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Study on Light Weight Characteristics of Self Compacting Concrete

Using Fine Pumice Powder and Coconut Shell
Prof R. D. Shambharkar1, Aditya Sawarkar2, Kunal Rewatkar3, Dolly Wanjari4
1Assistant professor, Civil Engineering Department, DBACER, Nagpur.
234 B.E. Student, Civil Engineering Department, DBACER Nagpur.
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Abstract – This paper presents the compressive strength on the planet. Production of concrete is increasing due to
of lightweight aggregate using pumice stone powder and high growth of infrastructure development and
coconut shell. The coconut shell and pumice stone powder construction activities in the world. However, there are
use as lightweight aggregate. In our project, we are some negative impact of more production of concrete like
replacing pumice stone powder by fine aggregate in fix continuous extensive extraction of aggregate from natural
percentage and waste coconut shell may be utilized to resources will lead to its depletion and ecological
replace natural coarse aggregate. In this study, produce imbalance.
M20 grade of concrete by replacing natural coarse
aggregate partially with waste coconut shells such as 5%, Concrete production demands its constituents like
10%, 15%, 20%, 25% and 30% by weight with waste aggregate, cement, water, and mixtures. Sources of
coconut shell. In all totals, thirty- Six (36) cubes were cast conventional aggregate occupy the major part of the
and their compressive strength is evaluated at 7 and 28 concrete. Increasing demand for natural aggregate shown
days. The compressive strength of concrete was reduced as that crushed stone demand will be 2050 million metric
the percentage replacement increased and density of tons in 2020. This huge demand of natural aggregate
coconut shell is evaluated for different concrete cubes. The raises a serious question about the preservation of natural
results showed that coconut shell concrete can be used in aggregate sources for sustainable development. Extraction
lightweight concrete construction. Utilization of coconut and processing of aggregate are also a major concern for
shell is cost effective and eco-friendly. the environment. Hence the coconut shell waste use as
aggregate in concrete production not only protects the
Key Words: Coarse aggregate, concrete, coconut shell, environment but also makes concrete a sustainable and
compressive strength, lightweight concrete. environmentally friendly construction material. The high
demand for concrete in the construction using normal
weight aggregate such as gravel and granite drastically
1. INTRODUCTION
reduces the natural stone deposits and this has damaged
the environment thereby causing ecological imbalance.
Concrete is the world’s most widely used construction
Therefore, there is a need to explore and to find out
material owing to its excellent versatility, availability, and
suitable replacement material to substitute the natural
economy. Despite all advantages associated with the use of
stone. In developed nations, the construction industries
concrete in civil engineering infrastructures, its use is
have identified many artificial and natural lightweight
sometimes limited in some structures because of its high
aggregate (LWA) that have replace conventional aggregate
self-weight compared to other experienced a shortage of
thereby reducing the size of structural members. Coconut
skilled workers as a result of an aging workforce and the
shell is categorized as lightweight aggregate.
difficulty to attract a new generation of skilled workers.
Therefore, over the last few decades, there has been a 1.1 Literature review
tremendous interest to develop new high-performance
material that require less skilled workers to b Siti aminah bt tukiman and sabarudin bin mohd (2009)[1]
placed/used. In this regard, the development of new types replaced coarse aggregate by coconut shell and grained
of high performance concrete, such as self compacting palm kernel in their study. Percentage of replacement by
concrete (SCC) and lightweight concrete (LWC) responds coconut shell were 0%, 5%, 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%
to some of the urgent needs of the construction sector. The respectively. Conclusion is that the combination of these
development of SCC has been perceived by many materials has potential of being used as lightweight
specialists as a giant step towards achieving high- aggregate in concrete and also has reduce the material cost
performance cement-based material. in construction.
The utilization of concrete is increasing at a higher rate Olutoge (2010)[2] studied the saw dust and palm kernel
due to developing infrastructure and construction shells (PKS). Fine aggregate are replaced by saw dust and
activities all around the world. In addition, concrete is the coarse aggregate by palm kernel shells in reinforced
2nd most consumed substance in the world behind water. concrete slab casting. Conventional aggregate were
About 7.23 billion tons of concrete are produce every year. replaced by saw dust and PKS in same ratios of 0%, 25%,
Annual production represents one ton for every individual 50%, 75%, and 100%. Compressive and flexural strength

