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Design of High Compressive Strength Concrete Mix without
Additives
Akasha, N, M. 1
, Mansour Ahmed Mohamed 2
, Nasreen Maruiod Abdelrazig3
1, 2
(Assistant professor, School of civil engineering, College of engineering/ Sudan University of science and
technology, Sudan).
3
(MSc. Candidate, School of civil engineering, College of engineering/ Sudan University of science and
technology, Sudan).
ABSTRACT
In this paper, the crashed Basalt and uncrushed granite is used in concrete mixes as coarse aggregate. The
selected materials, with high specification using special production techniques, the properties ,the mix design
procedure and mix proportion of the high strength concrete (HSC) were discussed. Different proportions of
Ordinary Portland cement (410,430 and 450) kg/m3
with different crashed Basalt and uncrushed Granite coarse
aggregate amount (1120 and 1050) kg/m3
and fine aggregate with fine modulus of 3.65 were used. Eight
concrete mixes were prepared: two as control mix for crashed Basalt and uncrushed Granite, three with crashed
Basalt and three with uncrushed Granite coarse aggregate with mix amount(410:680:1120,430:610:1050 and
450:550:1050) kg/m3,(cement: fine aggregate: coarse aggregate)respectively. The study showed that the use of
granite coarse aggregate in concrete mixes has a clear effect in mix proportion. The compressive strength of
concrete was measured at ages of 7, 28 and 56 days and it was found that the granite (Mix3) of (450:550:1050)
kg/m3
with w/c of 0.46 give the highest of strength in 28 and 56 days among the abovementioned mixes its 56
and 64 N/mm2
respectively. The paper shows that good results of compressive strength and workability of
concrete were obtained when using granite coarse aggregate.
Keywords: Concrete, Basalt coarse aggregate, uncrushed Granite coarse aggregate, Compressive strength.
I. INTRODUCTION
Concrete is one of the most common
materials and widely used in construction work it
plays an important role in infrastructure and private
buildings construction. Understanding the basic
behaviours of concrete is essential for civil
engineering students to become civil engineering
profession Concrete is a manmade building
material that looks like stone. The word “concrete”
is derived from the Latin concretus, meaning “to
grow together.” Concrete is a composite material
composed of coarse granular material (the
aggregate or filler) embedded in a hard matrix of
material (the cement or binder) that fills the space
among the aggregate particles and glues them
together. Alternatively, we can say that concrete is
a composite material that consists essentially of a
binding medium in which are embedded particles
or fragments of aggregates. The simplest definition
of concrete can be written as: Concrete: filler +
binder .Depending on what kind of binder is used,
concrete can be named in different waysals. As a
structural material, the compressive strength at an
age of 28 days is the main design index for
concrete [1, 2, 3, and 4]
. There are several reasons for
choosing compressive strength as the representative
index. First, concrete is used in a structure mainly
to resist the compression force. Second, the
measurement of compressive strength is relatively
easier. Finally, it is thought that other properties of
concrete can be related to its compressive strength
through the microstructure. Pursuing high
compressive strength has been an important
direction of concrete development. A high
compressive strength could be achieved by
reducing the w/c ratio. However, to keep a concrete
workable, there is a minimum requirement on the
amount of water; hence, the w/c ratio reduction is
limited, unless other measures are provided to
improve concrete‟s workability [5,6and 7]
. For this
reason, progress in achieving high compressive
strength High strength concrete is a type of high
performance concrete. The primary difference
between high strength concrete and normal-
strength concrete relates to the compressive
strength that refers to the maximum resistance of a
concrete sample to be applied pressure although
there is no precise point of separation between high
strength concrete and normal strength of concrete.
The American concrete institute ACI [1]
defines
high strength concrete as concrete with a
compressive strength greater than 41MPa
(6000psi). high strength concrete is a superior
product with increased modulus of elasticity, lower
creep and drying, Shrinkage, excellent freeze thaw
resistance, low permeability and increased
chemical resistance high strength concrete is
specified where reduced weight is important or
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where architectural considerations call for small
support element by carrying load more efficiently
than normal strength concrete High strength
concrete HSC also reduces the total amount of
materials placed and lower the overall cost of the
structure, Although a 97 MPa (14000psi) concrete
costs approximately three time as much as a 20
MPa (3000 Psi) concrete, its compressive strength
is nearly five times greater, thus it is
economical[8,9]
. In this research work the locally
available constituents material of concrete were
selected for the purpose to obtained high strength
concrete HSC.
