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CHAPTER 1.INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 GENERAL 1

1.2 Granite slurry 2 

1.2.1Advantages of Granite Cutting Slurry 3
1.2.2 Disadvantages of Granite Cutting Slurry 3
1.2.3Basic Properties of Granite Cutting Slurry 3

1.3 Objectives 4
CHAPTER 2 LIETARATURE REVIEW 4
CHAPTER 3 MATERIALS 8
3.1 Cement 8
3.1.1 Basic Components of Cement 9
3.1.2 Chemical Compounds in Cement 10
3.2 Fine aggregate 10
3.3 Coarse aggregate 10
3.4 Granite cutting slurry 11
3.5 Tests carried on materials 12
3.6. Tests on mechanical properties of concrete 27

3.6.1 Compressive strength test 28

3.6.2 Spilt tensile strength test 29

3.6.3 Flexural strength test 29

3.7 Tests on durability of concrete 29

3.7.1 Rapid Chloride Permeability Test 29

3.7.2 Sorptivity 31

3.8 MIX DESIGN FOR PRESENT INVESTIGATION 34

CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 40

4.1 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH TEST RESULTS 40

4.2 SPLITTING TENSILE STRENGTH TEST RESULTS 44

4.3FLEXURAL STRENGTH RESULT 49

4.4 SORPTIVITY RESULTS 50

4.5 RAPID CHLORIDE PERMEABILITY TEST RESULTS 52

CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS 53

CHAPTER 6 REFERENCES 54

APPENDIX A MIX DESIGN OF M 25 GRADE CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE 57

List of figures

Fig.3.1 COMPRESSION TESTING MACHINE 28

Fig.3.2 SPILITTING TENSILE TEST 28

Fig.3.3 FLEXURAL TEST 29

Fig. 3.4 RCPT APPARATUS 30

Fig.3.5 SPECIMEN PLACED IN COVER (SORPTIVITY) 31

Fig.3.6 SPECIMEN WITH SEALENT 32

Fig.3.7 SPECIMEN PLACED IN WATER 33

Fig.3.8 WEIGHING OF SPECIMEN 33

Fig.4.1Compressive strength of concrete in N/mm2at different curing periods 49

Fig.4.2 Compressive strength variation at different curing periods 52

 List of tables

Table 1.1 Properties of granite cutting waste 4

Table 3.1.1 Basic Components of Cement 11
Table 3.1.2 Chemical Compounds in Cement 12
Table3.1.3 Physical properties of granite slurry 13

Table3.1.4 Chemical properties of granite slurry 14

Table 3.1.5 specific gravity of cement 22

Table 3.1.6 Sieve analysis of CA 24

Table 3.1.7 Water absorption of aggregate - 20% 26

Table 3.1.8 Impact value of CA 29

Table 3.1.9 Bulk density of aggregate 30

Table.3.10 RCPT ratings as per ASTM C1202. 37

Table 3.1.11 mix design 46

Table 4.1 Compressive strength of mortar at 28 days 47

Table 4.2 Characteristic strength of concrete at 56 days 47

Table 4.3 Characteristic strength of concrete at w/c 0.44 after 90 days 48

Table 4.4Compressive strength of concrete in N/mm2at different curing periods 48

Table 4.5 Characteristic strength of concrete at w/c 0.45 at 28 days 49

Table 4.5 Characteristic strength of concrete at w/c 0.45 at 56 days 49

Table 4.6 Characteristic strength of concrete at w/c 0.45 at 90 days 50

Table 4.7 Characteristic strength of concrete at w/c 0.45 51

Table4.8 Split tensile strength of concrete at w/c 0.44 after 28 days 53

Table4.9 Split tensile strength of concrete at w/c 0.44 after 56 days 53

Table 4.10 Split tensile strength of concrete at w/c 0.44 after 90 days 54

Table 4.11 Split tensile strength of concrete at w/c 0.44 54

Table 4.12 Split tensile strength of concrete at w/c 0.45 after 28 days 55

Table 4.13 Split tensile strength of concrete at w/c 0.45 after 56 days 56

Table 4.14 Split tensile strength of concrete at w/c 0.45 after 90 days 56

Table 4.15 Split tensile strength of concrete at w/c 0.45 57

Table 4.16 Flexurl strength at different curing periods with w/c ratio is 0.44 58

Table 4.17 Sorpivity results at different curing periods 60

Table 4.18 RCPT values 61