International Journal For Technological Research In Engineering

Volume 5, Issue 8, April-2018 ISSN (Online): 2347 - 4718

PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF AGGREGATES WITH GLASS

T.Saritha1, D.Haripriya2, G.Harshini3, G.Srinivas Reddy4
1
Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Guru Nanak Institutions, Hyderabad, Telengana.
2,3,4
Students of Final Year B.Tech, Department of Civil Engineering, Guru Nanak Institutions,
Hyderabad, Telengana.

ABSTRACT: Quantity of glass wasted has been on the rise findings will make it possible to utilize glass also in regular
in recent years due to an increase in industrialization, concrete applications, thereby expanding and developing
urbanization and the rapid improvement in the standard of markets for recycled glass.
living. Unfortunately, the majority of waste glass is not
being recycled instead being wasted, and therefore it causes ADVANTAGES OF GLASS AS AGGREGATE IN
certain serious problems such as the wastage of natural CONCRETE
resources and environmental pollution. Hence for these  Glass improves the fluidity of fresh concrete
reasons, this study was conducted through brief enabling the achievement of very high strength
experimental research in order to know the probabilities of without use of super plasticizers.
recycling waste glass mixed as coarse aggregates for  Improves the aesthetic value of the concrete in
concrete. Test result of the fresh concrete show that the which it’s used due to colour addition in the case of
both slump and compacting factor are decreased due to brown or green waste glass used, and light
shape and the air content is increased due to the reflection.
involvement of much number of small-sized particles that  Glass has almost zero water absorption which
are found in waste glasses. In addition the compressive results in more workable fresh concrete without
strength of concrete has been decreased when the content adjusting the quantity of water used.
of waste glass is increased. In conclusion, the results of this  Glass has excellent durability and chemical
study indicate that waste glass when used below 30% in resistance.
mixing concrete is practical along with usage of admixture
to obtain workability and air content. DISADVANTAGES OF GLASS AS AGGREGATE IN
CONCRETE
I. INTRODUCTION  Alkali silica reaction which compromises the
GLASS durability of concrete by causing cracking.
Ground waste glass was used as aggregate for mortars and no  Challenge of acceptance in the construction industry
reaction was detected with fine particle size, thus indicating as glass aggregate may be seen as inferior or unsafe.
the feasibility of the waste glass reuse as fine aggregate in
mortars and concrete. Estimated cost for housing is more and II. LITERATURE REVIEW
some construction materials like natural sand are also Caijjun Shi et al (2009) reviewed glass chemistry, alkali
becoming rare. Waste glasses are used as aggregates for silica reaction mechanism, expansion of concrete containing
concrete. In this study, an extensive experimental work was glass aggregates and micro structure of the interfacial
carried out to find the suitability of use of waste glass in transitional zone between cement paste and glass particles.
concrete with the following objectives: The author suggested that it is necessary to control the pH of
1. To study the workability of concrete mode using glass the concrete under 12 in order to avoid deleterious expansion
waste as partial replacement of fine aggregate. and cracking of concrete containing large glass particles.
2. To study the compressive strength of concrete mode using Several research works have been carried out on the
glass waste as partial replacement of fine aggregate. utilization of waste glass as coarse aggregate, fine aggregate,
fibres as well as filler material. Bashar et al (2009) and
GLASS AS AGGREGATE FOR CONCRETE Srinivasa Rao et al (2009).
The use of waste glass as aggregate for concrete has been
attempted decades ago. Those early efforts were thwarted by Shi and Keren (2007) experimented about the effect of
the problem of alkali-silica reaction (ASR), which was not replacement of coarse aggregates with recycled glass on the
well understood then. Therefore, a high priority was assigned fresh and hardened properties of Portland cement concrete at
to gaining such an understanding, when a major research ambient and elevated temperatures. He expressed that
effort was initiated at Columbia University some six years concretes made with 10% glass coarse aggregates
ago. It was also expected that the glass aggregate would replacement to natural coarse aggregates replacement, had
affect the mechanical properties of the concrete. The use of better properties in the fresh and hardened concrete states at
recycled glass in concrete opens a vast new market for mixed ambient and high temperatures than those with larger
as well as colorsorted broken glass in a variety of specialty replacement.
products or in local concrete operations. Recent research Sekar et al. (2011), experimented about the effect of

