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Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, N. I. T., Durgapur,M. G. Avenue, Durgapur, W.B., Pin-713209
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Scientist, IPIRTI, Field Station Kolkata, 2/2, Biren Roy Road (West) Sarsuna, Kolkata-700061
I. INTRODUCTION
During the last three decades, great strides have been
taken in improving the performance of concrete as a
construction material. Particularly Silica Fume (SF) and fly
ash individually or in combination are indispensable in
production of high strength concrete for practical
application. The use of silica fume as a pozzolana has
increased worldwide attention over the recent years
because when properly used it as certain percent, it can
enhance various properties of concrete both in the fresh as
well as in hardened states like cohesiveness, strength,
permeability and durability. Silica fume concrete may be
appropriate in places where high abrasion resistance and
low permeability are of utmost importance or where very
high cohesive mixes are required to avoid segregation and
bleeding.
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A. Materials
53 grade Ordinary Portland Cement, Zone II sand, 12.5
mm and 20 mm down graded aggregate, commercial Silica
Fume Grade 920-D (specific surface = 21.4, bulk density =
620 Kg/m3) have been used for various composites.
Designed Mix Proportion has been used as (normal
concrete) 1 : 1.485 : 3.143 for M20 grade concrete with the
following ingredients :
a) Cement = 533.05 Kg/m3
b) Sand = 791.58 Kg/ m3
c) Well graded aggregate(20mm size) = 1675 Kg/m3
d) Coarse aggregate / Fine aggregate ratio was 2.11
and water cement ratio was 0.45 for all mixes.
B. Sample Preparation and Properties Studied
Aggregates, Cement and SF have been charged into the
mixer machine in succession with appropriate proportions
for dry mix followed by addition of water and then rotated
sufficiently to achieve uniform and high workable mix.
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40
35
33.93
28.37
28.37
30
25
26.44
21.88
20.46
25.56
21.38
20
15
10
C ube C ompre ssi ve stre ngth
5
0
0
2.5
7.5
10
12.5
% C e me nt re pl ace d by SF
Sl
No.
1
2
3
4
4.93
3.93
4.07
3.33
3
3.61
2.78
2.6
6
5
Percent
SF
replacing
cement
0
5
7.5
10
2.14
Split Te nsile
Stre ngth
Fle xural Stre ngth
1
0
0
2.5
7.5
10
12.5
% C e me nt re place d by SF
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V. CONCLUSION
It may be concluded that use of silica fume is a
necessity in production of not only for high strength
concrete but also for low/medium strength concrete as this
material facilitate the adoption of lower water - cement
material ratio and better hydration of cement particles
including strong bonding amongst the particles. From the
study it has been observed that maximum compressive
strength (both cube and cylinder) is noted for 10%
replacement of cement with silica fume and the values are
higher (by 19.6% and 16.82% respectively) than those of
the normal concrete (for cube and cylinder) where as split
tensile strength and flexural strength of the SF concrete
(3.61N/mm2 and 4.93N/mm2 respectively) are increased by
about 38.58% and 21.13% respectively over those (2.6
N/mm2 and 4.07 N/mm2 respectively) of the normal
concrete when 10% of cement is replaced by SF.
As the SF concrete is more compact and thereby more
durable in nature and hence with some degree of quality
control, it may be used in places of construction where
there is a chance of chemical attack, frost action etc.
Moreover with 10% of cement replaced by silica fume, the
characteristic strength of higher grade of cement concrete
namely M25 is achieved only by using the M20 grade
designed mix proportion and consequently this SF concrete
can certainly be used as a supplement to M20 grade normal
concrete with at least 4% of cost reduction.
Lastly with good quality control, high early strength can
be achieved in SF concrete which may be useful in various
structural constructions such as high-rise buildings,
bridges, chimneys, machine foundations, run ways etc.,
wherein, the timeframe of completion vis--vis the
economy is an important driven factor for the targeted
purpose as well as for the contractors and owners alike as
this concrete will provides quick stage by stage or floor to
floor construction.
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