Workability and heat of hydration of self-compacting concrete incorporating agro-industrial waste

© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. This paper presents an experimental study on the workability and the heat of hydration in Self-compacting concrete (SCC) incorporating agro-industrial waste and blended aggregates. The control mixture contained only Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) as the binder while the remainin...

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Main Authors: Nagaratnam, B., Rahman, Muhammad, Mirasa, A., Mannan, M., Lame, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2014
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9171
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author Nagaratnam, B.
Rahman, Muhammad
Mirasa, A.
Mannan, M.
Lame, S.
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Rahman, Muhammad
Mirasa, A.
Mannan, M.
Lame, S.
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description © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. This paper presents an experimental study on the workability and the heat of hydration in Self-compacting concrete (SCC) incorporating agro-industrial waste and blended aggregates. The control mixture contained only Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) as the binder while the remaining mixtures incorporated binary and ternary cementitious blends of OPC, palm oil fuel ash (POFA) and fly ash. The replacement of waste was from 10% to 40% by mass of the total cementitious material of the concrete for workability test and limited to 30% and 40% replacement for the heat of evaluation test. Workability i.e. passing ability, filling ability and segregation resistance was determined and semi-adiabatic temperature rise during the initial stage of hydration was measured by thermocouples. It was observed that fly ash mixes required the least amount of super-plasticiser (SP) to obtain a workable SCC, however, POFA mixes had the reverse effect. The ternary use of POFA and fly ash had better workability properties than the POFA mixes and performed the best in terms of segregation resistance. The ternary mixes also had the lowest amount of heat dissipation with peak temperatures occurring earlier than the fly ash mixes. The experimental studies indicate that ternary blend SCC with POFA and fly ash has significant potential when considering a sustainable construction material hence also providing a cleaner production solution for the palm oil industry.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-91712018-03-29T09:05:55Z Workability and heat of hydration of self-compacting concrete incorporating agro-industrial waste Nagaratnam, B. Rahman, Muhammad Mirasa, A. Mannan, M. Lame, S. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. This paper presents an experimental study on the workability and the heat of hydration in Self-compacting concrete (SCC) incorporating agro-industrial waste and blended aggregates. The control mixture contained only Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) as the binder while the remaining mixtures incorporated binary and ternary cementitious blends of OPC, palm oil fuel ash (POFA) and fly ash. The replacement of waste was from 10% to 40% by mass of the total cementitious material of the concrete for workability test and limited to 30% and 40% replacement for the heat of evaluation test. Workability i.e. passing ability, filling ability and segregation resistance was determined and semi-adiabatic temperature rise during the initial stage of hydration was measured by thermocouples. It was observed that fly ash mixes required the least amount of super-plasticiser (SP) to obtain a workable SCC, however, POFA mixes had the reverse effect. The ternary use of POFA and fly ash had better workability properties than the POFA mixes and performed the best in terms of segregation resistance. The ternary mixes also had the lowest amount of heat dissipation with peak temperatures occurring earlier than the fly ash mixes. The experimental studies indicate that ternary blend SCC with POFA and fly ash has significant potential when considering a sustainable construction material hence also providing a cleaner production solution for the palm oil industry. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9171 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.05.112 restricted
spellingShingle Nagaratnam, B.
Rahman, Muhammad
Mirasa, A.
Mannan, M.
Lame, S.
Workability and heat of hydration of self-compacting concrete incorporating agro-industrial waste
title Workability and heat of hydration of self-compacting concrete incorporating agro-industrial waste
title_full Workability and heat of hydration of self-compacting concrete incorporating agro-industrial waste
title_fullStr Workability and heat of hydration of self-compacting concrete incorporating agro-industrial waste
title_full_unstemmed Workability and heat of hydration of self-compacting concrete incorporating agro-industrial waste
title_short Workability and heat of hydration of self-compacting concrete incorporating agro-industrial waste
title_sort workability and heat of hydration of self-compacting concrete incorporating agro-industrial waste
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9171