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    This thesis examines alternatives to river sand for use in concrete, mortar, and plaster. Offshore sand, quarry dust, and manufactured sand were considered as alternatives, and offshore sand was determined to be the most suitable alternative for Sri Lanka. Tests were conducted to evaluate the chloride content and corrosion performance of concrete made with offshore sand. A limit of 0.075% chloride by weight of sand was established as acceptable for reinforced concrete. Offshore sand stockpiled and exposed to rainfall was found to reduce chloride levels below this limit. Concrete made with offshore sand meeting the chloride limit performed similarly to chloride-free concrete in corrosion tests.

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    This thesis examines alternatives to river sand for use in concrete, mortar, and plaster. Offshore sand, quarry dust, and manufactured sand were considered as alternatives, and offshore sand was determined to be the most suitable alternative for Sri Lanka. Tests were conducted to evaluate the chloride content and corrosion performance of concrete made with offshore sand. A limit of 0.075% chloride by weight of sand was established as acceptable for reinforced concrete. Offshore sand stockpiled and exposed to rainfall was found to reduce chloride levels below this limit. Concrete made with offshore sand meeting the chloride limit performed similarly to chloride-free concrete in corrosion tests.

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    This thesis examines alternatives to river sand for use in concrete, mortar, and plaster. Offshore sand, quarry dust, and manufactured sand were considered as alternatives, and offshore sand was determined to be the most suitable alternative for Sri Lanka. Tests were conducted to evaluate the chloride content and corrosion performance of concrete made with offshore sand. A limit of 0.075% chloride by weight of sand was established as acceptable for reinforced concrete. Offshore sand stockpiled and exposed to rainfall was found to reduce chloride levels below this limit. Concrete made with offshore sand meeting the chloride limit performed similarly to chloride-free concrete in corrosion tests.

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    This thesis examines alternatives to river sand for use in concrete, mortar, and plaster. Offshore sand, quarry dust, and manufactured sand were considered as alternatives, and offshore sand was determined to be the most suitable alternative for Sri Lanka. Tests were conducted to evaluate the chloride content and corrosion performance of concrete made with offshore sand. A limit of 0.075% chloride by weight of sand was established as acceptable for reinforced concrete. Offshore sand stockpiled and exposed to rainfall was found to reduce chloride levels below this limit. Concrete made with offshore sand meeting the chloride limit performed similarly to chloride-free concrete in corrosion tests.

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    PROPERTIES OF

    CONCRETE AND PLASTER


    MADE USING ALTERNATIVES
    FOR RIVER SAND

    This thesis was submitted to the Department of Civil


    Engineering of the University of Moratuwa in partial fulfillment
    of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science

    G. A. P. S. N. Seneviratne

    Supervised by
    Prof. W. P. S. Dias

    Department of Civil Engineering


    University of Moratuwa
    Sri Lanka

    2006

    87849
    Abstract

    This research was done to find an alternative for river sand for concrete, mortar and
    plaster. Offshore sand, quarry dust and manufactured sand were considered as
    alternatives and offshore sand was taken as the most suitable alternative for Sri
    Lanka. The major difference between river sand and offshore sand is the absence of
    shells and chloride in river sand, not like in offshore sand. In addition to a literature
    review various study programmes and test methods were followed to come to a
    conclusion.

    ICT AD Specifications (1980) were used to choose appropriate volume batched


    proportions for both mortars and plasters and tested according to BS 4551 (1980). A
    2m high sand column was fabricated to check the effects of natural drainage and
    simulated rain on the chloride levels in offshore sand. Also, special moulds were
    fabricated to produce corrosion test specimens having low (i.e. 20 mm) covers of
    concrete made with normal sized (i.e. 20 mm) aggregate. A figure of 0.075% by
    weight of the sand was arrived at as a conservative limit for allowable Cl ions in
    offshore sand for OPC based reinforced or metal-embedded concrete. The
    accelerated corrosion tests were carried out in a 5% NaCI bath and a carbonation
    chamber. Half-cell potential measurements were taken to detect corrosion activity.

    Offshore sand saturated with sea water had a cr content of around 0.3%. It reduced to
    around 0.075% (i.e. allowable content) when the sea water is gravity drained. The
    action of even 80 rnrn of rain reduced cr contents to below acceptable levels, even at
    the top of a 2m high stockpile (which may be subject to evaporation) and the bottom
    (which may trap sea water by capillary action). The corrosion performance of grade
    20 concrete (i.e. the most critical grade) with the allowable CT content in the sand is
    satisfactory and similar to a chloride free control mix; on the other hand, a mix with
    0.3% CT in the sand shows clear evidence of early corrosion'. Shell content of
    offshore sand did not impair the engineering properties of concrete.
    Offshore sand was found to be better than manufactured sand for concrete. Both
    offshore sand and manufactured sand were found to be satisfactory for both mortars
    and plasters and reasonably acceptable to masons.

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