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Comparative Analysis Of The Compressive And Flexural Strength Of Concrete Using River Sand And Quarry Dust As Fine Aggregate
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Nowadays development of infrastructures is becoming number one priority in the world, particularly in the developing countries. So there are great demands within the construction industries for river sand as fine aggregate used in the production of concrete. This has created a very difficult situation; the cost of river sand has increased and also there is great fear from environmentalist and ecologist that in the future there may be scarcity of river sand and the environment and the ecology will be distorted.
Hence, the need to find materials which are affordable and available to partially or totally replaced river sand in the production of concrete. This work is focused on the use of quarry dust as a total replacement to river sand in the production of concrete, and comparing the results (compressive strength) to that obtained from conventional concrete made with river sand
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]1.1 BackgroundConcrete is a mixture of water, cement or binder and aggregates (fine and coarse aggregate) and is a commonly used material for construction (Barritt, 1984). River sand has been the most popularly used fine aggregate in the production of concrete, but due to the overuse of the material, our environment is the worst hit, also the price of river sand has soar in recent times (Sukesh at el 2013). Unfortunately, the effect of quarry dust content in aggregates on properties of fresh and ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]1.1 BackgroundConcrete is a mixture of water, cement or binder and aggregates (fine and coarse aggregate) and is a commonly used material for construction (Barritt, 1984). River sand has been the most popularly used fine aggregate in the production of concrete, but due to the overuse of the material, our environment is the worst hit, also the price of river sand has soar in recent times (Sukesh at el 2013). Unfortunately, the effect of quarry dust content in aggregates on properties of fresh and ... Continue reading---
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