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Experimental Investigation on Silica Fume aspartial Replacement
of Cement in High Performance Concrete
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ABSTRACT-----------------------------------------------------
With increased environmental awareness and its potential hazardous effects, utilization of industrial byproducts
has become an attractive alternative to disposal. Silica fume(SF), which is byproduct of the smelting process in
the silicon and ferrosilicon industry. Silica fume is very effective in the design and development of high
performance concrete.This paper presents the results of an experimental investigations carried out to find
the suitability of silica fume in High Performance concrete. The concrete used in this investigation was
proportioned to target a mean strength of 60 MPa and designed as per ACI 211.4R-08.The water binder ratio
(W/B) adopted was 0.32 and the Super Plasticizer used was CONPLAST SP 430.Specimens such as cubes,
beams and cylinders were cast for various mix proportions and tested at the age of 7,14and 28 days. The
investigation revealed that the partial replacement of cement by silica fume will develop compressive strength,
flexure strength and split tensile strength sufficient for construction purposes. The optimum dosage of silica
fume found to be 7.5% (by weight), when used as partial replacement of ordinary Portland cement .Its use will
lead to a reduction in cement quantity required for construction purposes and hence sustainability in the
construction industry as well as economic construction.
INTRODUCTION
High Performance Concrete (HPC) has been developed over the last two decades, and was primarily
introduced through private sector architectural design and construction such as high rise buildings and parking
garages. HPC is used for concrete mixtures, which possess high workability, high strength, high modulus of
elasticity, high density, high dimensional stability, low permeability and resistance to chemical attack.
According to ACI “High Performance Concrete is defined as concrete whichmeets special performance and
uniformity requirementsthat cannot always be achieved routinely by using conventional materials and normal
mixing, placing and curing practices”.
The supplementary cementitiousmaterials (SCMs) such as silica fume, fly ash and ground granulated
blast furnace slag are more commonly used mineral admixtures in the development of HPC mixes.They
generally used to resist compressive forces and also due to its pozzolanicaction the properties of High
Performance Concreteviz, workability, durability, strength, resistance to cracks and permeability can be
improved.[1]Silica Fume is most commonly used supplementarycementitous materials used in the development
of High Performance Concrete.Silica fume (SF) is a byproduct of the smelting process in the silicon and
ferrosilicon industry. It is also known as micro silica,condensed silica fume, volatilized silica or silica dust.
Silica fume colour is either premium white or grey. Silica Fume consists of very fine vitreous particles with a
surface area between 13,000 and 30,000m2
/kg. Its particles are approximately 100 times smaller than the
average cement particle. Because of its extreme fineness and high silica content, silica fume is a highly effective
pozzolanicmaterial. Silica fume is used in concrete to improve its properties. It has been found that silica fume
improves compressive strength, bond strength, and abrasion resistance; reduces permeability; and therefore
helps in protecting reinforcing steel from corrosion.[2]When Silica fume are incorporated to concrete, the silica
present in these materials react with the calcium hydroxide released during the hydration of cement and forms
additional calcium silicate hydrate (C – S – H ), which improve durability and the mechanical properties of
concrete.
of silica fume to a concrete mix will increase the strength of that mix by between 30% and 100%
depending on the type of mix, type of cement, amount of silica fume, use of plasticizers, aggregate types and
curing regimes.[4] Silica fume concrete is very susceptible to temperature variations during the hardening
process. The optimum silica fume content to achieve higher strengths seems to range between 15 and
20%.[5]There are three mechanisms namely (i)Strength enhancement by pore sizerefinement and matrix
densification, (ii) Strength enhancement by reduction in content of CH and (iii) Strength enhancement by
cement paste- aggregateinterfacial refinement are believed to be responsible for the strength development of
concrete and mortars containing silica fume.[6]
High range water reducing admixtures (Super plasticizer) is used as a part of chemical admixtures
inHigh Performance Concrete to produce better workability and high strengths. The brief literature on the study
has been presented in following text.The influence of silica fume in replacement of cement on physical
properties and resistance to sulphate attack, freezing and thawing, and alkali silica reactivity and the maximum
28 days compressive strength was obtained at 15% silica fume replacement level, at a W/C ratio of 0.35 with
variable dosages of HRWRA.[7]High PerformanceConcrete with silica fume at a constant water binder ratio
(w/b) of 0.34 and replacement percentages of 0 to 25, with varying dosages of HRWRA increases the
compressive strength, the optimum percentage was obtained at 15% replacement level. Developing High
Performance with a better understanding of the isolated contributions of silica fume on concrete over a wide
range of w/c ratio ranging from 0.26 to 0.42 and cement replacement percentages from 0 to 30.[8] The main
objective of this investigation is to minimize the usage of cement content to some proportion in the High
Performance Concrete. This present work is to study various properties namely compressive strength, Split
Tensile Strength and Flexure strength of M60 grade HPC mixes incorporating different percentages silica fume
by weight of cement along with SulphonatedNapthalenebased super plasticizer (CONPLAST SP 430).
II. EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMME
The Experimental Programme was designed to compare the mechanical properties of High
Performance Concretewith M60 grade of concrete with different replacement levels of ordinary Portland cement
53 grade with silica fume. The replacement levels of cement by silicafume are selected as 2.5%, 5%, 7.5%,
10%, and12.5% .The specimens of Cubespecimen of size 150 x 150 x 150 mm,Cylinder specimen of size 150
mm diameter and 300 mm height and Beam specimen of size 100 x100 x 500 mm were preparedwith and
without silica fume.
CONCLUSIONS:
High performance concrete produced from cement replacement upto 7.5% silica fume leads to increase
in compressive strength, split tensile and Flexure strength of concrete. Beyond 7.5 %there is a decrease in
compressive strength, split tensile and Flexure strength of concrete.The compressive strength mainly depends on
the percentage of silica fume because of its high pozzolanic nature to form more densely packed C-S-H gel.High
Performance Concrete with silica fume can be effectively used in high rise buildings since high early strength is
required, and the construction period can be reduced.The percentage of increase in the compressive strength is
15%, Split tensile strength is 20% andthe flexure strength is 23% at the age of 28 days by replacing 7.5% of
cement by silica fume.The optimum percentage of replacement of cement by silica fume is7.5%