Abstract
Existing paver blocks are brick-like piece made of concrete (cement, sand and aggregates). They are commonly used for exterior flooring. Concrete is the most widely used man-made building material on the planet. Demand of natural sand is one of the setback to the concrete industry. Serious environmental problems formally originated from unrestrained sand and gravel taken from rivers. Owing to high cost of natural sand, there is a need for the construction industry to search for alternate materials. Industrial waste products such steel slag and M-sand were found to be replacement for natural sand. Water is a critical and finite resource that plays a key role in the construction environment. In particular, drinking water quality is depleting due to increasing population and usage at its peak. Magnetic water seems to have some potential impact on quality of water used for construction. In this study, natural sand is completely replaced with M-sand and steel slag and cement content is reduced to about 5–30% optimizing the strength, and an attempt is made to investigate the performance of mechanical properties of paver blocks, when mixed with magnetic water with M30 grade concrete mix. The casted paver blocks are tested for compression and flexural strength. The manufacturing cost of paver block is also less compared to natural sand. It is eco-friendly and cost-efficient in real-time construction industry.
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Malathy, R., Karuppasamy, N., Adithya, V., Gokulapriya, P. (2021). Influence of Magnetic Water on Properties of Concrete Paver Blocks. In: Shukla, S.K., Chandrasekaran, S., Das, B.B., Kolathayar, S. (eds) Smart Technologies for Sustainable Development. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 78. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5001-0_27
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