Performance of Coconut Shell as Coarse Aggregate in Concrete
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Abstract
A large amount of waste coconut shell is generated in India from temples and industries of coconut product and its disposal need to be addressed. Researchers have proposed to utilize it as an ingredient of concrete. This experimental investigation aimed to quantify the effects of replacing partially the conventional coarse aggregate with coconut shells to produce concrete. It was found that with an increasing proportion of coconut shells, there is a decrement in compressive strength. In our experimental study, we replaced coarse aggregate with coconut shell by 10%, 20%,30%, and 40%. Results revealed that with 10%,20%,30%, and 40% replacement of conventional coarse aggregate by coconut shells, the decrease in 28 days compressive strength is 15.4%,35.7%,46.1%, and 61.5% respectively. For 10%,20%30%, and 40% replacement of coconut shells, the decrease in 28 days tensile strength is 9%,18%,27.5%, and 36.5% respectively. For 10%,20%30%, and 40% replacement of coarse aggregate by coconut shells, the decrease in 28 days flexural strength is 22.7%,45.47%,68%, and 90.86% respectively. It is visualized that coconut shell replacement up to 20% with coarse aggregate exhibit better strength. The advantages of replacing conventional coarse aggregate with coconut shells include efficient utilization of waste coconut shells, reduction in natural source depletion, production of lightweight concrete, etc, the use of coconut shells in concrete seems to be a feasible option. Such a study will help to arrive at a final decision regarding the number of coconut shells for replacing conventional aggregates in concrete production.
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| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.001 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.008 | 0.011 |
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