An Experimental Study On Pervious Concrete

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY
TECHNOVATION (IRJMT)
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Received 25 July 2019 ISSN 2582-1040
Accepted 21 September 2019 2019; 1(6); 185-191
Published online 02 November 2019
An Experimental Study on Pervious Concrete

G.Amirthagadeshwaran1,*, S.Ramesh2, K.Selvi2
1
PG Student,Department of Mechical Engg, Sri Krishna College of Engg & Technology,Coimbatore, TN, India.
2
UG Student,Department of Mechical Engg, Sri Krishna College of Engg & Technology,Coimbatore, TN, India.
*Corresponding author E-Mail ID: [email protected]
Doi: https://doi.org/10.34256/irjmtcon24
ABSTRACT
Pervious concrete is a type of concrete with high porosity. It is used for concrete flatworks
application that allows the water to pass through it, thereby reducing the runoff from a site and
allowing ground water recharge. The high porosity is attained by highly interconnected voids
content. Pervious concrete has water to cementicious material ratio of 0.36. The mixture is
composed of cementicious materials, coarse aggregates and water with no fine aggregates. In this
paper works porous concrete with fly ash as a blended material is tested for strength and
permeability for assessing the adaptability of fly ash as a substitute material to cement. The
percentage of fly ash is varied from 10% and 20%. Various tests like compressive strength, tensile
strength and water permeability are done on the specimens and results are discussed.
Keywords: Fly ash, Compressive strength, Tensile strength, Permeability test.
1. INTRODUCTION
Environmental change, global warming and manage of industrial wastages is the matter of
concern of the hour. At present, eco concern is huge responsive and much vital due to the
population explosion, massive constructions and extensive use of industry materials like cement.
Since researches are going on across the world to find a replacement of cement. As fly ash is a
industrial waste product and its disposal is a head ache towards the industries and government but
it has cementitious property, so its use in civil engineering industry can solve both the problems.
Titanium oxide is used in pervious concrete for cleaning the air pollutants and volatile organic
compounds by oxidizing them1. As a result, the dust particles clogged in the pores of concrete are
easily washed down during rains by maintaining the infiltration rate in pervious concrete. In this
report, the effects of varying the components of pervious concrete on its compressive strength are
investigated. The goal is to achieve a maximum compressive strength without inhibiting the
permeability characteristics of the pervious concrete. This will be accomplished through extensive
experiments on test cylinders and cubes.
II.PROJECT WORK
Materials used and its Properties:
2.1. Cement:
The Cement used in this study was Ordinary Portland cement (OPC) which is the most
important type of cement. OPC cement of 53grade of cement use in this experimental work.
Conforming weight of each cement bag was 50kg.The property of cement is shown in Table 1.
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Table 1: Properties of Cement

Physical Properties Value observed in investigation
Specific gravity 2.86
Consistency (%) 31
Initial setting time (minutes) 32
Final setting time (hours) 11.2
Fineness test (%) 7
2.2 Coarse Aggregate:

The coarse aggregate are the blue granite stone of which particles passes through 20mm
sieve and retained 16mm sieve they should be hard, strong, dense, durable and clean. It should be
conical shape. Flaky pieces should be avoided. It creates much better bond between cement paste
and the Aggregates. The properties of Coarse aggregate are shown below in Table 2.
Table 2: Properties of Coarse Aggregate
S.NO PROPERTY VALUE

1 Sieve analysis Passes through 20mm and retained on 16mm sieves
2 Specific gravity 2.53
3 Water absorption 2.71%
4 Impact test 11.11%
5 Dorry attrition test 29.2%
2.3 Fly Ash

Fly ash is a silt like powdery particles that are spherical in shape, either solid or hollow
and mostly glassy (amorphous) in nature, having similar physical characteristic with silt. The
property of fly ash is shown below in Table 3.
Table 3: Properties of Fly Ash
S.No Property Value
1 Specific gravity 2.42
2 Consistency (%) 29
3 Initial setting time (minutes) 150
Table 4: Physical Properties of Fly Ash

S.No Properies Fly Ash
1 Density 2.17g/cm3
2 Specific gravity 1.66-2.55
3 Color Grey
4 Bulk density 1.26g/cm3
5 Particle shape Irregular
6 Porosity 45%-55%
7 Fineness modulus 2.50-3.50
III.OBJECTIVES
The objective of this study is to investigate the effects onthe important engineering
properties of pervious concrete additive to fly ash. The physical properties are examined inclusive
with compressive strength, split tensile strength and permeability of pervious concrete.
IV.MIXING AND DESIGNING

While pervious concrete contains the same basic ingredients as the more common
conventional concrete (ie. aggregate, Portland cement, water, and a variety of admixtures), the
proportioning of ingredients is quite different. One major difference is the requirement of
increased void space within the pervious concrete. With low water to cement ratio, the need for
void space within the mix design, and little to no fine aggregates, the conventional design of
concrete needs to be adjusted accordingly. Ratio of mixture materials commonly associated with
pervious concrete are listed below. These ranges are based on previous researches.
Compositions:
1. Cement + Coarse aggregates + water (No substitution)
2. Cement + Coarse aggregates + water + fly Ash (10% substitution) + titanium dioxide (2%)
3. Cement + Coarse aggregates + water + fly ash (20% substitution) + titanium dioxide (2%)
Table 5: Mixing details

