Improvement of mechanical parameters of concrete yielded from pozzolanic cement for irrigation and drainage projects

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Geotechnical engineering , Faculty of Civil engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

2 science Committee of payam e nour university

3 Faculty of Civil engineering, University of Urmia, Urmia, Iran

Abstract

Among various active parts of construction industry, irrigation and drainage projects (such as dams, spillways and peripheral parts such as canals) are one of the biggest consumers of cement. Various empirical reports show that the concrete made of Ardabil’s pozzolanic cement does not meet the requirement for irrigation and drainage projects in case of mechanical characteristics which signifies the importance of further research in this area. The objective of this study is to investigate the suitability of replacing Ardabil’s pozzolanic cement with type 2 Soufian cement from the viewpoint of compression strenght at irrigation and drainage projecta. This study focuses on experimental methods by performing standard compression strength tests on base and improved speimens. The initial results showed that solely utilization of Ardabil’s pozzolanic cement in structural parts is not feasible and there should be some other approaches to reach this end. In this regard, 4 additive materials were used instead of cement including: stone powder, fined part of sand, silica fume and fly ash. The results indicated that utilization of fly ash increases the compressive strength of the cement in long term application; however, it causes a reduction in compressive strength in short term application. Furthermore, replacemet of silica fume in lower percentages causes a reduction in compression strength; however, higher percentage of silica fume replacement increases compression strength. The finer parts of the sand slightly decreased the compression strength and the replacement of stone powder yields to an increase in long term compression strength.

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Persian).
[2] Silva, E. J. N. L., Carvalho, N. K., Prado, M. C., Zanon, M., Senna, P. M., Souza, E. M., & De-Deus, G. (2016). Pushout
Bond Strength of Injectable Pozzolan-based Root Canal Sealer. Journal of endodontics, 42(11), 1656-1659.
[3] Yazdan Doust, M. and Yazdani, M. (2014). Experimental Study on Combined effects of microsilica weighted ratio
content, fineness modulus of aggregates and water-cement ratio on mechanical and physical properties of concrete.
Modares Civil Engineering Journal. 14 (52):183-195 (in Persian).
[4] Perry, C. and Gillott, J. E. (1995) .The influence of silica fume on the strength of the cement-aggregate bond. Special
Publication. 156, 191-212.
[5] Neville, A. (1997). Aggregate bond and modulus of elasticity of concrete. Materials Journal. 94(1), 71-74.
[6] Soriano, L., Monzó, J., Bonilla, M., Tashima, M. M., Payá, J., & Borrachero, M. V. (2013). Effect of pozzolans on the
hydration process of Portland cement cured at low temperatures. Cement and Concrete Composites, 42, 41-48.
[7] Moon, J., Bae, S., Celik, K., Yoon, S., Kim, K. H., Kim, K. S., & Monteiro, P. J. (2014). Characterization of natural
pozzolan-based geopolymeric binders. Cement and Concrete Composites, 53, 97-104.
[8] Grist, E. R., Paine, K. A., Heath, A., Norman, J., & Pinder, H. (2015). Structural and durability properties of hydraulic
lime–pozzolan concretes. Cement and Concrete Composites, 62, 212-223.
[9] Robayo-Salazar, R. A., Mejia, R. and Puertas, F. 2016. Effect of metakaolin on natural volcanic pozzolan-based
geopolymer cement. Applied Clay Science. 132, 491-497.
[10] Hossain, M. M., Karim, M. R., Hasan, M., Hossain, M. K., & Zain, M. F. M. (2016). Durability of mortar and concrete
made up of pozzolans as a partial replacement of cement: A review. Construction and Building Materials, 116, 128-140.
[11] Scrivener, K. L., Bentur, A. and Pratt P. L. (1988). Quantitative characterization of the transition zone in high strength
concretes. Advances in Cement Research, 1(4), 230-237.
[12] Mazloum, M. RamazanianPour, A. (2015). Strong concrete and its application. Tehran: Shahid Rajaee Teacher
Training University Press (in Persian).
[13] Detwiler, R. J., Bhatty J. I. and Battacharja, S. (1996). Supplementary cementing materials for use in blended cements.
No. R&D Bulletin RD112T.
[14] Kjellsen, K. O., Wallevik, O. H. and Hallgren, M. (1999). On the compressive strength development of highperformance
concrete and paste—effect of silica fume. Materials and Structures. 32(1), 63-69.
[15] Baldino, N., Gabriele, D., Lupi, F. R., Seta, L., & Zinno, R. (2014). Rheological behaviour of fresh cement pastes:
Influence of synthetic zeolites, limestone and silica fume. Cement and Concrete Research, 63, 38-45.
[16] Rossen, J. E., Lothenbach. B. and Scrivener, K. L. (2015). Composition of C–S–H in pastes with increasing levels of
silica fume addition. Cement and Concrete Research. 75, 14-22

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  • Receive Date: 14 October 2017
  • Revise Date: 02 December 2017
  • Accept Date: 06 December 2017

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