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INFLUENCE OF EPS BEADS ON CONCRETE STRENGTH AND DURABILITY CHARACTERISTICS

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S.Sudhakar1, R.Janani2, S Viveka3, KPreethi4
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.2.007

Abstract

In our day-to-day life, the harnessing waste materials form a vital role in the construction sector. River sand was traditionally employed as fine aggregates in concrete. With increasing demand of river sand, various alternatives such as M sand, Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Beads are found to be utilized in concrete as a partial substitution for fine aggregates. EPS plays a vital role in packaging industry with disposal issues. Hence, laboratory experiments are performed on the properties of hardened concrete by partially replacing EPS beads in fine aggregate in the range of 0%, 1%, 2.5% and 5% along with M sand. The measured results show that the usage of combination of M sand along with EPS beads significantly improves properties of concrete.

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