Abstract: The utilization of industrial waste produced by industrial processes has been focus of waste reduction research for economical, environmental and technical reasons. GGBS (Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag) and GBF Slag Sand is one such waste product of the iron manufacturing industry, whose use and production has increased many folds during last decades is used in this experimental work as alternative binder and filler materials for Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and River Sand respectively in concrete. M40 grades of concrete was considered for a water content (w/c) 0.4 and slag sand replaced 40% with river sand and GGBS replacements of 0%, 30%, 40%, 50% with cement to investigate the properties of compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength of concrete mix. The strength of cube specimens varied from 39.25N/mm2 to 44.45 N/mm2. The marginal strength of concrete mix (41.14N/mm2) having 40% slag sand and 40% GGBS replacement was considered to cast the reinforced concrete beams. The beams casted were tested for flexure, under two point loading condition. Different structural parameters were investigated.
Keywords: GBFS sand, GGBS, Compressive strength, Flexural strength, Split tensile strength and Flexural strength of RCC beams.
Title: Flexural Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beams Replacing GGBS as Cement and Slag Sand as Fine Aggregate
Author: Sagar Patel, Dr. H. B. Balakrishna
International Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering Research
ISSN 2348-7607 (Online)
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