A LABORATORY STUDY ON CONCRETE THAT INVOLVES THE PARTIAL SUBSTITUTION OF CEMENT WITH METAKAOLIN, GLASS POWDER, AND SILICA FUME

Abstract

The growth of concrete technology during the last decade has been mainly based on finding a suitable and eco-friendly substituent for cement. This project is synonymous to the same perception of finding an eco-friendly and feasible cementitious material. The main aim of our project is to investigate the mechanical behaviour of concrete as partial replacement of cement with Metakaolin, silica fume and glass powder. In this project the mix proportion of M40 grade of concrete is adopted in accordance with IS: 456-2000 and cement of 53 grade is used. The concrete is tested for strength parameters of conventional concrete and Metakaolin, silica fume and glass powder concrete in whichMetakaolin, silica fume and glass powder are replaced by weight of cement in different proportions. Compressive strength, split tensile test, flexural strength tests are conducted for 7, 14 and 28 days.