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  • Alternative fine aggregates in production of sustainable concrete

    2020.9.20  Crushed rock sand, industrial by-products and recycled fine aggregates are used as replacement of river sand. LCA shows reduction in terms of climate change and resource depletion over river sand. Standardization is needed for gainful utilization.

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  • Evaluating Recycled Concrete Aggregate and Sand for

    This research investigates the potential of utilizing recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) and recycled sand (RS), derived from crushed concrete cubes, as sustainable alternatives in construction materials.

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  • A systematic comparison of performance of recycled concrete fine ...

    2023.11.1  Natural river sand is preferred as fine aggregate. A large percentage of concrete comprises fine aggregates and hence river sand is over-mined due to the higher demand in the construction sector. Mining of natural river sand affects river banks and is banned in many countries.

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  • Sustainability Free Full-Text Application of Aggregates

    2 天之前  Concrete has become a widely used building material, with the global concrete consumption estimated to be around 14 billion cubic meters in 2020, according to statistics from the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) [].Aggregates in concrete are an essential component, constituting approximately 75% of the total volume, and the ratio of

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  • Suitability Assessment of Alternative Sands for Concrete

    2024.2.22  In this investigation, four types of sands as alternatives to river sand, namely, crushed sand (CS), marine sand, fine recycled concrete aggregate (FRCA), and fine reclaimed asphalt pavement (FRAP), were studied for their potential for cement-concrete pavement applications.

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  • Lightweight aggregate concrete produced with crushed stone sand as fine ...

    2020.7.13  Use of crushed stone sand as 100% replacement of desert sand as fine aggregate in concrete is viewed as a viable practice resulting in production of concrete with satisfactory characteristics in fresh and hardened states.

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  • Chapter 10 Sand: The Fine Aggregate - Springer

    2023.2.9  Sand: The Fine Aggregate Abstract Aggregate materials like sand, gravel, and crushed stone occupy a substantial volume of concrete used in constructions. The demand for high quality aggregates that meet the specifications of civil engineers for construction activities is increasing year after year. A better understanding of the

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  • What are Fine Aggregate Materials and how are

    Aggregate materials are a basic building block of construction and civil engineering projects. These materials, which include sand, gravel, and crushed stone, are often used in the production of concrete and asphalt,

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  • Sand vs Aggregate: Differences And Uses For Each

    5 天之前  Sand is a fine-grained material that is commonly used as a base for concrete and mortar, while aggregate is a larger and coarser material that is used for the structural support of concrete and asphalt.

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  • Optimization of Gradation and Fineness Modulus of Naturally Fine Sands ...

    2016.1.1  The prime use of sand is in the manufacture of concrete as a fine aggregate. Concrete is a mixture of Portland cement, water, course aggregate and fine aggregate. Natural sand is commonly used as fine aggregate, which usually comprises up to 30 percent of the total volume of concrete.

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  • Use of fine recycled concrete aggregates in concrete: A

    2021.6.1  Generally, concrete with crushed aggregates requires slightly higher cement content in order to reach the same workability as a concrete with round aggregates [94]. Low workability (reduced slump and slump-flow values) is mostly reported for concrete with fRCA due to higher water demand of fRCA than the same concrete made with river sand.

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  • Properties of Concrete Incorporating Natural and Crushed

    The tests were conducted on two series of concrete mixtures. Series A consisted of mixes having a constant slump of 100 ñ 15 mm (4 ñ 0.5 in.), and Series B contained mixes with a water-cement ratio of 0.70. The mixes of each series incorporated different percentages of very fine sand (VFS) as a replacement for fine aggregate.

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  • Lightweight aggregate concrete produced with crushed stone sand as fine ...