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were noted at difference time intervals. It was seen that at cubes with replacement of coconut shell aggregate had
25% sawdust and PKS can produce lightweight reinforced given strength of 51 MPa at 28 days.
concrete slab that can be used where low stress is required
at reduce cost 7.43% reduction can be achieved. Dewanshu ahlawat and L.G. Kalukar (2014)[7] explored
the possibility of producing M20 concrete by replacing
J.p ries (2011) observed that lightweight aggregate plays conventional aggregate of granite by coconut shell. Forty
important role in today’s move towards sustainable five cubes were casted. Percentage of replacement of
concrete. Lightweight aggregate contribute to sustainable conventional coarse aggregate by coconut shell were 2.5%,
development by lowering transportation requirements, 5%, 7.5%, 10%. Compressive strength were 19.71, 19.53,
optimizing structural efficiency that result in a reduction in 19.08, 18.91 N/mm2 respectively at 28 days. Workability
the amount of overall building material being used and compressive strength had been evaluated at 7 ,14 and
conserving energy, reducing labour demand and increasing 28 days.
the life of structural concrete.
1.2 Material Used
Abubakar and muhammed saleh abubakar (2011) [3]
compared the physical and mechanical properties of a) Ordinary Portland Cement
coconut shell and crushed granite rock also a total of 72
cubes of size 150×150×150mm with different mix ratio of The cement used for the entire experiment is Ordinary
1:2:4, 1:1.5:3, 1:3:6 were casted and tested for evaluating Portland cement of 53 grade conforming to IS 12269. The
different properties. Aggregate crushing value (ACV) for cement was tested for fineness and specific gravity. The
coarse aggregate was 21.84 and 4.71 for coconut shell, specific gravity of the cement obtained as per the test was
elongation and flakiness index were 58.54 and 15.69 3.15. The cement used is fresh and without any lumps. It is
respectively for gravels, while for coconut shell, it was the basic ingredient of concrete, mortar, and plaster.
50.56 and 99.19 respectively compressive strength of
b) Fine Aggregates
concrete cubes in N/mm2 of coconut shell at 7,14,21 and 28
days with mix ratio of 1:2:4, 1:1.5:3, and 1:3:6 are (8.6, 8.9, They are aggregate most of which passes 4.75mm IS Sieve.
6.4), (9, 6, 11.2, 8.7), (13.6, 13.1,10.7) and (15.1, 16.5, 11) M Sand is used as the fine aggregate. Sieve analysis is
respectively, likewise (19.1, 18.5, 9.6 ), (22.5, 23.0, 10.4), carried out and as per sieve analysis; it comes under Zone-
(28.1,30.0,15) respectively for gravel. Since the concrete II. The limits for each zone as per IS: 383 – 1970.
strength of coconut shell with mix ratio 1:1.5:3, attained
16.5 N/mm2 compressive strength at 28 days it can be used c) Coarse Aggregates
in plain concrete works, cost reduction of 48% will be
achieved. Aggregate most of which is retained on 4.75mm IS Sieve
and containing only so much finer material as is permitted
Maninder Kaur and Manpreet Kaur (2012)[4] published a for the various types described in this standard. As per IS:
review paper in which it is concluded that use of coconut 10262 – 1982 clause 3.6 explaining the combination of
shells in cement concrete can help in waste reduction and different coarse aggregate fractions two different sizes,
pollution reduction. It is also expected to serve the purpose 20mm and 12.5mm size coarse aggregates were used
of encouraging housing, developers in investing these which results in an overall grading conforming to Table 2
materials in house construction. It is also concluded that of IS: 383 - 1970.
the coconut shell are more suitable as low strength giving
lightweight aggregate when used to replace common d) Chemical Admixture (Super Plasticizer)
coarse aggregate in concrete production.
Super plasticizer (normal) 4% by the weight of cement is
Daniel yaw osei (2013)[5] In this experimental study used in the concrete for improving the workability
coarse aggregate is partially replaced by coconut shell were condition of the concrete.
-0%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 100%. He concluded that
coconut shell can be used as to produce light weight e) Pumice stone powder
concrete and 18.5% replacement of crushed granite with
coconut shell can be used to produce structural concrete. Pumice is a natural material of volcanic origin produced by
the release of gases during the solidification of lava, and it
Parag Kambli and Sandhya Mathapati (2014)[6] prepare has been used as the aggregate in the production of
three mix design for M20, M35, M50 grades of concrete. lightweight concrete in many countries around the world.
Percentage replacement by coconut shell varied as 0%, So far, the use of pumice was dependent on the availability
10%, 20%, 30%, 40% respectively. It is concluded in this and limited to the countries where it is locally available or
study that for M20 grade concrete cubes with 30% easily imported. The use of pumice as aggregate or mineral
replacement of coconut shell aggregate had given strength additive in the production of self-compacting concrete may
of 23 MPa at 28 days. Concrete cubes with 30% be a good approach for the production of lightweight, easy
replacement of coconut shell aggregate had given strength workable, economic and environmentalist concrete.
of 42 MPa at 28 days for M35. For M50 grade concrete

