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dc.contributor.authorYaragal, S.C.
dc.contributor.authorBasavana, Gowda, S.N.
dc.contributor.authorRajasekaran, C.
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-31T08:18:41Z-
dc.date.available2020-03-31T08:18:41Z-
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationConstruction and Building Materials, 2019, Vol.200, , pp.10-25en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://idr.nitk.ac.in/jspui/handle/123456789/10180-
dc.description.abstractAvailability of river sand is becoming scarce, due to rapid increase in infrastructure projects in India. Acute shortage of river sand, has led to indiscriminate sand mining. Adverse effect of sand mining includes river bank erosion, river bed degradation, loss of biodiversity and deterioration of river water quality and ground water availability. To address the above issues, research efforts are on, to find substitutes for river sand to be used as fine aggregate in mortars and concretes. One among the locally available resources is laterite. Laterite is a product of tropical or sub-tropical weathering, which is an abundant soil material in many parts of India. An attempt has been made to characterize the processing technique to obtain good quality lateritic fine aggregates (lateritic FA). Experiments were designed and conducted to study the performance of lateritic FA as replacement to river sand, in cement mortars and concretes. Processed lateritic FA in replacement levels of 0, 25, 50, 75 and 100 wt% to river sand at all fineness levels (Zone I to Zone IV as per Indian standards) is considered. Microstructure studies were conducted to understand the arrangement of river sand and lateritic FA with cement matrix and their Interfacial Transition Zones (ITZ) using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). The workability and compressive strength characteristics of cement mortars and concretes are evaluated. Laterized mortars with Zone III and Zone IV fine aggregates, at all replacement levels, result in the same compressive strengths as those of control mortars. Suitable strength enhancement technique has been attempted to achieve strengths of Zone I and Zone II lateritic fine aggregates based mortars at 100 wt% replacement, to achieve strength at least equal to or more than those of control mortars. Laterized concretes have achieved nearly the same strengths as those of control concretes, at all replacement levels and for all fineness levels (Zone I to Zone IV). 2018 Elsevier Ltden_US
dc.titleCharacterization and performance of processed lateritic fine aggregates in cement mortars and concretesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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