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Influence of waste foundry sand, metakaolin and waste glass fiber on stress strain and microstructure of construction waste aggregate concrete

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Concrete is a widely used construction material and requires large masses of cement and natural resources for its production. The manufacturing of cement and quarrying of aggregates are energy-intensive processes causing detrimental impacts on the environment. Thus, this laboratory study is an attempt to explore the individual and collective impact of using construction waste coarse aggregate (100%), waste foundry sand (10, 20 and 30%), and metakaolin (5, 10 and 15%) as a substituent to coarse aggregate, sand, and cement, respectively, with/without the addition of waste glass fiber (0.5% weight of cement) on compressive stress–strain characteristics and microstructure of concrete. Results indicate that compressive stress–strain characteristics and microstructure of concrete diminished slightly on using construction waste coarse aggregate as a substituent to normal coarse aggregate. However, the use of waste foundry sand (10%) as a partial substituent to sand improved compressive stress–strain characteristics and microstructure for both normal concrete and construction waste aggregate concrete appreciably. The compressive stress–strain characteristics and microstructure of both types of concrete improved with metakaolin partially substituting cement with optimum enhancement at 10% replacement. The addition of waste glass fiber in addition to waste foundry sand as a partial substituent to sand or metakaolin as a partial substituent to cement, significantly, improved the stress–strain characteristics up to 41% and microstructure for both types of concrete. Therefore, the use of waste materials such as construction waste coarse aggregate as a substituent to natural coarse aggregate may weaken the compressive stress strain and microstructural properties of concrete; however, using waste foundry sand and metakaolin as partial substituents to sand and cement respectively, together with waste glass fiber, can produce concrete with improved characteristics thus helping in the recycling of such materials.

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Sharma, R. Influence of waste foundry sand, metakaolin and waste glass fiber on stress strain and microstructure of construction waste aggregate concrete. Innov. Infrastruct. Solut. 7, 306 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41062-022-00902-z

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