Effect of green mussel (Perna Veridis) shell powder as partial fine aggregate replacement on the mechanical properties of concrete
Depletion of natural resources is one of sustainability problem which requirement to address in efficiently. Nowadays, the trend in construction industry is to use the alternative source of construction materials which can substitute the use of new materials. The aim of this attempts is to reduce...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | en |
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2023
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11426/1/P16861_da2afecce87453f0c836f5429b73e790%208.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11426/ http://10.1088/1755-1315/1347/1/012077 |
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| Summary: | Depletion of natural resources is one of sustainability problem which requirement
to address in efficiently. Nowadays, the trend in construction industry is to use the alternative
source of construction materials which can substitute the use of new materials. The aim of
this attempts is to reduce environmental impact in terms of energy consumption, pollution,
waste disposal and global warming. As an alternative solution to reduce waste quantity by
utilizing it in construction materials. Thus, this study was carried out to identify the physical
properties of the mussel shell powder as partial fine aggregate replacement and to define the
optimum percentage of mussel shell powder in concrete based on its physical and mechanical
properties. The percentage of mussel shells powder used in this study were 0%, 10%, 20%
and 30% (C100, C10MSP, C20MSP and C30MSP). The total 48 cubes sample size, 100mm
x 100mm x 100mm were used and tested on its compressive strength and capillary water
absorption test for 7 and 28 curing days. The result shows that specific gravity of fine
aggregate is lower than mussel shells powder which was 2.76 and 2.90. Based on
compressive strength resulted, C20MSP has high strength (35.9 MPa) compare to another
concrete mixes. While for the water capillary absorption resulted that C30MSP has the low
average water capillary absorption (0.12cm/s). Therefore, for the mechanical properties of
this research, it can be concluded that mussel shell replacement should be in average between
20% to 30% of fine aggregates. Furthermore, the high content of calcium carbonate (CaCO3)
in chemical composition of mussel shell powder act as a filler in concrete and promoting
early hydration process |
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