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Effect of Crushed Waste Ceramic Tiles (CWCT) as Partial Replacement for Fine Aggregate in Concrete

1Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Rivers State University, Nkpolu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria


American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 2018, Vol. 6 No. 3, 129-132
DOI: 10.12691/ajcea-6-3-6
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Amaziah Walter Otunyo, Uwakwe Paul Arinze. Effect of Crushed Waste Ceramic Tiles (CWCT) as Partial Replacement for Fine Aggregate in Concrete. American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 2018; 6(3):129-132. doi: 10.12691/ajcea-6-3-6.

Correspondence to: Amaziah  Walter Otunyo, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Rivers State University, Nkpolu, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Email: umutuigili@yahoo.com

Abstract

The reuse of crushed waste ceramic tiles as a substitute for fine aggregate in concrete has been investigated in this study. Waste ceramic tiles obtained from building demolition sites and left-overs from new building sites were used. The crushed waste ceramic tiles were substituted in place of fine aggregates in the following percentages (0%, 20%, 25%, 30% 35% and 40%) in the concrete mix. The water /cement ratio used was 0.6. The compressive strength of the concrete cast with the above partial replacement of fine aggregate were determined after, 7 and 28 days age of curing. The flexural strength was determined after 28 days. The results indicate that the maximum compressive and flexural strength is obtained at 40% replacement level of fine aggregate with crushed was ceramic tiles.

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