<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> A huge amount waste (approximately 60%) is generated during mining and processing in marble industries. Such waste can be best utilized in infrastructure development works. Coarse aggregate 75% by weight was replaced by aggregate obtained from marble mining waste. The impact of marble waste as a partial replacement for conventional coarse aggregate on the properties of concrete mixes such as workability, compressive strength, permeability, abrasion, etc. was evaluated. The test results revealed that the compressive strength was comparable to that of control concrete. Other properties such as workability of concrete increased, water absorption reduced by 17%, and resistance to abrasion was marginally increased by 2% as compared to that of control concrete. Ultrasonic pulse velocity and FTIR results show improvement in quality of concrete with crushed marble waste. From the TGA analysis it was confirmed that, aggregate produced from marble waste shows better performance under elevated temperature than that of conventional aggregates.</p></abstract>

A huge amount waste (approximately 60%) is generated during mining and processing in marble industries. Such waste can be best utilized in infrastructure development works. Coarse aggregate 75% by weight was replaced by aggregate obtained from marble mining waste. The impact of marble waste as a partial replacement for conventional coarse aggregate on the properties of concrete mixes such as workability, compressive strength, permeability, abrasion, etc. was evaluated. The test results revealed that the compressive strength was comparable to that of control concrete. Other properties such as workability of concrete increased, water absorption reduced by 17%, and resistance to abrasion was marginally increased by 2% as compared to that of control concrete. Ultrasonic pulse velocity and FTIR results show improvement in quality of concrete with crushed marble waste. From the TGA analysis it was confirmed that, aggregate produced from marble waste shows better performance under elevated temperature than that of conventional aggregates.

Performance Evaluation of Concrete using Marble Mining Waste

Malaviya National Institute of Technology

Selected Scientific Papers - Journal of Civil Engineering

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A huge amount waste (approximately 60%) is generated during mining and processing in marble industries. Such waste can be best utilized in infrastructure...

Performance Evaluation of Concrete using Marble Mining Waste

Pubblicato online: 20 gen 2017

Pagine: 53 - 66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sspjce-2016-0018

Parole chiave
concrete, marble mining waste, mechanical properties

© 2017 Sudarshan Dattatraya Kore et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Performance Evaluation of Concrete using Marble Mining Waste

Pubblicato online: 20 gen 2017

Pagine: 53 - 66

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sspjce-2016-0018

Parole chiaveconcrete, marble mining waste, mechanical properties

© 2017 Sudarshan Dattatraya Kore et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Parole chiave
concrete, marble mining waste, mechanical properties