    2020.7.13  Lightweight aggregate concrete mixtures incorporating 0, 10, 20, and 30 weight percent replacement of normal-weight aggregate with lightweight aggregate and crushed stone as fine aggregate were tested at 7, 28, 56, and 90 days for various strength and durability characteristics of hardened concrete. Test results indicated that

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  • New type of crushed sand to replace natural sand in concrete

    2015.2.4  The recent findings have also indicated that varying the properties (flakiness) of coarser crushed sand fractions (0.125/2 mm and 2/4 mm) has much less relative impact on fresh concrete properties, and that the other fine particle (≤ 0.125 mm) characteristics, such as shape, surface texture and mineralogy, could have a similar

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  • Fine Aggregate in Concrete Mix Design: Types and

    2023.4.4  The size of fine aggregate is defined as equal to or less than 4.75 mm. This means that the aggregates that can pass through a number 4 sieve with a mesh size of 4.75 mm are referred to as fine aggregates. These include clay, silt, and sand. Crushed gravel and crushed stone can also fall under this category.

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  • High-strength concrete with different fine aggregate

    2002.11.1  Two concrete mixtures were prepared to study the influence of crushed sand compared with natural sand. These mixtures were designed with a w/c of 0.30, a very large cement content (530 kg/m 3) and similar slump.The effects of shape and texture of fine aggregate were evaluated by comparing the fresh and hardened properties of granite

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  • Physical, mechanical properties and microstructure of

    2023.3.1  1. Introduction. Concrete is a mixture of cementitious material, aggregate, and water. Aggregates are essential granular materials used in civil engineering (Přikryl, 2021).They represent70 % to 85 % of the weight of concrete (Langer, 2016).Aggregate consists of manufactured crushed stone and sand created by crushing bedrock, and

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  • aggregate Topic - American Concrete Institute

    2024.5.1  Aggregates are the major constituent (ingredient) in concrete, making up 60% to 70% of the volume of concrete. Aggregates influence the workability of plastic concrete and also the durability, strength, thermal properties, and density of hardened concrete. Particle size divides aggregates into two categories: fine and coarse. Most fine

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  • Types of Aggregates (Coarse and Fine aggregates)

    2023.9.16  Density of Fine Aggregate. Approximately 35% of the volume of the concrete consists of sand. In order to get the concrete of high quality, it should be carefully mixed with cement, fine and coarse aggregates, water, and necessary admixtures. This ensures that the concrete achieves the best possible quality and cost-effectiveness.

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  • Suitability of Crushed Cow Bone as Partial Replacement

    2017.1.31  This was well treated for domestic consumption and maintained for the purpose of this research experiment. A mix ratio of 1:2:4 (cement: fine aggregate: coarse aggregate) by weight and water/cement ratio of 0.50 were used. The fine aggregates in the mix were replaced with crushed cow bow up to 100% at intervals of 10%.

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  • Alternative fine aggregates in production of sustainable concrete

    2020.9.20  It is found that crushed brick mortar (CB) fine aggregate have more dust and fine particles lesser than 75 μm than crushed concrete aggregates (Martinez et al., 2013; Aggarwal and Siddique, 2014). The fineness modulus of the CB is around 3.60–3.91 whereas for crushed concrete is around 3.10–3.65 ( Martinez et al., 2013 ; Katz and

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  • Types of Aggregates - Civil Engineer Mag

    Normal weight aggregate yields concrete with unit weights ranging from 23 to 26 KN/m3 and a specific gravity ranging from 2.5 to 2.7. These aggregates have crushing strengths ranging from 15 to 40 MPa at 28 days. Sand, gravel, and crushed rocks such as granite, basalt, quartz, sandstone, and limestone are typical aggregate examples.

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  • Experimental investigation on utilization of crushed solar

    2024.2.1  Concrete is a composite material produced by mixing fine aggregates (sand), coarse aggregates, cement, admixtures, and water in predefined proportions. The products of hydration reaction between cement and water bind the coarse aggregates, fine aggregates in a dense matrix offering strength as well as stiffness to the hardened concrete.

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  • Rheological and mechanical properties of concrete containing crushed ...

    2016.5.15  The influence of crushed granite fine aggregate (CGA) on the rheological and mechanical properties of concrete is reported in this work. Concretes were produced with 10, 30, and 50% (in volume of fine aggregates) of CGA, with respect to a reference mixture, which contained a regular siliceous river sand.

