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University of sharjah faculty of engineering department of civil and environmental

engineering
High early compressive strength cube competition
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Introduction
The background of the selected mixtures
The high performance of the concrete
GGBS: - Stainless concrete cement prepared for OPC
is not flexible, nor does it contain
cement and natural sand for M20 grade. The
ingredients that can be used in
maximum compression strength was 32.59 Mpa in
concrete that are considered to date.
30% of GGBS exchanges and those obtained with
Instead, high-quality concrete is a
20%, 40%, and 50% concrete were 31.11Mpa,
concrete development that has been
30.7Mpa and 27.74Mpa respectively compared to
discussed in the last few studies. With
29.11 Empty cement capacity for 28 days.
regard to power, we should note that
the meaning of the word 'high power' Air entraining agent: - Ventilation mixture facilitates
changed considerably over the years: the development of a system of small air bubbles
at one time, 40 MPa (or 6000 psi) was inside the concrete during mixing. As a general rule,
considered high; later, 60 MPa (or a 1% rise in concrete air will reduce the pressure for
9000 psi) was considered high- 28 days by about 3 to 5%.
strength concrete, high performance
would be considered as a compressive
strength of more than 80 MPa (or 12
000 psi).
Casting Process

First, aggregates are purified to remove impurities


Mix design process and filter analysis is performed on aggregates into
various sizes. In the present study, two different sizes
Cylinder strength 𝟐𝟐. 𝟒𝟎 𝑴𝑷𝒂 (10 and 20 mm) combined were used.

w/c ratio adopted as = 0.50 Available hand

durability concern cement content Foundry sand is a key compound used to obtain cube
adopted = 420 Kg compressive strength by replacing composite.
Foundry sand is collected for industry.
general mass of fully completed fresh
concrete = 𝟐𝟑𝟖𝟔. 𝟓𝟖𝟑 𝑲𝒈 Quality study

net mass of aggregate from Concrete The composite design approach adopted in the
= 𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟔. 𝟓𝟖𝟑 𝑲𝒈. current study according to IS 10262- 2009 in the M25
grade, in total there are 3 different shapes (cubes) of
Quantity of GGBS = 𝟓𝟕. 𝟗𝟑 𝑲𝒈 shapes prepared within a larger design combination.

Quantity of air entertaining agent =


𝟑𝟑. 𝟐𝟕 𝑲𝒈 Results and discussion
The compressive force is applied to the prepared skin
after the 28-day results considered only in this study.
Curing Initially, the compressive strength was observed
between normal cubes and cubes replacing fine
The effects of depressant energy are aggregates with foundry sand of different
presented in tables 4-9 and a diagram percentages (10, 20, 30, 40 and 50%). Effects of
of the median strength comparisons compressive strength compared to conventional
compared with the healing years in the blocks and blocks with a small percentage of Foundry
various treatment modalities used in sand.
the study. The compressive strength In this type of cube, the maximum compressive
between the treated water concrete strength is obtained 35.11 KN / M2 by 10% instead of
was 13.56w / mm2 and 20.34 N / mm2 the GGBS cement component.
for 7 and 28 days respectively.

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