An Experimental Study on Strength of Concrete by Partial Replacement of Cement by Egg Shell Powder and Aggregates by Crumb Rubber

  Niya Eldhose,  Divya Sasi

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction material throughout the world. Hence, it has been labelled as the backbone to the infrastructure development of a nation. To fulfil the requirements of industries, we have to replace fully or partially the constituent materials of concrete by using waste materials. The study was carried out to evaluate the properties of concrete by replacing the cement by Egg Shell Powder (ESP) and fine aggregate by Crumb Rubber (CR) by varying the percentages of ESP (5%, 10%, 15%) and CR (2.5%, 5%, 7.5%, 10%). A comparison of partially replaced concrete with conventional concrete was also included in the study. Comparison of weights of Natural Concrete with partially replaced concrete after 28 days of curing was also carried out. The mix designs arrived for an M30 mix. Fresh properties including Slump flow test and Compaction factor test were carried out for both conventional concrete and partially replaced concrete. Hardened properties of concrete like Compressive Strength, Flexural Strength and Split Tensile Strength tests were carried out for traditional concrete and partially replaced concrete.

Keywords- Compressive Strength, Concrete, Crumb Rubber, Egg Shell Powder, Flexural Strength, Slump Flow Test, Split Tensile Strength.

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1504048
Page Number(s) - 321-326
Pubished in - Volume 3 | Issue 4 | November 2015
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Niya Eldhose,  Divya Sasi,   "An Experimental Study on Strength of Concrete by Partial Replacement of Cement by Egg Shell Powder and Aggregates by Crumb Rubber", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.3, Issue 4, pp.321-326, November 2015, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1504048.pdf