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  • Manufactured Sand and Crushed Stone in Portland Cement Concrete

    The complete study included 171 experimental mix tures made from a single source of cement, a single source of crushed stone coarse aggregate, and six sources of fine aggregate. One fine aggregate was a commercially processed natural sand, the other five were manufactured sands with various gradation and particle shapes from five sources of ...

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  • Materials Free Full-Text Effect of Different Fine Aggregate ...

    2023.3.3  Sand concrete is a new type and special composite material [1,2,3], which has attracted widespread attention due to its excellent mechanical properties and low self-weight relatively.These excellent properties are achieved by means of using fine aggregates and reactive fillers to enhance the close packing between particles [4,5].More hydration

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  • Utilization of recycled crumb rubber as fine aggregates in concrete

    2013.5.1  Highlights Good compressive strength results were recorded at rubber contents lower than 25% in replacement of crushed sand. Lower density → lower weight.Up to 8% reduction in density was recorded at 25% rubber in substitution of crushed sand. Enhanced ductility of concrete advantageous for usage in highway barriers or other

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  • The use of treated desert sand in sustainable concrete: A

    2023.11.15  Treated desert sand as a fine aggregate in sustainable concrete has been explored. • Desert sand offers several benefits like environmental protection, cost and energy saving. • The highest compressive strength was achieved with a 50% treated desert sand. • The flexural and tensile strengths decrease as desert sand increases beyond 25%.

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  • Aggregates - Cement

    Aggregates. Aggregates are inert granular materials such as sand, gravel, or crushed stone that, along with water and portland cement, are an essential ingredient in concrete. For a good concrete mix, aggregates need to be clean, hard, strong particles free of absorbed chemicals or coatings of clay and other fine materials that could cause the ...

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  • Feasibility study on impact of replacement of river sand with crushed ...

    2023.8.26  The majority of studies on using crushed sand as an alternative for some sand of river in concrete focuses on concrete grades up to M40. However, there is a dearth of material on HPC using higher grade concrete. This study delves into the utilization of crushed aggregate to supplant river sand, building upon the groundwork laid by prior ...

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  • Properties of concrete prepared with crushed fine stone,

    2009.8.1  1.. IntroductionNatural materials such as river sand and crushed fine stone are generally used in concrete as fine aggregates. However, with the booming in urban infrastructure development and the increasing demand on protecting the natural environment, especially in build-up areas such as Hong Kong and some southern

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  • Difference Between Fine and Coarse Aggregate - Civil

    5 天之前  The surface area of coarse aggregates is less than fine aggregates. 6: Function in Concrete: The voids between the coarse aggregate are filled up by fine aggregate. Coarse aggregate acts as inert filler material for concrete. 7: Uses: Fine aggregates are used in mortar, plaster, concrete, filling of road pavement layers, etc.

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  • The properties of concrete made with fine dune sand

    2007.8.1  Abstract. This paper presents the results of a study that investigated the properties of concrete made with dune sand. Different control concrete mixtures using ordinary Portland cement (OPC) with a minimum design compressive strength of 40 N/mm 2 were prepared. The amount of fine aggregates constituted about 36% by weight of all the

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  • Effect of Physical Properties of Manufactured Sand as fine aggregate

    2020.1.17  Crusher dust is a fine material formed during the process of comminution of rock into crushed stone or crushed sand. This dust is composed by particles which pass 75 μm BS sieve.

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  • Suitability of burnt and crushed cow bones as partial

    2017.7.1  The suitability of burnt and crushed cow bones (BCCB) as partial replacement for fine aggregate in concrete was studied. The percentages of replacements of fine aggregates of 0, 10, 20, 30, 40 and ...

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  • Rheological and mechanical properties of mortars

    2008.10.1  A total of 64 mortar batches (Portland cement type I–II, water, and fine aggregate) were prepared by mixing each of the four sand specimens at four water–cement ratios: w/c = 0.42, 0.46, 0.50, and 0.54, and at four fine aggregate to cement ratios: FA/c = 2.00, 2.75, 3.25, and 4.00.

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