II. CASE STUDY
This paper deals with HSC, special
requirements, additional special materials and the
benefits of its use in the structural members of
buildings. Basic ingredients of HSC are generally
the same as normal strength concrete „‟NSC‟‟ (i.e.
cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, water).
Higher material quality may be needed in HSC. In
this paper concrete mixes were designed, prepared
and tested in the laboratory. At first tests were
carried out on the components of concrete mix
(cement, coarse aggregate, fine aggregate and
water) then several concrete mixes were prepared
using crashed Basalt and uncrushed Granite as
coarse aggregate with different mixes proportion.
This was done in order to achieve high
compressive strength concrete without additives.
The results of laboratory experiments were
analyzed and discussed to investigate the effect of
both crashed basalt and uncrushed granite on
compressive strength of hardened concrete.
III. CONSTITUENTS of CONCRETE
Cement: An ordinary Sudanese Portland Cement
PC 42.5 manufactured by mass was used
conforming to EN 197-1 cement. Conforming to
British Standard No .12 of 1996 with specific
gravity 3.15.Initial and final setting times of the
cement were 110min and 323min respectively.
Fine Aggregate: The fine aggregate used in the
experimental program was natural river sand. The
specific gravity and water absorption of the sand
are 2.59 and 0.91espectively.
Coarse Aggregate: Crushed Basalt stones of size
20mm from Jabal Toryia and uncrushed granite
stones from Satat – Gadarif State were used as
course aggregate. The properties of coarse
aggregate and fine aggregate are presented in table
1.
Table 1 Properties of Aggregate
Properties Coarse
Aggregate
Fine
Aggregate
Basalt Granite
Specific
gravity
2.855 2.54 2.59
Apparent 2.88 2.69 2.65
Absorption 0.6 1.8 0.91
Bulk
density
(kg/m3)
1769 1650 1692
Water: water from Khartoum city water
distribution system was used in the concrete mix at
temperature of 4°
C has been cool using ice after
conducting chemical analysis of water.
IV. MIX DESIGN METHODS
ACI curing method was used to design concrete
mixes. Concrete specimens with different mix
proportions of two types of coarse aggregate
(crashed basalt and uncrushed granite) were
prepared.
The aggregate dry density used was 1769 kg/m3
,
and the maximum aggregate size use in all mixes
was 20mm.using standard cubes moulds
(100*100*100) mm, 9 cubes represented each mix
proportion, were casted and tested at ages 7, 28
&56 days.
Components of mix materials
Concrete Mixes Design: the proportions of mixes and amounts of material for all mixture as illustrated table2:
Table 2 Shows the amount and mix proportions
MIXES NO Mix proportion Cement(Kg/m3
) Fine Aggregate(Kg/m3
) Course Aggregate(Kg/m3
) W/C Ratio
Basalt Mix1 1:1.66:2.73 410 680 1120 0.5
Basalt Mix 2 1:1.42:2.44 430 610 1050 0.43
Basalt Mix3 1:1.22:2.33 450 550 1050 0.46
Granite Mix1 1:1.66:2.73 410 680 1120 0.5
Granite Mix2 1:1.42:2.44 430 610 1050 0.43
GraniteMix3 1:1.22:2.33 450 550 1050 0.46
V. RESULTS of EXPERIMENTS of FRESH and HARDENED CONCRETE
The results of fresh and hardened concrete tests for different mix proportions using crashed Basalt and
uncrushed Granite as coarse aggregate represented in Table 3 to11 and depicted graphically in Figures 1 to 7.
