Open AccessThe Study of the Characteristics of Sand Concrete Based on Marble Waste Sand
Author(s) -
Mohamed Ichem Benhalilou,
Mouloud Belachia,
H Houari,
Assia Abdelouahed
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
civil and environmental engineering reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2450-8594
pISSN - 2080-5187
DOI - 10.2478/ceer-2020-0010
Subject(s) - shrinkage , geotechnical engineering , compressive strength , environmental science , durability , raw material , absorption of water , waste management , ultimate tensile strength , geology , engineering , materials science , metallurgy , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry
The present study aims to valorize the waste and in particular the waste from the Fil-fila quarry. The main reason for choosing the waste from this quarry was the need to reduce the impact on the environment (by reducing stockpiling) and the raw material cost (economic reason). This study therefore consists in recovering this type of waste (discarded powder subject to weather changes) as sand in partial replacement of dune sand in the formulation of sand concrete with percentages of 5, 10, 15 and 20 %, by studying the behavior of these concretes in the fresh state (workability, density and occluded air) and the properties in the hardened state (compressive and tensile strength by bending, absorption by immersion, shrinkage and weight loss, chemical effect of HCl and H 2 SO 4 solutions), and subsequently comparing the results obtained with reference samples (0%) based on ordinary sand. Based on the obtained results, it can be concluded that the substitution of ordinary (dune) sand with marble waste sand provides acceptable results from the point of view of workability, strength and durability. These observations are likely to widen the field of applications of these sand concretes based on marble waste.