Innovative and Eco-Friendly Concrete Forming Sustainable and Resilient Structures Using Waste Marble Powder
Abstract
The main constituents of the construction industry usually involve building materials which include cement, bricks, steel, fine and coarse aggregates. The majority of concrete production worldwide incorporates sand as a fine aggregate. Since, all of these materials are obtained from finite natural resources, their ongoing depletion will have a negative impact on the environment. In order to minimize environmental harm and preserve natural resources, this study focuses on the recycling of waste materials through the use of waste marble powder (WMP) as a substitute for fine aggregate (sand) in concrete. The sawing and cutting waste generated by the marble industry is substantial and has a negative impact on the environment. Our research concluded that by replacing sand with waste marble powder, mechanical and durability properties of concrete are enhanced thus, making it more resilient and sustainable. WMP was incorporated to concrete in different amounts. For this investigation sand was replaced in four proportions (10%, 20%, 30%, 40% by weight). The grade of concrete is M30, water-to-cement ratio was maintained at 0.45 and 0.28% superplasticizer was added to cement by weight to increase the workability. The experiments employed both destructive testing (DT) and non-destructive testing (NDT). Following a 28-day curing period, at a 40% replacement ratio, the results of the tests for compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength demonstrated improvements of 17.5%, 27% and 35%, respectively. The maximum value of the rebound hammer test exhibited an increment of 15%; the ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) indicated an improvement of 3% and the rate of water absorption declined to 45%, 40% and 36% for cubes, cylinders and beams respectively.
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