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Advances in Concrete Construction
  Volume 5, Number 6, December 2017 , pages 575-586
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/acc.2017.5.6.575
 


Effect of fly ash and plastic waste on mechanical and durability properties of concrete
Gopal Paliwal and Savita Maru

 
Abstract
    The disposal of polythene waste and fly ash is causing serious threat to the environment. Aim of this study is to decrease environmental pollution by using polythene waste and fly ash in concrete. In this study, cement was partially replaced with 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% fly ash (by weight) and plastic waste was added in shredded form at 0.6% by weight of concrete. The specimens were prepared for the concrete mix of M25 grade and water to cementitious material ratio (w/c) was maintained as 0.45. Fresh concrete property like workability was examined during casting the specimens. Hardened properties were found out by carrying out the experimental work on cubes, cylinders and beams which were cast in laboratory and their behavior under test were observed at 7 & 28 days for compressive strength and at 28 days for density, flexural strength, dynamic modulus of elasticity, abrasion resistance, water permeability and impact resistance. Overall results of this study show that addition of 0.6% (by weight of the concrete) plastic waste with 10% (by weight of cement) replacement of cement by fly ash result an improvement in properties of the concrete than conventional mix.
 
Key Words
    fly ash; plastic waste; workability; density; compressive strength; flexural strength; dynamic modulus of elasticity; abrasion resistance; water permeability; impact resistance
 
Address
Gopal Paliwal and Savita Maru: Department of Civil Engineering, Ujjain Engineering College, Ujjain (M.P.), India
 
References
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