Fresh and Hardened Properties of Earth Concrete

Authors

Anjali Ravi
Department of Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala, India
Aswin Vijay
Department of Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala, India
Alan Verghese Ittyeipe
Department of Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala, India
Sajeeb R.
Department of Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala, India
Ramaswamy K P
Dept. of Civil Engineering, TKM College of Engineering, Kollam, Kerala

Synopsis

The building sector is expanding daily on a global scale with several environmental problems. The implementation of sustainable methods in the sector is also becoming more relevant at the same time. Concrete is one of the most abundantly used building material, which is made up of fine and coarse aggregate held in place by cement paste. In the present study, soil is used as fine aggregate. Cement, soil and coarse aggregate are used in the proportion 1:0.85:3.60 to prepare the earth concrete. The study focuses on investigating the properties of the earth concrete in its fresh and hardened states. Workability, pulse velocity, and compressive strength are assessed to determine the performance of earth concrete. The effect of dosage of superplasticizer on the properties on earth concrete at fresh and hardened states is also studied. The findings shows that earth concrete is capable of achieving various relevant materialistic properties comparable to that of ordinary concrete and could replace normal concrete in certain applications.

ICMSC2022
Published
September 15, 2023
Online ISSN
2582-3922