Compressive Strength of Concrete with Recycled Glass as Partial Aggregate Replacement

Abstract:

In this study, recycled glass is used to replace the natural fine aggregate in different mix proportions to obtain the optimum combination that will produce the highest strength. The control samples are Grade 30 ordinary Portland cement concrete (OPCC) containing 100% natural sand and coarse aggregate. The recycled glass concretes contain 70% natural fine aggregate + 30% size 300 micron crushed glass (Sample 2), and 70% fine aggregate + 15% size 300 micron crushed glass + 15% size greater than 300 micron crushed glass (Sample 3). The compressive strengths of the concrete samples with recycled glass are higher than the control samples at all ages of 7, 28, 56 and 90 days. At age 60 days, the strength gain of the control samples shows no significant increment but both samples that include recycled glass still show significant increment in strength. It is found that recycled glass performed better when utilised at size 300 microns and less. The recorded strength of the control, Sample 2 and 3 at 90 days are 47, 61 and 55 MPa.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 803)
• Pages: 21-25
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.803.21
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Roszilah Hamid*, M.A. Zubir
• Keywords: Compressive Strength, Concrete, Recycled Crushed Glass Aggregate

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