EXPRIMENTAL STUDY ON

PERMEABLE CONCRETE PAVEMENT

FOR
STORM WATER MANAGEMENT
A.ARUNPANDIAN

(920412103003)
P.SARAVANAKUMAR (920412103043)
K.HAREESRAMAN
K.JOTHIBASU

(920412103302)
(920412103304)

Project Guide : Mr. S.Vaidyanathan ME., (PhD)., AP/Civil

OVERVIEW
The current trend of rapid unplanned urbanization is
posing serious challenges in storm water management.
Pervious concrete can infiltrate the storm water reduce
the run-off to a great extent.
This work identifies the shortcomings of the pervious
concrete that are barriers to its main stream adoption and
aims at remediating it.

PERVIOUS CONCRETE
Concrete containing little, if any, fine aggregate that results in sufficient voids to
allow air and water to pass easily from surface to underlying layers ACI
ACI 318-08 gives the ranges of mix constituents to arrive at trial mixes.
W/c 0.3 to 0.38: Higher water content leads to bleeding.
A/C 3.5 to 7
Additives: HRWR, VMA and air entraining agents.

REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Aspects covered

Strength
properties

Long term
performance

Mix
composition

OPTIMUM MIX DESIGN OF ENHANCED PERMEABLE CONCRETE AN

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION, C.LIAN ETAL (2010).
7 days strength is almost 90% of 28
days strength due to rapid rate of
hydration.
Addition of quarry dust positively
influences the strength.
Silica flume has no effect in strength
development of pervious concrete.

COMPRESSION RESPONSE OF NORMAL AND HIGH

STRENGTH PERVIOUS CONCRETE, RUI ZHONG ET AL , (2016)
Correlation between strength of
cement matrix and Fck of concrete
has been empirically established.
The strength of cement matrix and
contact area between aggregates is
identified to directly influence the
strength.
Matrix strength beyond 30 N/mm^2 is
of little value.

ENHANCING THE PERFORMANCE OF POROUS CONCRETE BY

UTILIZING THE PUMICE AGGREGATE, HARIYADI ET AL (2015).
Since the maximum attainable grade
using pervious concrete is not more than
M30 the prospect of using low density
aggregates is investigated.
Flexural response of pervious concrete is
found to be linear upto failure.

DURABILITY ASPECTS OF PERMEABLE

CONCRETE
M.Carsana etal (2013) performed a carbonation study and found that
permeable concrete is extremely vulnerable to carbonation.
There will no protection in case metallic reinforcement is adopted.
Yinghong Qin (2016) experimentally calculated the air permeability of no
fines concrete.
The values very low indicating that there is no possibility of any vegetation
growth beneath the pervious pavements.

LONG TERM PERFORMANCE OF

PERMEABLE PAVEMENTS
Kuldip Kumar etal (2016) reported that there is a significant drop in
water infiltration rate due to clogging of voids.

LONG TERM PERFORMANCE OF

PERMEABLE PAVEMENTS
Masoud Kayhanian etal
(2012) performed a scan of a
core section from the
pavements.
Results showed drop in
permeability due to grit particles
of size less than 38 micron.
The effect was reported to be
significant only for first 25-50
mm.

DEFINING PROBLEM STATEMENT BASED

ON GAP IN LITERATURE
Practical adoption of permeable concrete.

SCOPE OF PROPOSED WORK

To develop a design technique for permeable concrete pavements that can
infiltrate the storm water completely without causing any stagnation or flooding.
To ensure long term operational performance by devising self-cleansing
techniques so as to prevent clogging of drain paths in permeable pavements.
To enable effective tapping and utilization of rain water by recharging the
ground water thereby enhancing the water quality in the long term.
To experimentally obtain a suitable mix ratio and generalized design guideline
for permeable concrete that can simultaneously satisfy the needs of strength
and permeability.

STUDY ON FRESH AND HARDENED PROPERTIES OF

PERMEABLE CONCRETE
S.

A/C RATIO

SIZE OF
AGGREGATE

NO

W/C RATIO ADMIXTUR

E

FLY
ASH

DENSIT
Y
KG/M3

1 : 3.75

1 : 4.5

1 : 5.25

6mm

0.40

2%

10mm

0.40

2%

1715.7
3
1628.37

12.5mm

0.40

2%

1649.03

6mm

0.38

2%

10mm

0.38

2%

1738.3
7
1667.85

12.5mm

0.38

2%

1680.59

6mm

0.30

2%

15%

10mm

0.30

2%

15%

1761.1
9
1706.67

12.5mm

0.30

2%

15%

1732.15

The following mix were

identified based on the
ranges of w/c and a/c
prescribed in ACI code.
The design curves are
evolved by testing strength
and permeability.

PERMEABILITY TEST
Test carried out as per NCAT
guidelines.
The outer surface between the
cylinder and the cube was sealed to
prevent leakage.
The drain time was recorded and co
efficient of permeability has been
determined.

PERMEABILITY TEST RESULTS

Size of C/A
agg

ratio

Time

(cm3)

(sec)

(cm3/sec (cm)
)

(cm)

(H/L)

(mm)
6

1:4.5

1240

4.3

287.569

27.5

15

1.83

10

1:4.5

1113.3

2.81

396.104

17.5

15

1.16

12

1:4.5

667.98

1.93

346.104

10.5

15

0.70

1:5.2

1240

3.06

405.23

27.5

15

1.83

10

1:5.2

1113.3

3.98

311.55

17.5

15

1.16

12

1:5.2

667.98

1.86

357.78

10.5

15

0.70

Mix

1:5.2

1240

3.713

333.9

27.5

15

1.83

I=q/IA

(cm2) Cm/se
c
63.61
7
63.61
7
63.61
7
63.61
7
63.61
7
63.61
7
63.61

2.47
5.37
7.77
3.48
6.22
8.03
2.88

DETERMINATION OF POROSITY OF
CONCRETE
S.NO

A/C
RATIO

1:4.5

1:5.25

SIZE OF
AGGREGATE

TOTAL
VOLUME
(m3)

VOLUME OF
VOIDS (m3)

POROSITY (%)

6mm

0.003375

0.00125

37

10mm

0.003375

0.00134

39

12.5mm

0.003375

0.00157

46

6mm

0.003375

0.00121

36

10mm

0.003375

0.000128

38

12.5mm

0.003375

0.00125

39

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH TEST

DEVELOPING DESIGN CURVES FOR AIDING MIX DESIGN

DEVELOPING DESIGN CURVES FOR AIDING MIX DESIGN

ENHANCING STRENGTH OF PERMEABLE

CONCRETE
Slab sections reinforced
with synthetic nets were
cast to determine the
enhancement in flexural
strength.

TEST SETUP AND MODE OF FAILURE

ENHANCEMENT IN FLEXURAL RESISTANCE

OF REINFORCED PERMEABLE PAVEMENT

CREATING CAPILLARY SUCTION FOR

MINIMIZING CLOGGING

Three layered capillary system is

created as shown in figure.
6mm underlain by 10 mm underlain
by 12.5 mm size aggregate layers.

INDUCING CLOGGING OF VOIDS

PERMEABILITY COMPUTATION

CONCLUSION
A systematic guideline for mix design using a limited trial sample has
been created. The same principle can be applied to extend the process to
a wider range of data set.
The effect of reinforcement in enhancing the flexural strength of
permeable concrete section has been identified.
The proposal of using capillary suction as a mechanism to counteract
accumulation of grit particles in the void spaces has been successfully
demonstrated.
Based on the obtained results of permeability it can be easily inferred
that this system has the potential to reduce the storm water run-off.

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