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A STUDY ON CRUMB RUBBER: OPPORTUNITIES

FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE
CONCRETE IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
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Abstract-Crumb rubber is a term usually applied to recycled rubber from automotive and truck scrap tyres.
During the recycling process steel and fluff is removed leaving Tyre rubber with a granular consistency.
Continued processing with a granulator and/or cracker mill, possibly with the aid of cryogenics or mechanical
means, reduces the size of the particles further. It is not possible to discharge the rubbers in the environment
because they decompose very slowly and cause lots of pollution. So, it is necessary to have a relevant use of
these wastages. These waste materials can be used to improve some mechanical properties of concrete.
Addition of rubber to concrete results in the improvements of some mechanical and dynamical properties.
Such as more energy absorption, better ductility and better crack resistance. By using the waste tyre (crumb
rubber) one can reduce the harmful effect on environment and provide sustainable concrete.
Key words-crumb rubber, utilization, compressive strength, low cost, sustainable
longer post-peak load responses and higher fracture

INTRODUCTION energy.Waste Tyres are a tremendous problem
throughout the world. It is hardly surprising that in
Utilization of industrial waste products in
concrete has attracted attention all around the world many countries it has been deduced that the best
due to the rise of environmental consciousness. option is to simply burn them in cement kilns. At
Accumulations of stockpiles of Tyres are dangerous
least in this way, the reasoning goes, some of the
because they pose a potential environmental concern,
fire hazards and provide breeding grounds for energy invested in the Tyre is reclaimed.
mosquitoes that may carry disease. Tyre pile fires
have been an even greater environmental problem.
Tyre pile fires can burn for months, sending

up an acrid black plume that can be seen for dozens
of miles. That plume contains toxic chemicals and air
pollutants, just as toxic chemicals are released into
surrounding water supplies by oily runoff from Tyre
fires. In order to prevent the environmental problem
from growing, recycling Tyre is an innovative idea or
way in this case. Recycling Tyre is the processes of
recycling vehicles Tyres that are no longer suitable
for use on vehicles due to wear or irreparable damage
(such as punctures).
Figure 1: crumb rubber in cracker mill
Tarun have reported that the compressive Sources: www.googleimages .com/ crumb rubber
strength of rubberized concrete can be improve when
fine aggregate was fully replaced by fine crumb INDIAN TYRES INDUSTRY:
rubber. He also indicated that if the rubberParticles
have rougher surface or given a pretreatment, the TABLE – 1
better and improved bonding may develop with the GENERAL DETAILS
surrounding matrix, and that may result in higher Consumption world ranking 4th
compressive strength. Total number of Tyre Companies 36
Total number of Tyre Factories 51
Piti el outlined that crumb rubber responses
Tyre Production 2012-13 (Estimated) 110
were found to denote greater flexibility Million
andToughness with larger deflection at peak load, Industry Turnover (Estimated) Rs. 31000
crores
Capacity Utilization (Estimated) 84% REFERENCES:
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production Tyrerubberized concrete: Properties at fresh and hardened
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(2008),“Promoting the use of crumb rubber concrete
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CONSTRUCTION Management,ELSEVIER, 28, 2171-2176.
[3]Egyptian Code Committee 203, (2003),
Tyre rubber in concrete and mortars “Experimentalguide for testing of concrete materials.” Part
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andconstruction of reinforced concrete structures.
modified with Tyre rubber – such as concrete and
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mortar – has been carried out for many years in order
Tyreparticles as concrete aggregate.”Journal of Material
to examine the potential utilisation of waste Tyres in inCivil Engineering, ASCE, 5(4), 478-496.
concrete production. Waste Tyres have been used to
partially replace the aggregates in mortars and
concrete. Tyre rubber can be used to produce
workable concrete for specific applications, provided
that adequate selection processes are undertaken –
including the amount, gradation and shape of Tyre
particles. This section deals with the properties of
either mortar or concrete modified with waste Tyre
rubber.
CASE STUDY
In the present study, effect of crumb rubber
as fine aggregate replacement on the compressive
strength of concrete having mix proportions of
1:1.31:1.14 was investigated. The percentages of
replacements were 0%, 10 %, 20% and30%by weight
of fine aggregate. Tests were performed for
compressive strength or all replacement levels of
crumb rubber at different curing periods (7-days &
28-days).
CONCLUSIONS
We can say that for 1m3 M20 grade of
concrete consumption of fine aggregate is 775.96 kg.
Here in specimen M-3 we replace fine aggregate by
24.62 kg of crumb rubber for 1m 3M20 grades of
concrete. So, we can say that up to 15% foundry sand
utilized for economical and sustainable development
of concrete. Uses of crumb rubber in concrete can
reduce the harmfulness to the environment and
produce a ‘greener’ concrete for construction. An
innovative supplementary Construction Material is
formed through this study.

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Indian Journal of Applied Research

Website: www.worldwidejournals.com (ISSN 2249-555X)

A STUDY ON CRUMB RUBBER: OPPORTUNITIES

Second Author Second Author Affiliation (Designation) with Mobile No.

Third Author Third Author Affiliation (Designation) with Mobile No.

Name of Fourth Author Affiliation (Designation) with Mobile No.

Key words-crumb rubber, utilization, compressive strength, low cost, sustainable

longer post-peak load responses and higher fracture

Tyre pile fires can burn for months, sending

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