Influence of admixture along with and without sand on

different properties of pervious concrete

SUBMITTED BY

Sayma Sultana Boby

ID No.003-20-25
Nihal Mohammed Swarit
ID No. 003-20-24
Ataul Rashid
ID No.030-18-08
SUPERVISED BY
Amrita Das
Assistant Professor

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH
 CONTENT

 Introduction

 Literature Review

 Aims & Objectives

 Scope of the study

 Methodology
 INTRODUCTION

With the development of civilization, the amount of urbanization

has also increased significantly. Huge areas around us are
covered with an impermeable surface like concrete.

For this reason, in metropolitan areas waterlogging happens

frequently and the groundwater table is lowering.

Pervious concrete is a unique and effective means to address

important environmental issues and support green, sustainable
growth.
 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Due to heavy rain, an immense amount of water piles

up quickly and thus clog the drainage system. Such
that waterlogging occurs.

This situation causes many environmental problems

including the problem of reduced ground water
recharging, increase in quantity and pollution level of
storm water etc.

Which triggers a chain effect encompassing the whole

ecosystem of the watershed.
 SOLUTION

“Pervious concrete allows water to flow

through itself recharges ground water
and minimizes the extent of pollution
and storm water runoff. ”
 HISTORY OF PERVIOUS
CONCRETE
No fine concrete was first used in the 1800s in europe as
pavement surfacing and load bearing walls. Cost efficiency was
the main motive due to a decreased amount of cement. It
became popular again in the 1920s for two story homes in
scotland and england. It became increasingly viable in europe
after the second world war due to the scarcity of cement. It did
not become as popular in the US until the 1970s. In india it
became popular in 2000.But till now it is not commonly used in
bangladesh.
 PERVIOUS CONCRETE
 Pervious concrete is a special type
of concrete with a high porosity
used for concrete flat work
applications that allows water from
precipitation.
Its known as:
 Porous concrete
 Permeable concrete
 No fines concrete
 CHARACTERIZATION OF PERVIOUS
CONCRETE

Mechanical Hydraulic
properties: properties:
• Compressive
• Porosity
strength
• Permeability
• Flexural strength
GENERAL PROPERTIES

Void Strength Infiltration rate

content
18%-35% 28-281 kg/cm² 80-720 liter/min/m²
(3.5-28 MPa)

Cement w/c ratio Coarse

267-415 kg/m³ 0.25 –0.40 aggregate
9.5 –19mm

 Little or no fine aggregate (less than 10% wt. Of total aggregate)

 Just enough cementations paste to coat the coarse aggregate.
 APPLICATION
The various applications of pervious
concrete are as follows:

 Residential roads and driveways

 Low-volume pavements
 Sidewalks and pathways
 Parking areas
 Tennis courts
 Sub base for conventional concrete
pavements
 Swimming pool decks
 Green house floors
 Noise barriers.
 ADVANTAGES
Pervious concrete is an innovative building material with many environmental,
economic, and structural advantages.

Environmental benefits: Safety :

 Reduces storm water runoff  Reduce tire sound
 Recharges the ground water level.  Reduces risk of flooding
 Allows for the natural treatment of  Prevents glare
polluted water by soil filtration.

Economic benefits:
 Low maintenance cost
 DISADVANTAGES
 Difficult in providing the
reinforcements.
 Extended curing time.
 Frequent maintenance is required.   
 It is still a new material that requires
acceptance from cities and states.
 Limited use in heavy vehicle traffic
areas due to low compressive
strength.
 NYLON
Nylon is a man-made synthetic fiber. It
is a thermoplastic material that can be ADVANTAGES OF
used for a wide range of applications in NYLON:
the construction industry. • Control Plastic Shrinkage.
• Minimize Crack Growth.
• Elastic • Reduce Permeability.
Propertie • Very strong • Improve Surface Durability.
• Damage resistant to oil and •
s of many chemicals.
It also has a low coefficient of
friction.
nylon: • Does not absorb water
• Dries quickly
• One of the primary benefits of
nylon fabric is its relatively low
cost, long lasting of
manufacture.
 ADMIXTURE
An admixture is a substance which can be added to concrete to achieve or modify its properties.
Reasons for using admixtures:
 Reduce construction cost.
 Achieve more workability.
 Ensure quality of concrete during stages of mixing, transporting, placing and curing in
adverse conditions.
To improve the properties of the concrete required, it can be divided in 2 groups that is:
 Chemical
 Mineral
Chemical admixture:
Chemical admixtures are the ingredients in concrete other than portland cement, water, and
aggregate that are added to the mix immediately before or during mixing.
Advantages of chemical admixture used in pervious concrete:
 Low cost of concrete construction;
 Modified properties of hardened concrete.
 Improved workability and durability concrete
CHEMICAL ADMIXTURE (La AdCrete
GF)

La adcrete gf(dark brown color liquid) is

a conventional concrete admixture based
on A blend of sulphonated naphthalene.

