Open AccessInfluence of nano SiO2 in cement mortar using taguchi analysis
Author(s) -
P. Vasanthi,
S. Senthil Selvan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/992/1/012013
Subject(s) - taguchi methods , mortar , materials science , compressive strength , cement , composite material , nano , plasticizer , absorption of water , superplasticizer
In this research, optimization technique was employed to optimize the nano SiO 2 in cement mortar preparation by using Taguchi-technique. The main aim of this present investigation is to find the optimal input variables like nano SiO 2 , w/c ratio and plasticizer to achieve cement mortar with high compressive strength and low water absorption percentage. When the input variables are more than one Taguchi - technique approach is a best method since it may give difference set of optimum level for each response. It is found that the addition of nano SiO 2 , in cement mortar influenced high compressive strength with lower water absorption percentage. According to analysis nano-silica of 2wt. %, w/c ratio of 0.5 and plasticizer of 1wt. % (A2, B3 and C2) is found to be producing highest compression strength of 51.45MPa and lower water absorption percentage of 2.95.