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Due to rapid urbanization enormous quantity of Construction and Demolition Waste is generated in developed
cities. CDW includes various categories namely ceramic, masonry, bricks, concrete, glass, timber, steel, soil etc. The quantum of CDW generated in metropolitan cities of India is around 3,500MT per day. Attempts made so far is to recycle CDW in to aggregates. Hence utilization of upcycled concrete aggregates as a partial replacement of fine and coarse aggregates may avoid illegal dumping and landfill. Present work is focused on utilization criteria of crushed concrete aggregates gained from CDW, in the production of concrete and paver blocks. This paper presents the properties of upcycled fine and coarse aggregates of crushed concrete, sourced from local dump site. The upcycled fine and coarse aggregates is used in part replacement with manufactured sand for various proportions 10, 20, 30 and 40% (by weight) for proportioning concrete and paver blocks. Blocks were cast at commercial manufacturing plant, Bengaluru, using commercial grade concrete and paver blocks casting machine which is used in mass production. Durability and Strength parameters of concrete and paver blocks are promising and found feasible to use. It was noticed that there is improvement in strength at a replacement level 30% of Upcycled Fine Aggregate (UFA) and 20% of Upcycled Coarse Aggregate (UCA) in blocks, however strength loss at higher replacement level was very minimum. Microstructure analysis has revealed the factors governing strength in blocks prepared by upcycled aggregates. Costs of blocks manufactured using upcycled aggregates are more economical in large scale production.
"CONCRETE AND PAVER BLOCKS USING UPCYCLED COARSE AND FINE AGGREGATES", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.7, Issue 5, page no.49 - 59, May-2022, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2205008.pdf
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