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replacement of coarse aggregates with recycled glass on the

fresh and hardened properties of Portland cement concrete at V. RESULTS
ambient and elevated temperatures. Based on the studies 5.1 Compressive Strength Results on concrete
conducted on strength characteristics of concrete made with 5.1.1 For Normal Concrete
utilizing waste materials by Sekar et al. (2011), found that the Table 5.1 Compressive Strength Result
compressive strength of concrete cubes made with glass S.NO No. % of Result
concrete were found to be 16% and 26.34% lesser of replacement
respectively than that of conventional concrete. It was also days
found that the flexural strength and tensile results were 1 3 0 8.9
similar to that of compression strength test results.
2 3 0 8.7
III. 3. MATERIALS AND PROPERTIES 3 3 0 8.4
3.1 MATERIALS USED
In this investigation, the following materials were used: 4 7 0 9.6
 Ordinary Portland Cement of 53 Grade cement 5 7 0 10.4
conforming to IS: 169-1989
 Fine aggregate and coarse aggregate conforming to 6 7 0 10.3
IS: 2386-1963. 7 28 0 13.5
 Water.
8 28 0 14.7
 Glass.
9 28 0 15.0
Table 3.1 Properties of Cement

Table 3.2 Properties of Fine Aggregates

S.No Description Test Result
1 Sand zone Zone III
2 Specific gravity 2.59
3 Free moisture 1%
4 Bulk density (poured 1385.16 kg/m3
density) 1606.23 kg/m3
Bulk density (tapped Graph 01
density) 5.1.2For Replacement of Glass
5.1.2.1 Compressive strength results for 3-days
Table 5.2 Compressive Strength Results for 3-days
Table 3.3 Properties of Coarse Aggregates
Replacement of Strength 1 Strength 2
S.No Description type Result
glass
1 Nominal size used 20mm
2 Specific gravity 2.9 20% 8.53 9.68
3 Water absorption 0.15% 30% 8.3 7.86
4 Sieve analysis 20mm
5 Bulk density (poured 1687.31 kg/m3 12
density) 1935.3 kg/m3
Bulk density (tapped 10 9.68
density) 8 8.53 8.3
7.86
IV. MIX DESIGN FOR M15 GRADE CONCRETE 6 Series 1
M15 – M represents Mix and 15 N/mm2 is the characteristic 4 Series 2
compressive strength of concrete cube at 28 days.
W/C ratio = 0.57 2
Cement quantity = 336.14Kg = 337kg 0
Fine aggregate quantity = 673.52kg = 674kg
20% 30%
Coarse aggregate Quantity = 1120 kg
Mix proportion = Cement: F.A: C.A = 1: 2: 3.3
Graph 02

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5.1.2.2 Compressive strength results for 7-days decreased marginally at 30% replacement level.
Table 5.3 Compressive Strength Results for 7-days
Replacement of Strength 1 Strength 2 VII. CONCLUSIONS
glass  While using waste glass as coarse aggregate
20% 11.6 13.8 replacement, 28 days strength is found to
30% 10.48 10.1 marginally increase up to 20% replacement level.
 Marginal decrease in strength is observed at 30%
replacement level of waste glass with coarse
16
aggregate.
14 13.8  Waste glass can effectively be used as coarse
12 aggregate replacement.
11.6
10.48  The optimum replacement level of waste glass as
10 10.1
coarse aggregate is 10%.
8 Series 1  There is a decrease in compressive strength with
6 increase in the percentage of the waste glass.
Series 2
 With increase in waste glass content, percentage
4
water absorption decreases.
2  Workability of concrete mix increases with increase
0 in waste glass content.
 Use of waste glass in concrete will eradicate the
20% 30%
disposal problem of waste glass and prove to be
environment friendly thus paving way for greener
Graph 03
concrete.
5.1.2.3 Compressive strength results for 28-days
Table 5.4 Compressive Strength Results for 28-Days  Use of waste glass in concrete will preserve natural
resources particularly river sand and thus make
Replacement of Strength 1 Strength 2
concrete construction industry sustainable.
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