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APPLICATION OF INDUSTRIALLY PRODUCED LC3 TO HEAVY DUTY PAVEMENTS
Objective: To design, construct and evaluate the performance of LC3 based heavy duty concrete roads with RCC, steel fiber reinforcement and polypropylene fiber reinforcement.
• Industrially produced LC3 was used for constructing the pavements. • The stretches have a movement of average 30-40 heavy duty trucks daily
Materials
Material Steel fiber Polypropylene fiber Steel Make BEKAERT BONAR TATA Type DRAMIX RC 80/60 Durus S 400 and
Fibrin XT 10 mm. Dia.
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Mix design
Grade of concrete
Cement (kg./m3)
Sand (kg./m3)
C.A. 20mm.
(kg./m3))
C.A. 10 mm.
(kg./m3))
Water (kg./m3)
Chemical Admixture
(% wt. of cement)
w/b Ratio
M35 450 618 711 436 172 1.1% 0.38
Workability
Type of concrete
Grade
Average Slump Value (in mm)
Without SP Without Fibre
Without SP With Fibre
With SP With Fibre
PP fiber based concrete M35
190 114 154 Reinforced cement concrete 145 N/A 170 (without fibre) Steel fiber reinforced concrete 170 154 160
Strength results
Type of Concrete Grade Average Compressive Strength (MPa)
Average Flexural Strength (MPa)
7 Day 28 Day 28 day PP fiber based concrete M35 31.4 39.36 Samples not cast Reinforced cement concrete M35 30.1 39.2 5.31 Steel fiber reinforced concrete M35 31.5 41.6 7.57
Key Features observed
• With high slump, LC3 concrete remains flow-able in nature without using any viscosity modifying agent. • LC3 can be used for making self-compacted concrete.
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PRODUCTION OF BUILDING MATERIALS
• Paver blocks of various sizes and hollow concrete blocks were produced using industrially produced LC3 replacing Ordinary Portland Cement
• A fully automatic manufacturing unit was used to produce these products • No difficulty was observed during the entire process.
Photographs: Various stage of building material production
Manual filling of LC3 into transport tray Automated batching of raw materials
Automated mixing of raw materials Placement of moulds
View of building materials
Environmentally controlled curing chamber Storage of final building material