Study on concrete mix with partial and full replacement of course aggregates with date seeds

Syed Jahanzaib Shah, Shiva Nath, Asad Naeem, Ehsanullah Kakar

Abstract


This research deals with experimental study on concrete mix produced by replacing coarse aggregates with the agricultural waste that is date seeds.  Date seed was incorporated with partial and full replacement of coarse aggregates in M 15 grade concrete by volume with constant water cement ratio of 0.50. A total number of 45 concrete cubes samples with percentages of 0%, 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% were prepared and was cured for 7, 14 and 28 days. The effects of date seed on workability and compressive strength of proposed concrete mix was evaluated and compared with normal mix. The experimental results showed that the inclusion of date seed reduced the workability. It was also found with the presence of partial replacement of date seed reduce the self weight of concrete mix with no compromise on the compressive strength requirement. However, further addition of date seed pertaining the unacceptable strength of concrete mix. 


Keywords


sustainable concrete, date seeds, coarse aggregates, compressive strength, workability, agricultural waste

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