Sustainable solutions for workable and strong concrete: cordia gel and waste engine oil admixtures

To produce high strength or rich cement concrete having low water to cement ratio with adequate workability is the biggest challenge for the construction industry. To achieve the necessary workability, the world is now using costly chemical admixtures. Research should be carried out to explore mater...

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Main Authors: Danish Kumar, Fareed Ahmed Memon, Fahad ul Rehman Abro, Satram Das
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024
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author Danish Kumar,
Fareed Ahmed Memon,
Fahad ul Rehman Abro,
Satram Das,
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Fareed Ahmed Memon,
Fahad ul Rehman Abro,
Satram Das,
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description To produce high strength or rich cement concrete having low water to cement ratio with adequate workability is the biggest challenge for the construction industry. To achieve the necessary workability, the world is now using costly chemical admixtures. Research should be carried out to explore materials having potential to be utilized as cost-effective chemical admixtures in concrete. The primary goal of this research is to investigate the combined effect of Cordia Gel (CG) and Waste Engine Oil (WEO) as chemical admixtures on fresh and hardened properties of concrete. Fresh properties of concrete were examined in terms of workability and hardened properties were investigated by compressive strength test and Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV) test on cubical specimen of dimensions 100mm x 100mm x 100mm after 7, 28 and 90 days of curing in water. Four different percentages of WEO (0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2%) were used and percentage of CG kept constant as 0.5% with respect to weight of cement and results were compared with the control mix. Results revealed that workability of fresh concrete increased with increasing amount of CG and WEO. However, a decreasing trend was observed for compressive strength and UPV of hardened concrete when higher values of admixtures were added. The usage of CG and WEO as chemical admixtures in concrete can be a sustainable and cost-effective way to achieve the desired results.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:255242025-07-12T14:01:37Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25524/ Sustainable solutions for workable and strong concrete: cordia gel and waste engine oil admixtures Danish Kumar, Fareed Ahmed Memon, Fahad ul Rehman Abro, Satram Das, To produce high strength or rich cement concrete having low water to cement ratio with adequate workability is the biggest challenge for the construction industry. To achieve the necessary workability, the world is now using costly chemical admixtures. Research should be carried out to explore materials having potential to be utilized as cost-effective chemical admixtures in concrete. The primary goal of this research is to investigate the combined effect of Cordia Gel (CG) and Waste Engine Oil (WEO) as chemical admixtures on fresh and hardened properties of concrete. Fresh properties of concrete were examined in terms of workability and hardened properties were investigated by compressive strength test and Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity (UPV) test on cubical specimen of dimensions 100mm x 100mm x 100mm after 7, 28 and 90 days of curing in water. Four different percentages of WEO (0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2%) were used and percentage of CG kept constant as 0.5% with respect to weight of cement and results were compared with the control mix. Results revealed that workability of fresh concrete increased with increasing amount of CG and WEO. However, a decreasing trend was observed for compressive strength and UPV of hardened concrete when higher values of admixtures were added. The usage of CG and WEO as chemical admixtures in concrete can be a sustainable and cost-effective way to achieve the desired results. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2024-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25524/1/kejut_2.pdf Danish Kumar, and Fareed Ahmed Memon, and Fahad ul Rehman Abro, and Satram Das, (2024) Sustainable solutions for workable and strong concrete: cordia gel and waste engine oil admixtures. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, 36 (4). pp. 1351-1364. ISSN 0128-0198 https://www.ukm.my/jkukm/volume-3604-2024/
spellingShingle Danish Kumar,
Fareed Ahmed Memon,
Fahad ul Rehman Abro,
Satram Das,
Sustainable solutions for workable and strong concrete: cordia gel and waste engine oil admixtures
title Sustainable solutions for workable and strong concrete: cordia gel and waste engine oil admixtures
title_full Sustainable solutions for workable and strong concrete: cordia gel and waste engine oil admixtures
title_fullStr Sustainable solutions for workable and strong concrete: cordia gel and waste engine oil admixtures
title_full_unstemmed Sustainable solutions for workable and strong concrete: cordia gel and waste engine oil admixtures
title_short Sustainable solutions for workable and strong concrete: cordia gel and waste engine oil admixtures
title_sort sustainable solutions for workable and strong concrete: cordia gel and waste engine oil admixtures
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25524/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25524/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25524/1/kejut_2.pdf