Suitability Assessment of Alternative Sands for Concrete Pavement Applications
Publication: Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering
Volume 36, Issue 5
Abstract
In this investigation, four types of sands as alternatives to river sand, namely, crushed sand (CS), marine sand, fine recycled concrete aggregate (FRCA), and fine reclaimed asphalt pavement (FRAP), were studied for their potential for cement-concrete pavement applications. Initially, the physicochemical and morphological characteristics of these sands were understood and later linked to the hydration kinetics and the behavior of cement-mortar systems in both the fresh and hardened states. Due to their evenly graded particle size distribution, CS and FRCA exhibited higher packing densities despite having more gradient angularity, whereas the interlocking capacity of FRAP was found to be affected by the agglomerated particles. Morphology, fineness modulus, and chemical composition of the sands were observed to be the dominating parameters affecting the hydration kinetics and thus the performance of the mortar mixes. Improving these parameters, especially the grain size distribution, could help in enhancing the potential of these sands for pavement applications.
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Acknowledgments
All the authors want to appreciate the funding received from the Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, for Project SP21221645CESERB008952 (File no. SRG/2021/000582) and support received from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai for Project SP22231225CPETWOTLLHOC [Centre of Excellence on Technologies for Low Carbon and Lean Construction (TLC2)]. The first author would also like to acknowledge the Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) received from the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
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