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Table 3 Results of slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Basalt Mix1
Age Area(mm2
) Slump(mm) Failure load(kN) Compressive strength(N/mm2
) Average Compressive strength(N/mm2
)
7days 10000 100 485 48.5 48.0
460 46.0
490 49.0
28days 570 57.0 55.0
530 53.0
550 55.0
56days 630 63.0 58.0
580 58.0
530 53.0
Table 4 Results of Slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Basalt Mix2
Age Area(mm2
) Slump(mm) Failure
load(kN)
Compressive
strength(N/mm2
)
Average Compressive
strength(N/mm2
)
7days 10000 80 390 39.0 43.0
450 45.0
460 46.0
28days 490 49.0 52.0
580 58.0
490 49.0
56days 550 55.0 60.5
630 63.0
640 64.0
Table 5 Results of Slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Basalt Mix3
Age Area(mm2
) Slump(mm) Failure
load(kN)
Compressive
strength(N/mm2
)
Average Compressive
strength(N/mm2
)
7days 10000 70 400 40.0 41.5
460 46.0
380 38.5
28days 520 52.0 52.0
520 52.0
510 51.0
56days 570 57.0 57.0
570 57.0
480 48.0
Table 6 Results of Slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Granite Mix1
Age Area(mm2
) Slump(mm) Failure
load(kN)
Compressive
strength(N/mm2
)
Average Compressive
strength(N/mm2
)
7days 10000 80 325 32.5 40.0
400 40.0
395 39.5
28days 495 49.5 50.5
510 51.0
505 50.5
56days 575 57.5 56.0
545 54.5
555 55.5
Table 7 Results of Slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Granite Mix2
Age Area(mm2
) Slump(mm) Failure
load(kN)
Compressive
strength(N/mm2
)
Average Compressive
strength(N/mm2
)
7days 10000 80 480 48.0 51.0
500 50.0
550 55.0
28days 600 60.0 53.0
530 53.0
460 46.0
56days 600 60.0 60.5
620 62.0
590 59.0
Table 8 Results of Slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Granite Mix3
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Age Area(mm2
) Slump(mm) Failure
load(kN)
Compressive
strength(N/mm2
)
Average Compressive
strength(N/mm2
)
7days 10000 90 570 57.0 54.0
530 53.0
520 52.0
28days 580 58.0 56.0
550 55.0
550 55.0
56days 650 65.0 64.0
515 51.5
625 62.5
Table (9) Average for Results of compressive strength and slump tests (Basalt mixes)
Basalt mixes Slump Average Compressive strength N/mm2
7days 28days 56days
Control mix(Basalt) 0 28.5 33.0 39.0
Basalt mix1 100 48.0 55.0 58.0
Basalt mix2 80 43.0 52.0 60.5
Basalt mix3 70 41.5 52.0 57.0
Table (10) Average for results of compressive strength and slump tests (Granite mixes)
Basalt mixes Slump Average Compressive strength N/mm2
7days 28days 56days
Control mix(Granite) 50 40.5 49.0 54.0
Granite mix1 80 40.0 50.5 56.0
Granite mix2 80 51.0 53.0 60.0
Granite mix3 90 54.0 56.0 64.0
Table (11) Results of mix3 in Granite and Basalt aggregate compared with control mix
Fig (1) Comparison between strength developments of MIX1 for Basalt &Granite Aggregate
Type of aggregate Slump Average Compressive strength N/mm2
7days 28days 56days
Control mix(Basalt) 0 28.5 33.0 39.0
Control mix(Granite) 50 40.5 49.0 54.0
Basalt mix3 70 43.0 52.0 57.0
Granite mix3 90 54.0 56.0 64.0
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VI. DISCUCSSION OF THE RESULTS
The results obtained from the different mix
proportions using high quality crashed basalt and
uncrushed granite coarse aggregate are summarized
and discussed as following:
1. Table (3,4,5,10&11) shows that the slump
values is decreased with in increased of the
cement content for basalt aggregate mixes,
and its increased within increased of the
cement content for granite aggregate mixes but
both of them with in range accordance to ACI
mix design (25-100) mm.
2. Figure (1, 2&3) & Table (3, 4, 5, 6, 7&8)
shows that the compressive strength is
developed in 7, 28&56 days for basalt and
granite course aggregate.
3. From Fig (4&6) & Table (2) the compressive
strength is decreased with in increased of the
cement content in mix1, mix2&mix3 for basalt
aggregate mixes.
4. From Fig (5&7) & Table (2) Granite mixes it
was found that the compressive strength is
increased with in increased of the cement
content in different mixes of Granite aggregate
.also the Figure shows that in Mix3 Granite
aggregate mixes in 56days gives the maximum
compressive strength than other mixes.
VII. CONCLUSIONS &
RECOMMENDATIONS
In this study the crashed basalt and uncrushed
granite coarse aggregate with high quality for basic
material, was used to produce high compressive
strength concrete in different ages. From the results
obtained it can be concluded that:
1. The significant effects of the high quality
uncrushed granite coarse aggregate occurred at
mix proportion of (450:1050:550:207) kg/m3
,
(cement: coarse aggregate: fine aggregate:
water), respectively.