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f) Coconut shell Chart -1: Graphical representation on compressive

strength of concrete
Coconut shell as partial replacement for coarse aggregate.
The concrete with ground coconut shell was found to be
durable in terms of its resistance in water, acidic, alkaline Chart Title
and salty. Density of coconut shell is in the range of 550 -

Mean compressive
650 kg/m3 and these are within the specified limits for Mean
lightweight aggregate. Compressive
strength 7

strength
2. METHODOLOGY days N/mm2
According to our project mix design, mix proportion for Mean
M20 grade of concrete is found to be 1:1.63:3.5, where we Compressive
use chemical admixture as 4% weight of cement and 15% strength 28
replacement of fine aggregate by fine pumice stone powder days N/mm2
and using waste coconut shell as replacement of partial
coarse aggregate by 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, and 30% by % replacement of coarse…
weight.

3. TEST RESULT
4. CONCLUSIONS
Compressive Strength
1. In India there is large production of coconut shell
The compressive strength were conducted on the concrete accounting for 20 % of the world production in
specimens with pumice stone powder as fine aggregate and which creates environmental issue as it is not
coconut shell as a coarse aggregate. So we will replace easily degradable so, from our result we conclude
coconut shell with the coarse aggregate in fix percentages that coconut shell gives optimum strength
such as 0%, 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 30%.
2. In our project we replace coarse aggregate with
Table -1: Compressive strength of concrete with coarse waste coconut shell and fine aggregate with
aggregate partially replaced be coconut shell pumice stone powder, where we obtained
optimum strength at 15%.

% of replace of Mean Compressive 3. The 28-day compressive strength of the concrete

coarse aggregate strength using coconut shell aggregate was found to be
by coconut shell 7 days 28 days N/mm2 Percentage 23.21 N/mm2 under full water curing and it
N/mm2 increment satisfied for structural lightweight concrete.
5% 15.97 20.18 26.37 %
10% 18.87 21.25 12.61 % 4. The density of 28-day hardened coconut shell
concrete was found to be in the range between
15% 19.46 23.25 19.47 %
2103-1688 kg/m3, that satisfy light weight
20% 15.33 17.91 16.82 % concrete.
25% 10.73 14.71 37.09 %
5. As there is increase in percentage replacement by
30% 8.88 9.88 11.26 %
coconut shell and pumice stone powder reduce
the strength and density of concrete.
Table -2 :- Density of coconut shell concrete
6. Using the coconut shell as coarse aggregate and
pumice stone powder as fine aggregate can
% of replace of Weight of Volume of Density
reduce material cost in construction because of
coarse aggregate cubes (kg) cubes (m3) (kg/m3)
by coconut shell economic in cost.
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