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Use of Recycled Brick Masonry Waste in Concrete


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1 Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India
 

Recycle and reuse of construction and demolition waste (crushed brick masonry waste-recycled fine aggregate (RFA)) as replacement for fine aggregate is one of the effective methods to reduce the environmental effects due their landfills. To experimentally explore the feasibility of using RFA as a replacement of fine aggregate, this paper investigates the property of fresh concrete like workability and properties of hardened concrete like compressive strength, split tensile strength, density test and water absorption test. Four mixes of different percentage replacement of fine aggregate were used (20%, 40%, 60%, 80% RFA in concrete) and was compared with the standard mix (0% RFA) to find the change in the above properties.

Keywords

Demolished Brick Masonry Waste, Crushed Brick Masonry, Recycled Aggregates, Fine Aggregate Replacement.
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Authors

S. Sruthy
Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India
G. Sriram Kumar
Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India
S. S. Barath
Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India
R. Ashwin Suriya
Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India
K. Vikram
Department of Civil Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Amrita Viswa Vidyapeetham, Amrita University, Coimbatore, India

Abstract


Recycle and reuse of construction and demolition waste (crushed brick masonry waste-recycled fine aggregate (RFA)) as replacement for fine aggregate is one of the effective methods to reduce the environmental effects due their landfills. To experimentally explore the feasibility of using RFA as a replacement of fine aggregate, this paper investigates the property of fresh concrete like workability and properties of hardened concrete like compressive strength, split tensile strength, density test and water absorption test. Four mixes of different percentage replacement of fine aggregate were used (20%, 40%, 60%, 80% RFA in concrete) and was compared with the standard mix (0% RFA) to find the change in the above properties.

Keywords


Demolished Brick Masonry Waste, Crushed Brick Masonry, Recycled Aggregates, Fine Aggregate Replacement.