2. The production of 1m3 HSC strength of
concrete mix proportion (mix3) of material of
as follow: cement content 450kg /m3
, fine
aggregate 550kg/m3
,coarse aggregate
1050kg/m3
for Granite aggregate in Water
temperature 4°C mix temperature 28°C and
w/c 0.46 .
3. The compressive strength of concrete with in
increased 0f cement content in granite
aggregate mixes.
4. The slump values of all mixes, when use high
quality crashed basalt and uncrushed granite
coarse aggregate with in range accordance to
ACI mix design (25-100) mm.
From this study it can be recommended that the
uncrushed granite with high material quality,
suitable concrete mix proportion and extra quality
control procedures can be used to produce high
compressive strength concrete.
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[2] A.E Florato, PCA Research an “high strength
concrete, international” vol.11, No.4,1989
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[3] Allen A. J., et al. (2004), “In-situ quasi-elastic
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[4] Allen, A. J., Thomas, J.J., and Jennings, H.M.
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Design of High Compressive Strength Concrete Mix without Additives

  • 1. Akasha, N, M et al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Application www.ijera.com ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 7, Issue 2, ( Part -2) February 2017, pp.23-28 www.ijera.com DOI: 10.9790/9622- 0702022328 23 | P a g e Design of High Compressive Strength Concrete Mix without Additives Akasha, N, M. 1 , Mansour Ahmed Mohamed 2 , Nasreen Maruiod Abdelrazig3 1, 2 (Assistant professor, School of civil engineering, College of engineering/ Sudan University of science and technology, Sudan). 3 (MSc. Candidate, School of civil engineering, College of engineering/ Sudan University of science and technology, Sudan). ABSTRACT In this paper, the crashed Basalt and uncrushed granite is used in concrete mixes as coarse aggregate. The selected materials, with high specification using special production techniques, the properties ,the mix design procedure and mix proportion of the high strength concrete (HSC) were discussed. Different proportions of Ordinary Portland cement (410,430 and 450) kg/m3 with different crashed Basalt and uncrushed Granite coarse aggregate amount (1120 and 1050) kg/m3 and fine aggregate with fine modulus of 3.65 were used. Eight concrete mixes were prepared: two as control mix for crashed Basalt and uncrushed Granite, three with crashed Basalt and three with uncrushed Granite coarse aggregate with mix amount(410:680:1120,430:610:1050 and 450:550:1050) kg/m3,(cement: fine aggregate: coarse aggregate)respectively. The study showed that the use of granite coarse aggregate in concrete mixes has a clear effect in mix proportion. The compressive strength of concrete was measured at ages of 7, 28 and 56 days and it was found that the granite (Mix3) of (450:550:1050) kg/m3 with w/c of 0.46 give the highest of strength in 28 and 56 days among the abovementioned mixes its 56 and 64 N/mm2 respectively. The paper shows that good results of compressive strength and workability of concrete were obtained when using granite coarse aggregate. Keywords: Concrete, Basalt coarse aggregate, uncrushed Granite coarse aggregate, Compressive strength. I. INTRODUCTION Concrete is one of the most common materials and widely used in construction work it plays an important role in infrastructure and private buildings construction. Understanding the basic behaviours of concrete is essential for civil engineering students to become civil engineering profession Concrete is a manmade building material that looks like stone. The word “concrete” is derived from the Latin concretus, meaning “to grow together.” Concrete is a composite material composed of coarse granular material (the aggregate or filler) embedded in a hard matrix of material (the cement or binder) that fills the space among the aggregate particles and glues them together. Alternatively, we can say that concrete is a composite material that consists essentially of a binding medium in which are embedded particles or fragments of aggregates. The simplest definition of concrete can be written as: Concrete: filler + binder .Depending on what kind of binder is used, concrete can be named in different waysals. As a structural material, the compressive strength at an age of 28 days is the main design index for concrete [1, 2, 3, and 4] . There are several reasons for choosing compressive strength as the representative index. First, concrete is used in a structure mainly to resist the compression force. Second, the measurement of compressive strength is relatively easier. Finally, it is thought that other properties of concrete can be related to its compressive strength through the microstructure. Pursuing high compressive strength has been an important direction of concrete development. A high compressive strength could be achieved by reducing the w/c ratio. However, to keep a concrete workable, there is a minimum requirement on the amount of water; hence, the w/c ratio reduction is limited, unless