Investigation on the compressive strength of concrete with high percent replacement of ceramic tile waste as coarse aggregate

Date

6-2016

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Kimjay M. Lamar

Abstract

Ceramic tile production in the world increases significantly every passing year. This creates a negative impact in industrial waste management and ultimately, in the environment. One way of utilizing ceramiv tile waste, in this study, was used as partial to full replacement of coarse aggregate in a 28 MPa mix design concrete. Ceramic tiles have a good pozzolanic property that helps in strengthening the concrete created with it. The study investigates the compressive strength and unit weight of concrete with ceramic tile wastes as replacement for coarse aggregate. Percent replacements of 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% of coarse aggregates were used in this study. The results were compared with a control specimen which does not have any ceramic tile as coarse aggregate. Compressive test indicates that the concrete with waste ceramic tile as coarse aggregate has significant increase from its normal 28 day strength. It was found out that at 75% replacement, the concrete sample achieve its maximum strength. The 100% replacement concrete sample gained an increase in compressive strength compared to the control sample but was lower compared to 75% replacement concrete sample. It was also determined that as the percent replacement of waste ceramic tiles as coarse aggregates increases, the slump of the fresh concrete mixture significantly decreases. This results in poor workability of concrete. The unit weight of concrete sample also decreased linearly as the percent replacement waste ceramic tile increases.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2016 E63 /P56

Document Type

Thesis

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