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Industrial waste utilization for foam concrete

Publication Type : Conference Paper

Publisher : IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering

Source : IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Physics Publishing, Volume 310, Number 1 (2018)

Url : https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85043716720&doi=10.1088%2f1757-899X%2f310%2f1%2f012062&partnerID=40&md5=39e66be5cf7ce412c684fe7cf615bb5c

Keywords : Air-void characteristics, Ash handling, Ashes, C (programming language), Cement-based, Cements, Concretes, Eco-friendly, Filler materials, Fillers, Foam concretes, Fresh state, Industrial wastes, Manufacture, Quarry dust, River sands

Campus : Coimbatore

School : School of Engineering

Department : Civil

Year : 2018

Abstract : Foam concrete is an emerging and useful construction material - basically a cement based slurry with at least 10% of mix volume as foam. The mix usually containing cement, filler (usually sand) and foam, have fresh densities ranging from 400kg/m3 to 1600kg/m3. One of the main drawbacks of foam concrete is the large consumption of fine sand as filler material. Usage of different solid industrial wastes as fillers in foam concrete can reduce the usage of fine river sand significantly and make the work economic and eco-friendly. This paper aims to investigate to what extent industrial wastes such as bottom ash and quarry dust can be utilized for making foam concrete. Foam generated using protein based agent was used for preparing and optimizing (fresh state properties). Investigation to find the influence of design density and air-void characteristics on the foam concrete strength shows higher strength for bottom ash mixes due to finer air void distribution. Setting characteristics of various mix compositions are also studied and adoption of Class C flyash as filler demonstrated capability of faster setting. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.

Cite this Research Publication : G. Krishnan and Dr. Anand K. B., “Industrial waste utilization for foam concrete”, in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 2018, vol. 310.

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