other measures are provided to improve concrete‟s workability [5,6and 7] . For this reason, progress in achieving high compressive strength High strength concrete is a type of high performance concrete. The primary difference between high strength concrete and normal- strength concrete relates to the compressive strength that refers to the maximum resistance of a concrete sample to be applied pressure although there is no precise point of separation between high strength concrete and normal strength of concrete. The American concrete institute ACI [1] defines high strength concrete as concrete with a compressive strength greater than 41MPa (6000psi). high strength concrete is a superior product with increased modulus of elasticity, lower creep and drying, Shrinkage, excellent freeze thaw resistance, low permeability and increased chemical resistance high strength concrete is specified where reduced weight is important or RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS
  • 2. Akasha, N, M et al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Application www.ijera.com ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 7, Issue 2, ( Part -2) February 2017, pp.23-28 www.ijera.com DOI: 10.9790/9622- 0702022328 24 | P a g e where architectural considerations call for small support element by carrying load more efficiently than normal strength concrete High strength concrete HSC also reduces the total amount of materials placed and lower the overall cost of the structure, Although a 97 MPa (14000psi) concrete costs approximately three time as much as a 20 MPa (3000 Psi) concrete, its compressive strength is nearly five times greater, thus it is economical[8,9] . In this research work the locally available constituents material of concrete were selected for the purpose to obtained high strength concrete HSC. II. CASE STUDY This paper deals with HSC, special requirements, additional special materials and the benefits of its use in the structural members of buildings. Basic ingredients of HSC are generally the same as normal strength concrete „‟NSC‟‟ (i.e. cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, water). Higher material quality may be needed in HSC. In this paper concrete mixes were designed, prepared and tested in the laboratory. At first tests were carried out on the components of concrete mix (cement, coarse aggregate, fine aggregate and water) then several concrete mixes were prepared using crashed Basalt and uncrushed Granite as coarse aggregate with different mixes proportion. This was done in order to achieve high compressive strength concrete without additives. The results of laboratory experiments were analyzed and discussed to investigate the effect of both crashed basalt and uncrushed granite on compressive strength of hardened concrete. III. CONSTITUENTS of CONCRETE Cement: An ordinary Sudanese Portland Cement PC 42.5 manufactured by mass was used conforming to EN 197-1 cement. Conforming to British Standard No .12 of 1996 with specific gravity 3.15.Initial and final setting times of the cement were 110min and 323min respectively. Fine Aggregate: The fine aggregate used in the experimental program was natural river sand. The specific gravity and water absorption of the sand are 2.59 and 0.91espectively. Coarse Aggregate: Crushed Basalt stones of size 20mm from Jabal Toryia and uncrushed granite stones from Satat – Gadarif State were used as course aggregate. The properties of coarse aggregate and fine aggregate are presented in table 1. Table 1 Properties of Aggregate Properties Coarse Aggregate Fine Aggregate Basalt Granite Specific gravity 2.855 2.54 2.59 Apparent 2.88 2.69 2.65 Absorption 0.6 1.8 0.91 Bulk density (kg/m3) 1769 1650 1692 Water: water from Khartoum city water distribution system was used in the concrete mix at temperature of 4° C has been cool using ice after conducting chemical analysis of water. IV. MIX DESIGN METHODS ACI curing method was used to design concrete mixes. Concrete specimens with different mix proportions of two types of coarse aggregate (crashed basalt and uncrushed granite) were prepared. The aggregate dry density used was 1769 kg/m3 , and the maximum aggregate size use in all mixes was 20mm.using standard cubes moulds (100*100*100) mm, 9 cubes represented each mix proportion, were casted and tested at ages 7, 28 &56 days. Components of mix materials Concrete Mixes Design: the proportions of mixes and amounts of material for all mixture as illustrated table2: Table 2 Shows the amount and mix proportions MIXES NO Mix proportion Cement(Kg/m3 ) Fine Aggregate(Kg/m3 ) Course Aggregate(Kg/m3 ) W/C Ratio Basalt Mix1 1:1.66:2.73 410 680 1120 0.5 Basalt Mix 2 1:1.42:2.44 430 610 1050 0.43 Basalt Mix3 1:1.22:2.33 450 550 1050 0.46 Granite Mix1 1:1.66:2.73 410 680 1120 0.5 Granite Mix2 1:1.42:2.44 430 610 1050 0.43 GraniteMix3 1:1.22:2.33 450 550 1050 0.46 V. RESULTS of EXPERIMENTS of FRESH and HARDENED CONCRETE The results of fresh and hardened concrete tests for different mix proportions using crashed Basalt and uncrushed Granite as coarse aggregate represented in Table 3 to11 and depicted graphically in Figures 1 to 7.
