STUDY ON BEHAVIOUR OF LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE

BY USING BEAN BALL AS LIGHT WEIGHT AGGREGATE

INTRODUCTION
Concrete:
It is a composite construction material made primarily
with aggregate, cement, and water. There are many formulations
of concrete, which provide varied properties.

LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE:
Lightweight concrete can be defined as a type of
concrete which includes an expanding agent in that it increases
the volume of the mixture while giving additional quality has
lessened the dead weight.

ADVANTAGES OF LIGHTWEIGHT CONCRETE
Less weight
Resistance to chemicals
Suitable for Structural and non-structural members
Cost is less
Very workable at low w/c ratio
hardening time of fresh concrete is Less than normal
concrete


DISADVANTAGES OF LIGHT WEIGHT
CONCRETE



Resistance to chemicals: sensitive to most Petroleum
products

Not suitable to be used as prestressed concrete

Mix consistency: stable up to 30 minutes after mixing




WHY BEAN BALLS ARE USED IN
CONCRETE?
We can create lightweight concrete to the mix
As very light but strong building component
light weight concrete has highly insulting
properties and create a stone like surface for
creative projects.
Adding the bean balls to the concrete to mainly
requires knowing the ratio of the mix.

LITERATURE REVIEW
Conventional concrete made with natural
aggregate originating from hard rock has a high
density lies within the range of 2200 to 2260 kg/m
3

and represents a large proportion of the dead load on
a structure. According to BS: 8110: Part 2:
1985classifies the lightweight concrete is one with a
density of 2000 kg/m
3
or less.
OBJECTIVES
To Study the behaviour of hardened concrete property by using
bean balls as an additive

LABORATORY TESTS
1. Specific gravity of coarse aggregate
2. Specific gravity of fine aggregate
3. Specific gravity test for cement
4. Water absorption test for fine aggregate
5. Water absorption test for coarse aggregate
6. Sieve analysis of fine aggregate
7. Sieve analysis of coarse aggregate
8. Slump test
9. Compression test
10. Tensile test
EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM
1. The test program is planned in accordance to the objective of
the experimentation. The grade of concrete adopted was M
20
.
2. We molded the different proportion of concrete cubes
(150mmX150mmX150mm) and cylinders (dia 100mm) of
nominal mix proportion of M
20
grade and concrete for design
mix proportion (1:1.62: 2.81).
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SL.NO MATERIAL PROPERTY VALUES
1. Bean balls Cross- Section
Specific Gravity
Tensile Strength
circular
Nil
Nil

2. Cement Normal Consistency
Initial Setting time
Final Setting time
Compressive Strength
Tensile Strength
Compressive Strength
(10% bean balls)
Tensile Strength
(10% bean balls)
33%
55 min
355 min
18.46 Mpa(7 days)
01.88 Mpa (7 days)

21.17Mpa(7 days)

2.34Mpa(7 days)
3. Coarse Aggregate Specific Gravity
Water Absorption
2.73
1%
4. Fine Aggregate Specific Gravity
Bulk density
2.54
4%
FINAL MIX PROPORTION
Final Ratio = 1:1.62: 2.81
Cement
Water
Fine aggregate
Coarse aggregate
Water-cement ratio
413.33 kg/m
3

186 kg/m
3

646.95 kg/m
3

1152.66 kg/m
3

0.45
METHODOLOGY
CONCRETE
Specimen
Preparation
Weighing of
Materials
Mixing of Materials
Mould Preparation
Curing of
Specimens
AT temperature 27+
2 C for 24 hours
7 days immersion
28 days immersion
Method of Testing
Compressive
strength = p/BD
Tensile strength

=
2P/dl
PREPARATION OF SPECIMEN
Mixing of Bean balls

PREPARATION OF MOULDS
TESTING OF MOULDS
MOULD AFTER
COMPRESSION TEST
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH FOR MORTAR CUBES
3 DAYS
% Replacement of
fine Agg. by bean
balls
Days Weight
In
gms
Density
gm per M
3

Failure load (kN) Compressive Strength
(MPa)

Control Mix
3 754 2.2x10-3 41.00 8.36
8.07
3 747 2.17x10-3 40.00 8.10
3 735 2.14x10-3 38.00 7.75

10%
3 695 2.02x10-3 37.00 7.55
8.05
3 688 2.0x10-3 42.50 8.60
3 683 1.99 x10-3 39.30 8.02

