A Study on effect of Alccofine on the performance of the Concrete for Rigid Pavement Design and Analysis by using Kenpave Software
Keywords:
Alccofine; Hardened concrete properties; dosage; flexural strength; impact test; grading; abrasion; Flakiness Index; ElongationAbstract
In India, road network is the world's second largest. It is 3.5 million km including both paved and unpaved
surfaces. The major types of materials are used to construct the roads in the country are, bitumen and concrete.
Concrete is a superior material in many counts, a very small share is used for road construction. Due to increase of
utility of cement, many environmental problems are faced at the National level. It is necessary to think about the
materials which can be used as alternative in the concrete. The use of specific amount of Alccofine in replacement of
cement provides better strength. It is very much essential to develop profitable building materials from Alccofine. The
innovative use of Alccofine in concrete making formula as a cement replacement material was tested as an alternative to
traditional concrete in the present study. To find optimum dosage of Alccofine, Cement is replaced by Alccofine in the
range of 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25% & 30% by weight for M-40 grade concrete. Concrete mixtures were produced,
tested and compared in terms of compressive and flexural strength with the conventional concrete. These tests were
carried out to evaluate the mechanical properties for 7, 14 and 28 days. The present study is focused on investigating the
behaviour of concrete while replacing Alccofine in different proportion in concrete.
