Water Permeability and Sulfate Resistance of Eco-Friendly High-Strength Concrete Composed of Ground Bagasse Ash and Recycled Concrete Aggregate
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 31, Issue 6
Abstract
This study is centered on the use of ground bagasse ash (GBA) and recycled concrete aggregate (R-CA) as raw materials to produce ecofriendly high-strength concrete (HS-C) with high durability. Specifically, GBA with high fineness was used as a replacement for cement up to 50%wt of the binder, and R-CA was used as a coarse aggregate to produce HS-C. The study involved investigating the water permeability and expansion due to the solution present in the HS-C. The results revealed that R-CA had a clear negative influence on the durability of concrete. However, the expansion and the water permeability of recycled aggregate concrete (RAC) reduced when GBA up to 50%wt of cement was introduced as a replacement, and the values were lower than that of the conventional high-strength concrete (CT). Furthermore, the increase in the compressive strength of concrete resulted from the low incidence of capillary pores and pore connectivity in the cement paste, which was due to the filler effect of pozzolanic or hydration products, had significantly affected the reduction in water permeability, whereas the expansion of concrete was not significantly affected.
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Acknowledgments
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the Office of the Higher Education Commission, Thailand, supporting this work under the Strategic Scholarships Fellowships Frontier Research Networks (specific for Thailand’s southern region) for the Ph.D. program Thai Doctoral degree program. Thanks is also extended to Development of Civil Engineering, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi under Grant No. CE-KMUTT 6222.
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Volume 31 • Issue 6 • June 2019
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Received: May 2, 2018
Accepted: Dec 17, 2018
Published online: Apr 9, 2019
Published in print: Jun 1, 2019
Discussion open until: Sep 9, 2019
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