Water Penetration Resistance of Fly Ash Concrete Incorporating with Quarry Wastes

Abstract:

Slump of fresh concrete, compressive strength and water penetration depth under pressure of fly ash concrete incorporate with quarry waste as fine aggregate were investigated. The cementitious materials of the concrete includes ordinary Portland cement 80% and fly ash 20% by weight of cementitious. The mix proportions of the concrete were set into two classes of compressive strength. The results show that fly ash enhances workability of both concretes (normal concrete and concrete incorporate with quarry waste). Increasing the percentage of quarry dusts as fine aggregate in concrete seem negligible effect on the compressive strength whereas adding fly ash shows a slightly improve the compressive strength in the case of cohesive concrete mixture. Besides, adding the suitable amount of fly ash could improve the permeability of concrete. Therefore, fly ash could be a good admixture to improve the water resistant of normal strength concrete and also could be a supplemental material to improve the compressive strength of normal high strength concrete.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 886)
• Pages: 159-163
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.886.159
• Online since: March 2017
• Authors: Suppachai Sinthaworn*
• Keywords: Durability, Fly Ash, Fly Ash Concrete, Quarry Waste, Water Penetration Resistance

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