VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

"JNANA SANGAMA" BELAGAVI 590-018

A
PROJECT REPORT
ON

“DEVELOPMENT OF SLAG MANSONRY MORTOR BY REPLACING

NATURAL AGGREGATES”

A dissertation Submitted to Visvesvaraya Technological Universityin Partial Fulfillment of

the Requisites for the award of Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering.

Submitted by
GNANADEEPIKA K M 3BR20CV014
KALLAM SWETHA 3BR20CV022
PALLAVI DASARA 3BR20CV031
ANUSHA K T 3BR21CV400

Under the Guidance of

Mr. BASAVARAJ M.Tech (stru)
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

BALLARI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
BALLARI, 583-101, KARNATAKA
2022-2023
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Belagavi, Karnataka
2022-2023
BALLARI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
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(Recognized by Govt. of Karnataka, approved by AICTE, New Delhi & Affiliated to
Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgavi)
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Ballar1-583 104 (Karnataka) (India)
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DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the PROJECT entitled “REPLACMENT OF SLAG MANSONRY
MORTOR BY REPLACING NATURAL AGGREGATES” has been successfully
presented by GNANADEEPIKA K M – 3BR20CV014, KALLAM SWETHA –
3BR20CV022, PALLAVI DASARA – 3BR20CV031, ANUSHA K T – 3BR21CV400
students of VIII semester B.E. for the partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor
Degree in Civil Engineering of the VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
during the academic year 2023-2024.

Signature of Guide Signature of Co-ordinator

Prof. BASAVARAJ Prof. RAVICHANDRA HONNALLI

Signature of HOD Signature of Principal

Dr. MANIKANTA D Dr. YADAVALLI BASAVARAJ

Name of the Examiners: Signature with Date

1. …………………….

2. …………………….
 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
B.I.T.M. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
(NBA ACCREDITED)
BALLARI 583-101, KARNATAKA
2023-24

DECLARATION

We declare that this written submission represents our ideas in our own words and where
other’s ideas or words have been included, we have adequately cited and referenced the
original sources. We also declare that we have adhered to all principles of academic honesty
and integrity and have not misrepresented or fabricated or falsified any idea/data/fact/source
in our submission. We understand that any violation of the above will be cause for
disciplinary action by the Institute and can also evoke penal action from the sources which
have thus not been properly cited or from whom proper permission has not been taken when
needed.

GNANADEEPIKA K M
Date: KALLAM SWETHA
Place: B.I.T.M, BALLARI PALLAVI DASARA
ANUSHA K T
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The satisfaction that we feel at the successful completion of Project, it would be incomplete if
we did not mention the names of people, whose noble gesture, affection, guidance,
encouragement and support crowned our efforts with success.

We express our deep sense of gratitude to the Management of Ballari Institute of

Technology and Management, Ballari, for providing us the congenial environment in the
college.

We deeply indebted to Prof.BASAVARAJ B, Department of Civil Engineering, our Guide,

Project co-ordinator Prof.Ravichandra Honnalli, for consistently providing us with the
required guidance to help us in the timely and successful completion of this Project. In spite
of their extremely busy schedules in Department, they were always available to share with us
deep insights, wide knowledge and extensive experience.

We are thankful to Dr. MANIKANTA D Head of the Department, Civil Engineering, for
providing the facilities in the Department to do this Project work. We express my deep sense
of gratitude to Dr. Yadavalli Basavaraj, Principal, Ballari Institute of Technology and
Management, Ballari for providing us the congenial environment in the college.

We extended sincere thanks to all the teaching and nonteaching staff members of Civil
Engineering Department of BITM, Ballari, for constant support and help during the Project
work.

Our heartfelt thanks to our parents, family members and friends whose patience and kind co-
operation at all the stages enable us to complete this Project successfully.

GNANADEEPIKA K M
KALLAM SWETHA
PALLAVI DASARA
ANUSHA K T
SL NO. CONTENTS PG NO.

1 CHAPTER 1 1

1.1 Introduction 1

1.2 Research Scope and details of study 1

2 CHAPTER 2 2

2.1 Literature review 2

2.2 Experimental Investigation 4

2.3 Materials used in the Work 6

2.4 Methodolgy 8

3 CHAPTER 3 10

3.1 Test On Materials 10

3.2 Test On Cement 10

4 CHAPTER 4 21

4.1 Physical Tests report on Fine aggregates 21

4.3 Chemical Test Report On fine aggregates 22

5 CHAPTER 5 25

5.1 Material Used In The Investigation 25

5.2 Testing Method And Testing Procedure 25

6 CHAPTER 6 27

6.1 Mortar characteristics using PBS& river 27

sand
 7 CHAPTER 8 33

7.0 References

ABSTRACT
The construction industry is the largest consumer of natural resources which led to depletion
of good quality natural sand (Fine aggregates). This situation led us to explore alternative
materials and granular slag a waste industrial byproduct is one such material identified for
utilization it as replacement of natural sand. This paper highlights upon the feasibility study
for the utilization of granular slag as replacement of natural fine aggregate in construction
applications (Masonry & plastering). In this investigation, cement mortar mixes 1:3, 1:4, 1:5
& 1:6 by volume were selected for 0, 25, 50, 75 & 100% replacements of natural sand with
granular slag for w/c ratios of 0.60, 0.65, 0.70 & 0.72 respectively. The study gave
comparative results for mortar flow behaviors, compressive & split tensile strengths, brick
mortar crushing & pulls strengths and their co-relations. The study comprises of The
experimental results obtained show that partial substitution of ordinary sand by slag gives
better results in both the applications i.e. masonry & plastering. The sand replacement from
50 to 75% improved mortar flow properties by 7%, the compressive strength improved by 11
to 15 % for the replacement level from 25 to 75%. At the same time brick mortar crushing &
pull strengths improved by 10 to 13% at 50 to 75% replacement levels. The co-relation
between mortar compressive/split tensile strengths & brick crushing/pull strengths shows
linear dependencies on each others. The study concluded that granular could be utilized as
alternative construction material for natural sand in masonry & plastering applications either
partially or fully.

Key words: Granular slag, compressive strength, split tensile strength, mortar adhesion
strength.