Effect of Recycled Coarse Aggregate and Foundry Sand in Concrete Properties

  • Mr. A. R. Pendhari, Mr. Krushna B. Kapse, Mr. Ved C. Apte

Abstract

Reducing the cost of manufacturing concrete, replacing fine sand with foundry sand may be a new trend, and waste foundry sand must be disposed of effectively as an engineering material and reduce pollution. Waste foundry is a by-product in which regular sand is likely to be finely aggregated in partial contracts and provided the opportunity for recycling. The rapid development of the construction trade consumes excessive resources and leads to environmental degradation, paradoxical to the sustainable development of the construction industry and hence the scarcity of resources can be exacerbated. At an equivalent time, a big amount of solid waste is produced within the method of construction of recent buildings every year. Today, the recycling of construction waste has become a standard concern issue and deserves deep researches. It is predicted that recycled aggregate concrete as a way of recycling and utilization of the construction waste can bring respectable economic and environmental edges. This paper identifies the opportunity of consuming waste from the manufacturing and construction industries for construction purposes and constitutes an experimental analysis of the use of foundry waste as a partial re-sand replacement by 10%, by 20%, by 30% and by recycled aggregates by 50%. Concrete mixtures were made, verified and related in terms of strength with the conventional concrete. These tests were dispensed to gauge the strength for 7, 14 and 28 days.

Published
2020-09-01
Section
Articles