Abstract: Concrete is the most important component used in the construction industry throughout the world, where the fine aggregate is generally natural sand. The demand for natural sand in the construction industry has consecutively increased which has resulted in the reduction of sources and an increase in price. In such a situation the quarry dust can be an economical alternative to the river sand. As the demand for more and more infrastructures is increasing day by day, the quantity of cement requirements is also increasing. Concrete with the use of waste marble powder as an alternate for cement Disposal of the marble powder material from the marble industry is one of the environmental problems worldwide today. The present study is aimed at utilizing Waste marble powder and quarry dust as partial replacement of cement and fine aggregate in concrete and comparing it with conventional concrete. The quarry dust in place of sand is replaced with 25% and waste marble powder in place of cement is replaced partially with various percentages (2.5%, 5%, 7.5%, 10%, 12.5%, and 15%). This paper presents the results of study undertaken to investigate the feasibility of using quarry dust and waste marble powder in concrete. It is found that the studies of concrete made of quarry rock dust and waste marble powder increases at 12.5%. Therefore the quarry dust and waste marble powder should be used in construction works, then the cost of construction would be saved significantly and the natural resources would be used efficiently.
Keywords: Marble powder, Quarry dust, Compressive strength, Split tensile strength, Flexural strength.
Title: Experimental Study on Concrete Using Waste Marble Powder and Quarry Dust as Partial Replacement of Cement and Fine Aggregate
Author: Dr. Suji D, Krishnakumar S, Perarasan M, Niranjani E
International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research
ISSN 2348-7607 (Online)
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