DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

• MAIN PROJECT ON – PARCIAL

REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT
WITH USING BRICK PROWDER.
 • Guidence by:

Associate Professor
• Team members :
• CONTENTS:

• Abstract.
• Introduction.
• Materials.
• Tests on cement.
• Tests on fine aggregate.
• ABSTRACT :

• Concrete is one of the significant materials of the construction

industry.
• This days because of expansion in a population, the demand of
infrastructure is expanding day by day.
• In the present scenario the overall cement production about
4.1 billion metric tons worldwide.
 • INTRODUCTION:

• The global consumption of natural sand is very high,

due to the extensive use of concrete or mortar.
• In general, the demand of natural sand is quite high in
developing countries to satisfy the rapid infrastructure
growth.
• BRICK POWDER:

• Brick dust is lavish material which on dumping not

only occupy land but also it has environmental
problems which is hazardous to livings. This waste
is generated in brick kilns, brick masonry
construction sites and during transportation.
• MATERIALS:

• Cement:
• While adding cement in concrete mix,it is ensured
that the cement moisture free and no lumps are
found in cement bag.
• Fine aggregate :
• Fine aggregate are the material going through an
IS sieve 4.75 mm and hold 150 micron gauge.
• Coarse aggregate:
• The aggregate which may be infiltrate 75mm IS
strainer and hold on 4.75mm IS sieve.
• LABORATORY TESTS :
• The following are the laboratory tests which are carried
on cement
• Normal consistency of cement
• Initial setting time of cement
• Final setting time of cement
• Fineness of cement
• Specific gravity of cement
• NORMAL CONSISTENCY OF CEMENT :
• Carefully weigh 400 gm of cement and place it on a non-porous surface.
• Form a crator in the centre in which add about 100 to 120 cc. Of water.
• Thoroughly mix the cement with water and fill, the Vicat’s mould with the paste.
• The interval from the moment of adding water to the dry cement to the moment ofcommencing
to fill the mould is known as the time of gauging and shall not be less than 3 minutes and more
than 5 minutes. Lower the plunger gently and test the penetration.
• If the penetration is between 5 to 7 mm from the bottom of the mould the quantity of water
added is the required consistency.
• Otherwise repeat the test with different percentages of water until the required penetration is
obtained. Express the amount of water as a percentage by weight of the cement.
• INITIAL AND FINAL SETTING TIME :
• 1 Preparation of Test Block: Prepare a neat cement paste by gauging the cement
with 0.85 times the water required to give the paste of standard consistency.
• Start a stopwatch at the instant when water is added to the cement. Fill the Vicat’s
mould with a cement paste with in three to five minutes after addition of water.
• Fill the mould completely and smooth off the surface of this paste making it level
with the top of the mould. The cement block thus prepared in the mould is test
block.
• Clean appliances shall be used for gauging. The temperature of water and that of
the test room at the time of gauging shall be with in (272) °c.
• FINENESS OF CEMENT.

• Weigh accurately 100 g of cement and place it on a standard 90

micron IS sieve.
• Break down any air-set lumps in the cement sample with fingers.
• Continuously sieve the sample giving circular and vertical motion
for a period of15 minutes.
• Weigh the residue left on the sieve. As per IS code the percentage
residue should not exceed 10%.
• SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF CEMENT.
•
Clean and dry the specific gravity bottle and weigh it with the stopper (W1).
• Fill the specific gravity bottle with cement sample at least half of the bottle and weight
• Fill the specific gravity bottle containing the cement, with kerosene (free of water) placing the stopper and
weigh it (W3 ) While doing the above do not allow any air bubbles to remain in the specificgravity bottle.
• After weighing the bottle, the bottle shall be cleaned and dried again.
• Then fill it with fresh kerosene and weigh it with stopper (W4).
• Remove the kerosene from the bottle and fill it with full of water and weigh it with stopper (W5).
• All the above weighing should be done at the room temperature of 27c+1°c
• TESTS CONDUCTED ON FINE AGGREGATE :

1.SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FINE AGGREGATE

• Specific gravity is the ratio of the weight of a given volume of aggregate to

the weight of an equal volume of water. Water, at a temperature of 73.4°F
(23°C) has a specific gravity of 1.Specific Gravity is important for several
reasons. Some deleterious particles are lighter than the “good” aggregates.
Tracking specific gravity can sometimes indicate a change of material or
possible contamination. Differences in specific gravity may be used to
separate the deleterious particles from the good using a heavy media liquid.
• FINENESS OF FINE AGGREGATE :

• The fineness modulus of fine aggregate is 2.78 and of

coarse aggregate is 7.82 and the desired fineness
modulus of mixed aggregate is 6.14 mixed with one
part of coarse aggregate