Mechanical and durability properties of self-compacting mortars incorporating glass powder

The current s tudy experimentally investigated the effect of glass powder on the mechanical and durability properties of selfcompacting mortars (SCMs). SCMs were designed with a low water/binder ratio as well as the high binder content. In this s tudy, fly ash and glass powder can be used instead of cement to obtain the sustainable concrete and waste management control . At fi rs t, control mixture was produced with cement and fly ash without glass powder. Then, glass powder was used on the proportions 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% instead of fly ash in SCM. Compressive s trength and flexural s trength tests were conducted at 28 and 56 days , respectively. To determine durabili ty properties, water sorptivi ty and rapid chloride permeability were tested at 28 and 56 days , respectively. Test results indicate that glass dust added to SCMs instead of fly ash improved partially the mechanical and durability properties of the mortars .