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STUDY OF PERVIOUS CONCRETE ON WATER ABSORBING ROAD

Amartya Waghmare*1, Pratiksha Mahadik*2, Pravin Salunkhe*3
Abhishek Mohite*4, [Link] Gurav*5
*1,2,3,4 Student, Department Of Civil Engineering, MGM College Of Engineering And Technology,
Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, India.
*5 Professor, Department Of Civil Engineering, MGM College Of Engineering And Technology,
Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, India.
ABSTRACT
It is a selected kind of concrete during which concrete flat wash utility permits fresh water to pass directly,
thereby reducing runoff from a website and permitting groundwater recharge. Here we'll study permeable
concrete, properties, benefits & disadvantages of permeable concrete. Permeable concrete was initial employed
in the 1800s in Europe as pavement emergence and cargo bearing walls. Price potency was the most motive
because of a bated quantity of cement. It became well-liked once more within the Twenties for 2 level homes in
European nation and England. It's additionally known as porous concrete or porous concrete. Also, their
methodology, importance. Permeable concrete may be a comparatively new thought for rural road pavement,
with increase into the issues in rural areas associated with the low spring water level, agricultural downside.
permeable concrete has introduced in rural road as a road pavement material.
Keywords: pervious concrete, pavement, methodology, strength.
I. INTRODUCTION
It’s a combination of Cement, Corse combination and with or while not sand (Fine combination) and has
enough building material paste to coat the coarse aggregate whereas protective the interconnectivity of the
voids. This concrete is being employed as artefact to resolve or scale back the storm water runoff to the system
and minimize water work issues. it's a crucial application for property construction and is one in every of
several low impact development techniques employed by builders to safeguard water quality. Permeable
concrete pavement addresses necessary environmental problems and supports inexperienced, property
growth by the utilization of permeable concrete, additionally referred to as porous, gap-graded, or increased
body concrete. Porous concrete is concrete with reduced sand or fines, which allows rain and storm water
runoff to empty through it instead of flood encompassing areas or storm drains. it's typically a combination of
3/8” to 1/2” average diameter combination, Portland cement, alternative building material materials,
admixtures and water. The utilization of permeable concrete is among the most effective Management Practices
(BMPs) suggested by the U.S. EPA for the management of storm water runoff volume, rate, and pollutants. we
tend to area unit all involved concerning environmental problems like shrinking offer of fine water,
contamination of the formation, harm from storm water and permeable cement is a solution to any or all of
that. In permeable concrete, fastidiously controlled amounts of water and building material materials area unit
want to produce a paste that forms a thick coating around combination bedding layer, that provides storage
and runoff treatment. Currently we tend to discuss concerning the what area unit the advantage’s /economic
edges and downsides of permeable concrete that we tend to area unit use in our construction.
ADVANTAGES
 To eliminate the organic pollution coming back from asphalt pavement emergence.
 To reduce the price of construction.
 To prevent the pollution of groundwater by aiding within the filtration of water before infiltration.
 To manage the stormwater runoff effectively.
 To enhance land use by omitting the necessity for retention ponds.
 To eliminate the surface ponding.
 To induce the heat-insulating properties within the walls of a building.
 To change straightforward covering attributable to its rough surface texture.
 It is a very helpful quality that stops waterlogging and flooding.
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 Water resources area unit preserved.
DISADVANTAGES
 It needs for much longer activity time.
 Requires special thought throughout the planning within the soils vulnerable to frost and expansive soils.
 Periodic cleansing of permeable concrete pavement is needed to keep up its porousness.
 It has variable porousness.
 Cannot use for the pavements wherever significant traffic flow is predicted.
 Quite sensitive to the water content.

