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Utilization of supplementary cementitious materials in pervious concrete: a review

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Pervious concrete is an environmentally sustainable solution for urban catchment paving. Due to no fines in pervious concrete, the usage of cement is comparatively higher, which demands the usage of supplementary cementitious materials partially substituting cement to reduce environmental footprint. This study critically analyses research on pervious concrete with supplementary cementitious materials substitutions including silica fume, fly ash, metakaolin, lime-stone-powder, glass-powder, rice-husk-ash, granulated-blast-furnace-slag, sorghum-husk-ash, and palm-oil-fuel-ash. The impact on the strength of pervious concrete was more pronounced owing to the impact of supplementary cementitious materials in hydration processes, depending on the chemical constituents of supplementary cementitious materials. Pervious concrete with silica fume and fly ash has the best normalized compressive strength varied from 1.01 to 2.94 times in the replacement range of 5–15% for silica fume and varied from 1.05 to 2.20 times in the replacement range of 20–30% for fly ash, respectively. The optimum splitting tensile and flexural strength was observed for 10% replacement for several supplementary cementitious materials. The maximum improvements in flexural and splitting strength of pervious concrete with silica fume are 90 and 63%, respectively. The durability of pervious concrete was significantly affected by the presence of supplementary cementitious materials in pervious concrete. Pervious concrete with metakaolin had the best acid resistance with a replacement level of 15%, Because of larger particle size, FA affected negatively on abrasion resistance. Studies with multiple (binary) mixes of supplementary cementitious materials have also been shown to have significantly improved pervious concrete performance. The inclusion of supplementary cementitious materials in pervious concrete increases the environmental sustainability of pervious concrete.

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Abbreviations

CS:

Copper slag

CSA:

Coconut shell ash

FA:

Fly ash

GBFS:

Granulated blast furnace slag

GP:

Glass powder

LP:

Limestone powder

MK:

Metakaolin

POFA:

Palm oil fuel ash

RHA:

Rice husk ash

SCM:

Supplementary cementitious material

SF:

Silica fume

SHA:

Sorghum husk ash

CO2 :

Carbon dioxide

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Sathiparan, N., Dassanayake, D.H.H.P. & Subramaniam, D.N. Utilization of supplementary cementitious materials in pervious concrete: a review. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 21, 5883–5918 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-023-05440-4

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