20%
3 684 1.99 x10-3 38.40 7.83
7.83
3 685 1.99 x10-3 36.50 7.45
3 687 2.00 x10-3 40.30 8.22

30%
3 681 1.98 x10-3 32.70 6.67
7.10
3 675 1.96 x10-3 37.40 7.63
3 678 1.97 x10-3 34.20 6.98
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH FOR MORTAR CUBES
7 DAYS
% replacement of fine
agg. by bean balls
Days Wt
In
gms
Density
gm per M
3

Failure load (kN) Compressive Strength (MPa)

Control Mix
7 783 2.28 x10-3 109.90 22.43
22.46
7 794 2.31 x10-3 110.70 22.59
7 787 2.29 x10-3 109.60 22.36

10%
7 782 2.27 x10-3 115.30 23.53
22.45
7 785 2.28 x10-3 104.60 21.34
7 780 2.27 x10-3 110.20 22.49

20%
7 690 2.01 x10-3 85.50 17.44
19.54
7 680 1.98 x10-3 98.60 20.12
7 696 2.03 x10-3 103.20 21.06

30%
7 771 2.24 x10-3 87.40 17.83
17.67
7 768 2.24 x10-3 92.80 18.94
7 773 2.25 x10-3 79.60 16.24
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH FOR MORTAR CUBES
28 DAYS
% replacement of fine
agg. by bean balls
Days Wt
In
gms
Density
gm per M
3

Failure load (kN) Compressive Strength (MPa)

Control Mix
28 802 2.33x10-3 135.00 27.55
28.29
28 798 2.31 x10-3 138.50 28.26
28 796 2.32 x10-3 142.50 29.08

10%
28 795 2.31 x10-3 133.50 27.24
28.00
28 793 2.31 x10-3 137.60 28.08
28 791 2.30 x10-3 141.10 28.70

20%
28 794 2.31 x10-3 133.20 27.18
26.72
28 792 2.30 x10-3 129.30 26.38
28 793 2.31 x10-3 131.80 26.60

30%
28 789 2.30 x10-3 125.70 25.62
26.30
28 790 2.30 x10-3 130.30 26.60
28 791 2.30 x10-3 132.00 26.90
RESULT AND DISCUSSION
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
3 DAYS

.
Percentage
of Bean balls
used
Wt
In
gms
Density
gm per M
3

Dimension of
specimen (mm)
Cross
sectional
area (mm )


Crushing
load (kN)
Compressive
strength for 3
th

days
(N/mm
2
)
1
0 7890
2.33 x 10-3 150 150 150 22500 182.40
8.10
2
10 7896
2.33 x 10-3 150 150 150 22500 171.20
7.60
3
20 7785
2.31 x 10-3 150 150 150 22500 179.40
7.97
4
30 7776
2.304 x 10-3 150 150 150 22500 182.60
8.11
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH FOR 3 DAYS
SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH
7 DAYS
Sl.N
o.
% of
Bean
balls
used
Wt
In
gms



Density
gm per M
3

Dimension of specimen
(mm)
Cross
sectional area
(mm )
Crushing load
(kN)
Compressive
strength for
7
th
days
( N/mm
2
)
1
0 7970
2.36 x10
-3
150 150 150 22500 415.33
18.46
2
10 7910
2.34 x10
-3
150 150 150 22500 490.00
21.17
3
20 7820
2.32 x10
-3
150 150 150 22500 505.86
22.48
4
30 7710
2.3 x10
-3
150 150 150 22500 452.50
20.11
SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH FOR 7 DAYS
SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE WORK

THE PRESENT RESEARCH CAN BE EXTENDED TO

By adopting the same method for different grades of
concrete.
By the use of different admixtures to get improved
strength.
By adopting the same method for different lightweight
aggregate.
By adopting the same method for different binding
materials like Fly ash, Silica fume, Rice Husk ash etc

CONCLUSION
It was observed that density of concrete decreased in turn
reduces weight of the structure.
As bean balls are not rigid, the compressive strength / tensile
strength reduced by increased percentage of addition of
additive.

Department of Civil Engineering, AIT.-2014
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Concrete admixtures hand book, properties, Science and technology second
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Concrete Technology M.L. Gambhir
Concrete Technology M.S. Shetty
Concrete Manufactures, Properties and Materials p. Kumar Mehta And Paula
J.M.Monterio
Handbook of Ultratech RMC Ltd, Mysore.
www.civilengineering.com/mixdesignforconcrete.
www.aboutcivil.com/propertiesofconcrete
Indian concrete journal Sep.2010.
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