Mechanical Properties and Microstructural Features using Stone Dust as a Partial Replacement of Sand
Bikram Paul1, Kushal Ghosh2, Partha Ghosh3
1Bikram Paul*, Department of Civil Engineering, Calcutta Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India.
2Dr. Kushal Ghosh, Department of Civil Engineering, NIT Sikkim, Ravangla, India. Email: kushalghosh100@gmail.com
3Dr. Partha Ghosh, Department of Construction Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. Email:
Manuscript received on July 20, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on August 10, 2019. | Manuscript published on August 30, 2019. | PP: 5232-5237 | Volume-8 Issue-6, August 2019. | Retrieval Number: F9070088619/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijeat.F9070.088619
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Abstract: Today’s world is always leads to development in technology as well as the economic growth though sometime these will affect the environment badly. That’s why world environmental commission coined the termed called sustainable development where development takes place without hampering the others’ needs. Concrete industry is rapidly growing industry in India which consumes lots of natural resources during the production of concrete. Here Stone dust is used as a sustainable material in place of sand partially. M25 grade of concrete has been chosen for the experiments. Different mechanical properties of concrete like compressive strength, Split tensile, flexural strength etc. and Microstructural features like SEM, EDX have been included in this study. Compressive Strength and flexural strength test results shown the increase in the strength. Sulphate Resistance Properties have been tested by curing the cubes in the MgSO4 solution and increase in weight has been observed. Similarities are found in the SEM pictures.
Keywords: SEM, EDX, Compressive strength, Split tensile Strength and UPV.