• Improves workability
• Increases durability of the concrete
• Its reduce concrete w/c ratio.
• Works as plasticizer.
• Protect concrete corrosion.
LITERATURE
REVIEW
Sl Author Paper title Admixture Key findings
no.

No admixer is • Fine aggregates used in PCC mix is 15%.

Rakesh dr, Performance of used. • Less strength than conventional concrete by
1 Dr. Kavitha & pervious concrete 14.5% for M20
Dr. T felix kala. pavement • No fines concrete has more coefficient of
permeability.
• Split tensile strength values are also
comparatively lower than the conventional
concrete by 30%
Gaurav uttam An experimental Retarder: sugar • For a particular mix examined, compressive
2 shinde & study Super strength ranges between 4mpa and 19mpa with
Dr. S. S. On compressive plasticizer: an average of about 12mpa.
Valunjkar strength,void ratio sunanda • Void ratio ranges between 6% to 20% with an
and infiltration rate polytancrete average of about 14%.
of pervious NTG • Infiltration rate ranges between 300 l/min/m 2 and
concrete 1900 l/min/m2 with an average of about 1200
l/min/m2.
Sl Author Paper Admixture Key findings
no. title

M. Design of eco Silica fume as • Impermeability is dramatically increased because

3 Harshavarthanabal friendly an admixture. silica fume reduces the number and size of
aji,m.R.Amarnaath, pervious capillaries & enables contaminants to infiltrate the
R.A.Kavin & concrete concrete
S. Jaya pradee.
4 Husain N Pervious Ground • Cement replaced with GGBS with 25% and 50%
hamdulay & roshni concrete: step granulated blast variation gave 28 days strength of 15.49 mpa and
J john towards green furnace slag 13.55 mpa respectively which is 10.78% and
concreting (GGBS), fly ash 26.64% less than 100% OPC respectively.
& master • Flyash reduced the strength properties of the
polyheed 8650 concrete; because the grade and quality of fly ash.
(BASF • Greater the aggregate size shows greater
admixtures) permeability, but the strength is lower
Sl Author Paper title Admixtur Key findings
no. e

Porous concrete & its I. Fly ash • With the increase of fly ash 15 & 25 % of
5 Shreyas characteristics with the concrete mix's weight with a suitable
krishnappa mineral admixtures amount of sand 10 % & 20%, there is a
considerable increase in compressive
strength
• Little water creates very weak binder & too
much water can collapse the void space.
A.K. Jain, Effect of shape and I. No • For the three types of aggregates tested
6 Dr.J.S. Chouhan size of aggregate on admixer having angularity number 13, 10 and 7,
& S. Goliya. permeability of aggregate with higher angularity number
pervious concrete produced more permeability
Sl Author Paper Admixtur Key findings
no. title e

07 Jaideep R. Performance I. Silica fume • Compressive strength of pervious concrete

Raghwani, assessment of II. epoxy increased
dinesh shah & pervious by increasing sand content (8%) but desired
jay K. Bhavsa concrete by porosity was not achieved .
using silica • Adding pozzolanic materials like epoxy
fume increases the compressive strength
• Due to small particles of silica fume, interlocking
force increased
• Permeability decreased from 16 to 12 mm/sec,
when sand content increased from 5 % to 10%
08 N H abd Permeability I. No • When the porosity reduces when the
halim, H md and strength admixer compressive strength increases.
nor, of porous • It was found that the size of coarse aggregate
R P jaya, concrete affects the strength and porosity of the
A mohamed, paving blocks specimens.
M H wan at different
ibrahim, sizes coarse
N I ramli and aggregate
F M nazri
 Sl Author Paper title Admixture Findings
no.

09 Pothireddy adarsh Study on I. Metakaolin • In this study, cement is partially replaced

reddy, strength II. Silica fume with metakaolin and silica fume to improve
Lakshmireddygari characteristics of mechanical properties(3.7 times higher than
avinash,s.S.Vivek pervious CPC), these mineral admixtures cause the
concrete using high pozzolanic activity to lead to strength
mineral gain at an early age.
admixtures
10 Jinlin huang , zhibin Impact of I. Fly ash, • Compressive strength increases with the
luo , muhammad aggregate type II. Silica fume. increase of the replacement level of silica
basit ehsan khan and size and fume while decreasing fly ash's replacement
mineral level.
admixtures on • The combined use of silica fume and fly ash
the shows that a consistent increase in strength
properties of maximum permeability was still observed in
pervious the case of 0% fly ash and 6% silica fume.
concrete: an
experimental
investigation
Sl Author Paper title Admixture Findings
no.

