Suitability of natural rubber latex and waste foundry sand in cement concrete

Title

Suitability of natural rubber latex and waste foundry sand in cement concrete

Creator

Thomas S.I.; Hossiney N.; Arjun H.R.; Beulah M.

Description

Suitability of Natural Rubber Latex (NRL) as an additive and Waste Foundry Sand (WFS) as partial replacement to river sand, in cement concrete was investigated. Experimental study was performed with concrete mixtures containing 1% latex to water ratio, along with 5% and 10% replacement of river sand by WFS. Properties of concrete were studied in both fresh and hardened state. The results of laboratory tests indicate that WFS and NRL reduces the workability of concrete. Slight reduction in splitting tensile strength was observed for mixtures containing NRL and WFS, in comparison to conventional mix. No specific trend was observed for flexural strength at 7 days, but at 28 days the difference was within 3%, when compared to conventional mix. Strength development for mixtures containing NRL and WFS was slightly lower than conventional mix. The limited results of this study show that concrete containing NRL and WFS do have potential for use as non-structural concrete.

Source

International Journal of Engineering and Technology, Vol-8, No. 3, pp. 1528-1535.

Date

2016-01-01

Publisher

Engg Journals Publications

Subject

Cement concrete; Natural rubber latex; Waste foundry sand

Coverage

Thomas S.I., Caarmel Engineering College, Pathanamthitta, Kerala, 689711, India; Hossiney N., Department of Civil Engineering, Christ University, Bangalore, 560029, India; Arjun H.R., Department of Civil Engineering, Christ University, Bangalore, 560029, India; Beulah M., Department of Civil Engineering, Christ University, Bangalore, 560029, India

Rights

Restricted Access

Relation

ISSN: 23198613

Format

Online

Language

English

Type

Article

Identifier

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