Figure-1 pervious block

II LITERATURE REVIEW
Rasiah Sriravindrarajah, et al (27 November 2012) in this researcher describes the mix design for pervious
recycled aggregates concrete. Also, they determined the various property of pervious concrete and evaluate
final result and conclusion.
Darshan S. Shah, et al (8 august 2013) in this researcher describes the rural road as a pavement material.
Kshitija Nadgouda, et al (July-Dec 2014) in this author has describes the use of pervious concrete in water
management. In this they conclude that the pervious concrete can be use as an effective rain water
management tool when used as a pavement material is low traffic area.
Vimy Henderson and Susan Tighe (19 May2014) in this journal publisher introduce the evaluation of
pervious concrete pavement permeability renewal maintenance method at field sites in Canada. .It is apparent
that in order for pervious concrete pavement to be used through out Canada as a storm water management tool
and also as a sustainable pavement alternative, maintenance requirements need to be understood.
S.O. Ajamu, et al(14February2015) in this journal publisher perform on evaluation of structural performance
of pervious concrete in construction. In this they take tests like compressive strength test, permeability test.
After all these they conclude that the smaller size of coarse aggregate should be able to produce a higher
compressive strength and the same time produce a higher permeability rate.
P. Zhang. et al(9march2015) in this author has applied an advance technique, i.e. neutron radiography to
investigate water absorption cracks in neat and water repellent concrete in a quantitative way. As a result,
cracks in concrete are instantly filled with water whenever the sur face of the cracked material is put in contact
with water.
Dang Hanh Nguyen, et al(26may2015) in this publisher published the use of seashell by products in pervious
concrete paver. In that they performed tests like compressive strength, tensile strength, water permeability
test, etc.
A.L. Guruji, A. V. Rana (26may2015) in this publisher describes the how the storm water can manage through
the pervious concrete pavement. In this they also mention about the advantage and disadvantages pervious
concrete.
Dania. M. Abdel-Aziz, et al(8June2015) in this the author are study on cases study. The case study is using
pervious concrete form an aging the storm water run-off in urban neighborhoods in Amman. In that they
conclude that the pervious concrete surface an improve the safety during rain storms by eliminating ponding
and glare at night, spraying and risk of hydro planning.

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R Sri Ravindra rajah, A Yukari(21September2015) in this researcher describes the environmentally friendly
pervious concrete for sustainable construction. Their result show that the water permeability of pervious
concrete was not significantly affected when 50% of the cement was replaced by fly ash.
III. METHODOLOGY
Methodology could be a systematic, theoretical analysis of the strategies applied to a field of study. It contains
of the theoretical analysis of the body of strategies and principles related to it. Permeable concrete is sort of
recent and new topic for North American country. Hence it's necessary to own some tips concerning the topic.
In this we have a tendency to collected the literature and former researches done on the permeable concrete.
We've got referred forty numbers of analysis papers and careful analyses were created on every paper which
summarized within the chapter.
Experimental Investigation
In this we've got mentioned concerning material to be used. The preliminary takes a look at was conducted on
material used i.e. Cement, combination etc. Methodology step by step method.

The above flow chart indicates the process or methodology of manufacturing of water absorbing pavement.
Materials:
Pervious concrete is a special type a concrete made using coarse aggregate with carefully controlled amount of
water cementitious materials hence it is called as ‘no-fines concrete’.
Materials used in the project:
 Cementitious materials:
 Water:
 Admixtures:
 Aggregates

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Preliminary test on materials: it includes following test.
Test on cement:
 Standard consistency
 Initial Setting Time and Final Setting Time
 Fineness of Cement
 Soundness of Cement
 Density of Cement
Test on aggregates:
 Specific Gravity of Course and Fine Aggregate
 Sieve Analysis of Course and Fine Aggregate
MIX PROPRTION:
For mix proportion we use M20 grade of concrete.
MATERIAL PROPORTIONS(Kg/m3)
cement 265 to 415
Aggregate 1190 to 1485
w/c ratio 0.27 to 032
Fine: Coarse aggregates 0 to 1:1
IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Table: properties of cement tested at Concrete technology laboratory
Sr no. Property Value
1 Specific gravity 2.8
2 Bulk density 1320 kg/m3
3 Fines 225 m3/kg
4 Initial setting time 36 min
5 Final setting time 135 min
6 Consistency 27
Tests on coarse aggregates
Table: properties of coarse aggregates tested at Concrete technology Laboratory
Sr no. Property Value
1 Bulk density 1550.34 kg/m3

2 Impact strength 23.4%

3 Cursing strength 24.45%

4 Void content 29.16%

5 Specific gravity 2.48

Compressive Strength
Table: Compressive strength and unit weight of standard pervious concrete (0%fines)
Compressive strength of standard Unit weight after
Sr. No Age of concrete(days)
Previous concrete (Mpa) 24 hours (kg/m3)
1 7 14.72 2110.23
2 14 17.26 2110.23
3 28 20.06 2110.20

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Table: Differences between the strength between normal concrete and pervious concrete
Sr. Age of concrete Normal concrete of M20 (Mpa) Pervious concrete
No. (days) (Mpa)
1 7 17.55 15.72
2 14 25.50 19.20
3 28 27.20 20.18
V. CONCLUSION
From above we can conclude that the strength of the pervious concrete is low as compared to the normal
/conventional concrete because of high porosity. Also, it can be concluded that the initial cost of permeable
concrete is than ordinary concrete, but total cost can be substantially lower. But the pervious concrete serves
most economical benefits like it reduce surface run off water and it recharge the ground water. It prevents the
polluted water from entering the streams. They can be used in swimming pull decks, parking areas, sidewalks,
pathway, in most of place we can use the pervious concrete.
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