LIST OF FIGURES

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3.1 Silt content source 8
3.2 Fly ash sample 9
3.3 Crushed fine aggregates 9
3.4 Coarse aggregate (10mm) 10
3.5 Conceptual frame work 12
3.6 Pycnometer 14
3.7 Set of sieves for coarse aggregate 15
3.8 Set of sieves for fine aggregate 16
3.9 Compression testing machine 19
3.10 Hardness of cube by ultrasonic pulse velocity machine 20
3.11 Cube mould 23
3.12 Concrete cube 23
4.3.1.1 Compressive strength test for reference mix (7 days) 27
4.3.1.2 Compressive strength test for reference mix (14 days) 28
4.3.2 Compressive strength test with silt content (7 days) 29

4.3.3 Compressive strength test with silt content (14 days) 30

4.3.4 Compressive strength test results at 7 days 31
(Concrete mixed with 7% silt and fly ash)

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