11 Rahmi karolina, Preliminary study Masterroc HCA • For variations of I (N) tensile strength is 30.38
M.Agung, of pervious 10 mpa, tensile strength 4.66 mpa, and
Putra handana, concrete with the infiltration rate 4.94 x 10 -3 mm / hour.
and zulfikar addition
chemical admixture
type B

12 Prashant Enhancement of Super • Using polypropylene in pervious concrete

chavana, dipak pervious concrete plasticizer: improves bonding among the coarse
patare, & manoj properties by using conplast SP aggregate and cement paste.
wagh polypropylene fiber 430(accelerator) • Polypropylene reduces the workability of
& polypropylene concrete.
fibers • Increase of % of polypropylene fiber, the co-
efficient of permeability decreased.
Sl Author Paper title Admixtur Findings
no. e

M.Uma maguesvari Studies on I. No • Compressive strength varies 10 N/mm 2 to 26

13 and V.L. Narasimha characterizatio admixture N/mm2 when the angularity number varied 8 to 4.
n of pervious • Increasing the aggregate size increases angularity
concrete for number.
pavement • Coefficient of permeability increases from 0.4
applications cm/sec to 1.26 cm/sec when the angularity number
is 4 to 8.
Trinh nhat ho tran, Microparticle I. Silica fume • Addition of synthetic fibre ( 0–0.3%) causes a
14 Avirut puttiwongrak, filtration ability II. Super decrease in both compressive and flexural strength.
phattharachai of pervious Plasticizer • Existence of fibre in pervious concrete matrix
pongsopha , concrete mixed Type F interfered with the void (pore) system and reduced
darrakorn intarabut , with recycled & Synthetic the permeability and void ratio with the addition of
pitthaya jamsawang synthetic fibers silica fume led to an improvement in strength.
& fibers
Piti sukontasukkul
Sl Author Paper title Admixt Findings
no. ure

15 K. S. Binitha Experimental I. Nano The addition of nanosilica and polypropylene fibres

investigation of silica increase the compressive and flexural strength.
M. pervious concrete
Priyadharshini for rigid pavement

16 G. Ravi teja Partial replacement I. Flyash Fly ash is a fine powder which is a byproduct from
M. L. Sai ranga of cement by flyash burning pulverized coal in electric
rao in porous concrete Generation power plant
 AIM & OBJECTIVE

This investigation's main objective is to

finding a solution for the water logging
problem.

This research aims varying certain amount

fine aggregate, nylon, admixture to
evaluate mechanical properties
(compressive strength, permeability,
clogging test) of pervious concrete.
 SCOPE OF THE
STUDY
For ensuring better quality control and quality assurance,
we need to test the materials of pervious concrete.
 Cube size: 6"×6"×6“
 Slab size: 15”x15”x4”
 Cement, coarse aggregate & water ratio: (1: 4.5: 0.25)
 Percentage of fine aggregate : (7% of total weight of
 Coarse aggregate)
 Percentages of admixture: 0.5,%,0.75 %,1% .
 Percentages of nylon: 0%,0.2%,0.4%,0.6%,0.8% & 1%
 Number of cube: 54 cubes(with fine),54 cubes(without
fine).
 Number of slab:18 slab(with fine),18 slab(without fine).
METHODOLOG
Y
  Composite cement  Cement & coarse agg (1: 4.5: 0.25)
 Coarse aggregate  Water & cement ratio( 0.35)
 Fine aggregate  Casting of cube with fine aggregate (7%)
& without fine aggregate.
 Water
Literature Materials  La adcrete gf (0.5%,0.75 %,1%)
review collection  Water reducing
admixture  Nylon (0%,0.2%,0.4%,0.6%,0.8%,1%)
 Nylon

 FM.AASHTO- Cube
T27 Material test casting &
 Specific slab casting
gravity. ASTM Fine & coarse
C-271 aggregate
Curing(28 Cube & slab Data
 Absorption Nylon analysis
days) Test
capacity. & result
ASTM C-271
 Compression test
 Unit weight. Tensile (ASTM C109) Discussion &
ASTM c29 strength  Permeability test. conclusion
 Clogging test.
POSSIBLE
OUTCOMES
 Relevant properties of pervious
concrete pavement.
 Efficiency of pervious concrete
slab for recharging ground water
table.
 The actual effect of chemical
admixture on the strength
improvement of pervious concrete.
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