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Study Of Structural Performance And Durability Of Concrete By Partial Replacement Of Cement With Hypo Sludge (Paper Waste), K Hari Kishan, N .Vidyasagar Lal,, 3 Sateesh Konni Dec 2015

Study Of Structural Performance And Durability Of Concrete By Partial Replacement Of Cement With Hypo Sludge (Paper Waste), K Hari Kishan, N .Vidyasagar Lal,, 3 Sateesh Konni

Innovative Research Publications IRP India

Utilization of industrial waste products as supplementary cementitious materials (SCM) in concrete making is very important aspect in view of economical, environmental and technical reasons. As these supplementary cementitious materials have different chemical and mineralogical composition, their effect on micro structural properties and strength performance vary considerably. While producing paper, various wastes come out from the various processes in paper industries. The preliminary waste from paper industry is named as hypo sludge. In this study the material obtained from the paper industry waste (hypo sludge) is admixed with Portland cement at different replacement levels. The properties of concrete investigated include …


Prediction Of Unconfined Compressive Strength Of Pulverized Fuel Ash-Cement-Sand Mixture Apr 2015

Prediction Of Unconfined Compressive Strength Of Pulverized Fuel Ash-Cement-Sand Mixture

Faculty of Engineering University of Malaya

Recently, ground improvement has become much more feasible. Chemical stabilization is a quick and affordable approach to enhancing soil characteristics. An important avenue of research is discovering alternative materials for use in soil enhancement. Pulverized fuel ash (PFA), which is a waste byproduct of coal power plants, has been shown to reduce the environmental risks and costs involved in construction. In this study, a series of unconfined compressive tests were performed for various mixtures of cement, PFA, and sand; the tests considered both the curing period and the optimum moisture content (OMC). In addition, multiple variable linear regression was used …


Supplementary Cementitious Materials Origin From Agricultural Wastes - A Review Jan 2015

Supplementary Cementitious Materials Origin From Agricultural Wastes - A Review

Faculty of Engineering University of Malaya

Concrete is heavily used as a construction material in modern society. With the growth in urbanization and industrialization, the demand for concrete is increasing day by-days. Therefore, raw materials and natural resources are required in large quantities for concrete production worldwide. At the same time, a considerable quantity of agricultural waste and other types of solid material disposal are posing serious environmental issues. To minimize and reduce the negative impact of the concrete industry through the explosive usage of raw materials, the use of agricultural wastes as supplementary cementitious materials, the source of which are both reliable and suitable for …


Strength Properties Of Hybrid Nylon-Steel And Polypropylene-Steel Fibre-Reinforced High Strength Concrete At Low Volume Fraction, Hilmi Mahmud Jan 2011

Strength Properties Of Hybrid Nylon-Steel And Polypropylene-Steel Fibre-Reinforced High Strength Concrete At Low Volume Fraction, Hilmi Mahmud

Hilmi Mahmud

The strength properties of hybrid nylon-steel fibre-reinforced concrete were investigated in comparison to that of polypropylene-steel fibre-reinforced concrete, at the same volume fraction (0.5%). The content of the high performance macro structure steel fibres is at 0.4% volume fraction, and the content of micro nylon and polypropylene-fibres is at 0.1% volume fraction. The experimental results show that the compressive strength and splitting tensile strengths and modulus of rupture (MOR) properties of the nylon-steel fibre concrete improved by 3.2, 8.3 and 10.2%, respectively, over those of the polypropylene-steel fibre concrete. On the impact resistance, the first-crack and failure strengths, and the …


An Innovative Concrete Practice Performance Measurement Towards Environmental Improvement In Malaysia, Hilmi Mahmud Jan 2010

An Innovative Concrete Practice Performance Measurement Towards Environmental Improvement In Malaysia, Hilmi Mahmud

Hilmi Mahmud

The environmental impact from the concrete construction industry is quite alarming. The industry is embarking into improving the concrete performance and exploring into alternative materials to reduce such impact. An area which is lacking is improvement in the quality of concrete practice itself. By having good concrete practice, a good quality concrete can be achieved. This paper proposed a performance measurement of concrete practice and applies the measurement to assess the quality of concrete practice for a concrete structure project in Malaysia. © 2010 IEEE.


Characterization Of Cement And Concrete Exposed To Laser Radiation At 10.6 Um, María Del Rosario Moreno-Virgen, Juan José Soto-Bernal, Claudio Frausto-Reyes, Adrian Bonilla-Petriciolet Jan 2006

Characterization Of Cement And Concrete Exposed To Laser Radiation At 10.6 Um, María Del Rosario Moreno-Virgen, Juan José Soto-Bernal, Claudio Frausto-Reyes, Adrian Bonilla-Petriciolet

Adrian Bonilla-Petriciolet

In this paper, we report preliminary results of molecular structural changes in cement and concrete caused by laser radiation at 10.6 um. One of those structural changes is the generation of glazes. At low laser powers, the glazes are small and lined up while at high powers, the glazes are bigger and randomly distributed. In the not exposed to laser radiation concrete, the Raman spectrum presents weak peaks at 200 cm-1, 550 cm-1, 700 cm-1, 750 cm-1 and 1 150 cm-1. However, these peaks are amplified by laser exposure and other peaks appear at 800 cm-1 and 1 050 cm-1. …