrete aggregate at the level of 55% provide the highest compressive and flexural strength compared to other percentage and control specimen. However, if the replacement higher than 55%, the strength of brick was decreased for compressive and flexural strength, respectively. The relationship of compressive-flexural strength is determined from statistical analysis and the predicted result can be obtained by using equation ff,RCA = 0.5375 (fc)0.3272.https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201710301016 |
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Sand Cement Brick Containing Recycled Concrete Aggregate as Fine-Aggregate Replacement |
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Nowadays, the usage amount of the concrete is increasing drastically. The construction industry is a huge consumer of natural consumer. It is also producing the huge wastage products. The usage of concrete has been charged to be not environmentally friendly due to depletion of reserve natural resources, high energy consumption and disposal issues. The conservation of natural resources and reduction of disposal site by reuse and recycling waste material was interest possibilites. The aim of this study is to determine the physical and mechanical properties of sand cement brick containing recycled concrete aggregate and to determine the optimum mix ratio containing recycled concrete aggregate. An experiment done by comparing the result of control specimen using 100% natural sand with recycled concrete aggregate replacement specimen by weight for 55%, 65%, and 75%. The sample was tested under density, compressive strength, flexural strength and water absorption to study the effect of using recycled concrete aggregate on the physical and mechanical properties of bricks. The result shows that the replacement of natural sand by recycled concrete aggregate at the level of 55% provide the highest compressive and flexural strength compared to other percentage and control specimen. However, if the replacement higher than 55%, the strength of brick was decreased for compressive and flexural strength, respectively. The relationship of compressive-flexural strength is determined from statistical analysis and the predicted result can be obtained by using equation ff,RCA = 0.5375 (fc)0.3272. |
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