PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF FINE AGGREGATE BY GLASS POWDER IN CONCRETE
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Glass powder concrete (GPC).Abstract
Concrete is a widely used material in the world. Based on global usage it is placed at second position after water. River sand is one of the constituents used in the production of conventional concrete has become highly expensive and also scare. In the backdrop of such a bleak atmosphere, there is a large demand for alternative materials from industrial waste. Some alternative materials have already been used as a part of natural sand. Similarly the waste glass are collected from the shops are used. The collected glasses are crushed to sand size and it could be used an alternate material for natural sand as partial replacement. In brief, successful utilization of glass as fine aggregate will turn this waste material into a valuable resource. In this research we are going to evaluate the utility of glass powder as a partial replacement of fine aggregate in concrete.
Performance of the various mixes is tested by the compressive strength and flexure strength. A cube specimen of size 150mmX150mm X150mm and beam specimen of size 150mm × 150 mm × 700mm were cast and demoulded after 24 hours then they allowed for normal water curing. The results show improvement in compressive strength in cement replaced mixes.