Material Proportion range Selected Proportion
Fly ash 5-20% 10% and 20%
w/c ratio 0.27 to0.34 (without admixture) 0.34
Aggregate: cement ratio 4 to 4.5 : 1 4:1
Fine:coarse aggregate ratio 0 to 1.1 0
Table 6: Quantity of material

S.No Description Value Kg/Lit
1 Total quantity of cement 36 Kg
2 Total quantity of coarse aggregate 180 Kg
3 Total quantity of Fly Ash 9 Kg
4 Total quantity of water 16.2 Lit
5 Total quantity of Titanium Dioxide 0.5 Kg
V. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

5.1 Compressive Strength Test
Compression test is the usual test conducted on hard concrete, partly because it is an easy
test to perform and partly because most of the desirable properties of concrete are qualitatively
related to its compressive strength. The strength of concrete is usually defined and determined by
the crushing strength of 150mm x 150mmx150mm, at an age of 7 and 28 days. The mould and its
base rigidly clamped together so as to reduce leakages during casting. The sides of the mould and
base plates were made sticky oiled before casting to prevent bonding between the mould and
concrete. The cube was set to store for 24 hours undisturbed.
Compressive strength was calculated as follows:
Compressive strength = P/A
Where,
P = Load (N)
A = Area (mm2)
Area(150mm x 150mm)
The testing of cube under compression was shown in figure
Table 7. Test results for compression strength
Compression Strength N/Mm2

Mix 7DAYS
Mix 1(0%) 8.55
Mix 2(10%) 9.23
Mix 3(20%) 12.35
Graph 1 : Compression strength Test
5.2 Split Tensile Strength Test

For tensile strength test, cylindrical specimens of dimension 150 mm diameter and 300
mm length were cast. In this test three cylinders were tested and their average value was reported.
The split tension test was conducted by using digital compression machine having 2000 kN
capacity.
Split tensile strength was calculated as follows:
Spilt Tensile strength (MPa) = 2P / π DL
Where,
P = Failure Load (kN)
D = Diameter of Specimen (150 mm)
L = Length of Specimen (300 mm)
Three cylinder specimens were casted in each percentage, in order to find the average
value of split tensile strength. These cylinder specimens were left for 7 and 28 days curing in a
curing tank. After the course of curing, the specimens were ready for testing. All the cylinders
were tested.
Table 8. Test results for Split Tensile strength test
Split Tensile Strength Test N/Mm2

Mix 7DAYS
Mix 1 (0%) 0.707
Mix 2 (10%) 0.848
Mix 3(20%) 1.13
Graph 2: Split Tensile Strength Test
5.3 Permeability test

The constant head permeability test method has been adopted. The time required for the
flow of 1000 ml of water through the Cubical mould was noted. Table below shows time and
coefficient of permeability for the different specimens.
K = qL/AH
Where,
K = Coefficient of permeability cm/sec
q = Discharge cm3/sec
L = Length of specimen in cm
A = Cross-sectional area in cm2
H = Constant head causing flow in cm
Table 9. Test results for Permeability test

Permeability Test Cm/Sec
Mix 7DAYS
Mix 1(0%) 0.26116
Mix 2(10%) 0.19981
Mix 3 (20%) 0.16788
Graph 3. Permeability test
VI. CONCLUSIONS
In summary of the above investigations, the following conclusions are made from the
experimental results indicated following:
• The compressive strength and split tensile strength of concrete with 10% and 20%
replacement results in increased strength compared to the pervious concrete without fly ash.
• By the use of cementicious material fly ash, the usage of cement can be reduced which will
reduce the cost of concrete to certain extent.
• The permeability of concrete with 10% and 20% replacement results in decreased coefficient
of permeability compared to the pervious concrete without fly ash.
• As the pervious concrete with 10% and 20% replacement of fly ash gives slight increase in
compressive strength, split tensile strength and decrease coefficient of permeability. Hence
this material can be used for road pavement at the places of low volume of traffic road,
parking lots, play grounds etc which helps in recharging.
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INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH JOURNAL OF MULTIDISCIPLINARY

An Experimental Study on Pervious Concrete

Table 1: Properties of Cement

2.2 Coarse Aggregate:

Table 2: Properties of Coarse Aggregate

S.NO PROPERTY VALUE

2.3 Fly Ash

Table 4: Physical Properties of Fly Ash

IV.MIXING AND DESIGNING

Table 5: Mixing details

Table 6: Quantity of material

V. RESULT AND DISCUSSION

Table 7. Test results for compression strength

Compression Strength N/Mm2

Graph 1 : Compression strength Test

5.2 Split Tensile Strength Test

Table 8. Test results for Split Tensile strength test

Split Tensile Strength Test N/Mm2

Graph 2: Split Tensile Strength Test

5.3 Permeability test

Table 9. Test results for Permeability test

Graph 3. Permeability test

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