  • 3. Akasha, N, M et al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Application www.ijera.com ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 7, Issue 2, ( Part -2) February 2017, pp.23-28 www.ijera.com DOI: 10.9790/9622- 0702022328 24 | P a g e Table 3 Results of slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Basalt Mix1 Age Area(mm2 ) Slump(mm) Failure load(kN) Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) Average Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) 7days 10000 100 485 48.5 48.0 460 46.0 490 49.0 28days 570 57.0 55.0 530 53.0 550 55.0 56days 630 63.0 58.0 580 58.0 530 53.0 Table 4 Results of Slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Basalt Mix2 Age Area(mm2 ) Slump(mm) Failure load(kN) Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) Average Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) 7days 10000 80 390 39.0 43.0 450 45.0 460 46.0 28days 490 49.0 52.0 580 58.0 490 49.0 56days 550 55.0 60.5 630 63.0 640 64.0 Table 5 Results of Slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Basalt Mix3 Age Area(mm2 ) Slump(mm) Failure load(kN) Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) Average Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) 7days 10000 70 400 40.0 41.5 460 46.0 380 38.5 28days 520 52.0 52.0 520 52.0 510 51.0 56days 570 57.0 57.0 570 57.0 480 48.0 Table 6 Results of Slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Granite Mix1 Age Area(mm2 ) Slump(mm) Failure load(kN) Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) Average Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) 7days 10000 80 325 32.5 40.0 400 40.0 395 39.5 28days 495 49.5 50.5 510 51.0 505 50.5 56days 575 57.5 56.0 545 54.5 555 55.5 Table 7 Results of Slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Granite Mix2 Age Area(mm2 ) Slump(mm) Failure load(kN) Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) Average Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) 7days 10000 80 480 48.0 51.0 500 50.0 550 55.0 28days 600 60.0 53.0 530 53.0 460 46.0 56days 600 60.0 60.5 620 62.0 590 59.0 Table 8 Results of Slump and Compressive Strength Tests of the Granite Mix3
  • 4. Akasha, N, M et al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Application www.ijera.com ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 7, Issue 2, ( Part -2) February 2017, pp.23-28 www.ijera.com DOI: 10.9790/9622- 0702022328 25 | P a g e Age Area(mm2 ) Slump(mm) Failure load(kN) Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) Average Compressive strength(N/mm2 ) 7days 10000 90 570 57.0 54.0 530 53.0 520 52.0 28days 580 58.0 56.0 550 55.0 550 55.0 56days 650 65.0 64.0 515 51.5 625 62.5 Table (9) Average for Results of compressive strength and slump tests (Basalt mixes) Basalt mixes Slump Average Compressive strength N/mm2 7days 28days 56days Control mix(Basalt) 0 28.5 33.0 39.0 Basalt mix1 100 48.0 55.0 58.0 Basalt mix2 80 43.0 52.0 60.5 Basalt mix3 70 41.5 52.0 57.0 Table (10) Average for results of compressive strength and slump tests (Granite mixes) Basalt mixes Slump Average Compressive strength N/mm2 7days 28days 56days Control mix(Granite) 50 40.5 49.0 54.0 Granite mix1 80 40.0 50.5 56.0 Granite mix2 80 51.0 53.0 60.0 Granite mix3 90 54.0 56.0 64.0 Table (11) Results of mix3 in Granite and Basalt aggregate compared with control mix Fig (1) Comparison between strength developments of MIX1 for Basalt &Granite Aggregate Type of aggregate Slump Average Compressive strength N/mm2 7days 28days 56days Control mix(Basalt) 0 28.5 33.0 39.0 Control mix(Granite) 50 40.5 49.0 54.0 Basalt mix3 70 43.0 52.0 57.0 Granite mix3 90 54.0 56.0 64.0
  • 5. Akasha, N, M et al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Application www.ijera.com ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 7, Issue 2, ( Part -2) February 2017, pp.23-28 www.ijera.com DOI: 10.9790/9622- 0702022328 26 | P a g e
