Abstract. This study explores the effect of different percentage of crumb rubber on compressive strength of fly ash based geopolymer concrete. This research attempted to produce rubberized geopolymer concrete as an environmentally friendly, lightweight and durable product. Crumb rubber with ranged size from 73 µm to 375 µm was used in order to replace fine aggregates in geopolymer concrete. The replacements of crumb rubber were 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% in the fly ash based geopolymer concrete. The ratio of fly ash to alkaline activator was 2.5 and the ratio of Na2SiO3 to NaOH was fixed at 2.0. After the curing process, the strengths of the samples were tested on days 7 and 28. The results show that there is a reduction in all compressive strength for crumb rubber mixture, but still higher than normal rubberized concrete. Rubberized geopolymer concrete is a suitable solution in some non structural applications.
This study aims at viability study the effects of addition of crumb rubber loading in fly ash-based geopolymer concrete for its properties. Crumb rubber is the recycled rubber from automotive scrap tires which can reduce scrap into uniform granules shapes that can absorb stress that reduces the reflective cracking because of its elastic properties. Geopolymer concrete includes an alternate material i.e Fly ash in replacement of cement, as a binding material. Mortar cubes of size 50mm x 50mm x 50mm were casted and curing at room temperature. X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) were used to analyze the chemical composition of fly ash and the microstructure of the concrete. Moreover, compressive strength, water absorption capacity, and density of concrete are interrelated. Compression test, water absorption capacity test and density test were performed in hardened state, for different proportions of replacing the aggregate with crumb rubber i.e. 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%. Compressive strength test was performed at 7, 14 and 28 days. Results were obtained and compared. Decrease in strength was observed at 7, 14 and 28 days.
Utilization of waste materials such as waste tire rubber in the building industry can help prevent environmental pollution whilst contributing to the design of more economical buildings. Preliminary studies show that workable rubberized portland cement concrete mixtures can be made provided that appropriate percentages of tire rubber are used in such mixtures. This article provides the overview of some of published paper using tire waste rubber in portland cement concrete. The researchers mostly investigated the properties of fresh and hardened concrete. The workability, density, air content, unit weight, compressive strength, modulus of elasticity, freezing and thawing resistance, abrasion resistance and thermal properties of the waste tire rubber in concrete were discussed.
This paper aims to investigate the potential use of recycled tire rubber in concrete. In Malaysia, rubber consumption of tires in January – June 2014, rose up to 8.4% from 0.388 million tonnes. These numbers keep on increasing year-over-year with the numbers of vehicles, as do the future problems relating to waste tires. Over the past few years, a number of researchers have studied on incorporated the waste tires into cement based materials. In an attempt to reduce the magnitude of this issue, recycled tire rubber has gained interest in concrete improvement. The used of recycled tire rubber in the reinforcement in concrete is considered as value added materials for sustainable development by reusing waste materials. It is believed that using waste tire rubber in concrete could be an alternative way to replace fine and coarse aggregate (sand and gravel) in improving the properties of concrete. Rubberized concretes can be used in architectural applications such as side walk pavement, nailing concrete, in road constructions where high strength is not necessary, outdoor playground mat, in wall panels that require low unit weight, in sound barriers as sound absorbers, and in railroads to fix the rails to the ground.
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