Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & Technology

Department of Civil Engineering

Project Title: Evaluation of Cementing Efficiencies of Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag
And Fly ash Concrete based on Binder-Water Ratio and Replacement Ratio.
Date:
Abstract
The utilization of supplementary cementitious materials is well accepted because of the several improvements
possible in the concrete composites, and due to the overall economy. Research work till date suggests that GGBS
and HVFA improve many of the performance characteristics of the hardened concrete such as strength, workability,
permeability, durability and corrosion resistance. From the present investigations it is found that the compressive
strength of GGBS and HVFA depends both on the age and the percentage of replacement level. It is felt that
efficiency concept can be used to understand the behavior of GGBS and HVFA in concrete. The proposed work
attempts to quantify the strength of ground granulated blast furnace slag (GGBS) and high volume fly ash (HVFA)
at the various replacement levels and evaluate their efficiencies in concrete. In recent years GGBS when replaced
with cement has emerged as a major alternative to conventional concrete and has rapidly drawn the concrete
industry attention due to its cement savings, energy savings, and cost savings, environmental and socio-economic
benefits. The present work proposes to report the results of an experimental study, conducted to evaluate the
strengths and strength efficiency factors of hardened concrete, by partially replacing the cement by various
percentages of ground granulated blast furnace slag and high volume fly ash for M20, M40, M60 and M80 grades of
concrete at different ages. The strength efficiency factor k is proposed to be evaluated for two cases: HVFA
replaced certain portion of cement and GGBS replaced certain portion of cement in concrete. The Bolomeys and
Ferets empirical expressions are frequently used to predict the strength of concrete is theoretically well founded
when applied to hardened concrete. Efficiency factors found from this strength equation are used to describe the
effect of the GGBS and HVFA replacement. Efficiency factors are generally used to describe the impact of GGBS
and HVFA replacements on the compressive strength of Concrete mixes. The optimum HVFA and GGBS substitute
content can be found based on the experimentally evaluated compressive strengths at different percentages of
replacements of HVFA and GGBS for various grades at 28, 90 and 180 days. The overall strength efficiency was
found to be a combination of general efficiency factor, depending on the age and a percentage efficiency factor,
depending upon the percentage of replacement.

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Roll No: 14241D2009

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Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering & Technology

Department of Civil Engineering
Project Title: Studies on synergic effect of various mineral admixtures and their cementing
efficiencies in ternary blend cement concrete system
Date:
Abstract
Pozzolanic materials obtained from various sources; when used as partial replacement for Portland cement in cement
based applications play an important role not only towards sustainable development but in reducing the construction
costs as well. Present study was proposed to conduct investigations on the synergic effect of various mineral
admixtures and evaluate their cementing efficiency factor based on the strength properties for M20, M40, M60 and
M80 grades of ternary blended concretes at different ages. Synergy can be defined as the interaction of two or more
additives so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects. In ternary blended cement
concrete system (BCS), due to synergic effects, enhancement of some properties of concrete is more than
superposition of the individual contribution for the respective proportions. This effect is due to physical and
chemical effect of mineral admixtures. The chemical effect is due to reduction in pore size and change in
microstructure of hardened concrete whereas; the physical effect is due to filler effect of mineral admixtures
resulting in densification of the matrix. For reflecting synergic effect, the efficiency factor of various mineral
admixtures should be higher in ternary blended cement concrete system than the efficiency factor calculated in their
respective binary blended cement concrete system. For calculating the efficiency of various mineral admixtures
individually in ternary blend cement system, an equation has been proposed by author based on the principle of
Bolomeys equation for predicting the strength of concrete containing mineral admixture based on the water content
and w/b ratios for M20, M40, M60 and M80 grades of concrete at different ages.

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Name of the Student:

Roll No: 14241D2011

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