  • 6. Akasha, N, M et al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Application www.ijera.com ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 7, Issue 2, ( Part -2) February 2017, pp.23-28 www.ijera.com DOI: 10.9790/9622- 0702022328 27 | P a g e
  • 7. Akasha, N, M et al. Int. Journal of Engineering Research and Application www.ijera.com ISSN : 2248-9622, Vol. 7, Issue 2, ( Part -2) February 2017, pp.23-28 www.ijera.com DOI: 10.9790/9622- 0702022328 28 | P a g e VI. DISCUCSSION OF THE RESULTS The results obtained from the different mix proportions using high quality crashed basalt and uncrushed granite coarse aggregate are summarized and discussed as following: 1. Table (3,4,5,10&11) shows that the slump values is decreased with in increased of the cement content for basalt aggregate mixes, and its increased within increased of the cement content for granite aggregate mixes but both of them with in range accordance to ACI mix design (25-100) mm. 2. Figure (1, 2&3) & Table (3, 4, 5, 6, 7&8) shows that the compressive strength is developed in 7, 28&56 days for basalt and granite course aggregate. 3. From Fig (4&6) & Table (2) the compressive strength is decreased with in increased of the cement content in mix1, mix2&mix3 for basalt aggregate mixes. 4. From Fig (5&7) & Table (2) Granite mixes it was found that the compressive strength is increased with in increased of the cement content in different mixes of Granite aggregate .also the Figure shows that in Mix3 Granite aggregate mixes in 56days gives the maximum compressive strength than other mixes. VII. CONCLUSIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS In this study the crashed basalt and uncrushed granite coarse aggregate with high quality for basic material, was used to produce high compressive strength concrete in different ages. From the results obtained it can be concluded that: 1. The significant effects of the high quality uncrushed granite coarse aggregate occurred at mix proportion of (450:1050:550:207) kg/m3 , (cement: coarse aggregate: fine aggregate: water), respectively. 2. The production of 1m3 HSC strength of concrete mix proportion (mix3) of material of as follow: cement content 450kg /m3 , fine aggregate 550kg/m3 ,coarse aggregate 1050kg/m3 for Granite aggregate in Water temperature 4°C mix temperature 28°C and w/c 0.46 . 3. The compressive strength of concrete with in increased 0f cement content in granite aggregate mixes. 4. The slump values of all mixes, when use high quality crashed basalt and uncrushed granite coarse aggregate with in range accordance to ACI mix design (25-100) mm. From this study it can be recommended that the uncrushed granite with high material quality, suitable concrete mix proportion and extra quality control procedures can be used to produce high compressive strength concrete. REFRENCES [1] ACI Committee 363 (1984): State-of-the-Art Report on High Strength Concrete, ACI Journal, 81(4), pp.364-411 [2] A.E Florato, PCA Research an “high strength concrete, international” vol.11, No.4,1989 PP.44-50 [3] Allen A. J., et al. (2004), “In-situ quasi-elastic scattering characterization of particle size effects on thehydration of tricacium silicate,”J. Mater. Res., 19, 3242–3254. [4] Allen, A. J., Thomas, J.J., and Jennings, H.M. (2007) “Composition and density of nanoscalecalcium–silicate–hydrate in cement,” Nat. Mater., 6, 311–316 [5] Neville, A.M. (1995) Properties of Concrete 4th Edition, England. Longman ltd. 108-176 [6] A.M Neville “properties of concrete” fourth and final edition, Longman scientific and technical, U.K, 2002 [7] Bang SengChoo, John Newman “Advanced concrete technology.” first published, Elesevier. LTd, 2003 [8] Jonbi1,a, BinsarHariandja 1,b ,Iswandi Imran1,c, Ivindra Pane1,d “Development of Mix Proportion For High-Performance Concrete Using Locally Available Ingredients Based on Compressive Strength and Durability”2012 Applied Mechanics and Materials Vols. 174-177 (2012) pp 1067-1071 [9] M. Yaqub, & Imran Bukhari, 2006 “Effect of Size of Coarse Aggregate on Compressive Strength of High Strength Concrete” CI- PREMIER PTE LTD.