Experimental Study on 50% Partial

Replacement of Coarse Aggregate with

Coconut Shell and Plastic Fibers in Concrete
Blocks

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Ms.Bandhavya G B
Assistant Professor
Navkis college of engineering,
Hassan

PRESENTED BY :
1. LAVANYA H M 4YG21CV007
2. RAMYASHREE 4YG21CV013
3. GULFAMZOYA 4YG21CV003
4.HARMAINKHANUM 4YG21CV004
 • Introduction

• Review of Literature

LIST OF • Objective

CONTENT • Methodology
S • Refrences

• Proposed Completion
Date
Introduction
• In the present scenario, no construction activity can be imagined
without concrete. It is one of the most commonly used material in
construction industry and is the 2nd most consumed substance in the
world after water.
• Plastic waste is silent threat to the environment and their disposal is a
serious issue for waste managers. Now a day society does not have any
alternative to plastic products like plastic bags, plastic bottles, and plastic
sheets etc. In spite of all efforts made to limit its use but unfortunately its
utility is increasing day by day. To circumvent this issue many efforts were
made in the past to reuse the plastic waste but no significant results were
achieved.
• On contrary concrete being the widely used construction material is
facing problem due to unavailability of construction material
(Cement, sand and coarse aggregate). Various attempts were made
through experimentation to check the feasibility of plastic waste to
be use partially in concrete with respect to various properties of
strength, workability, durability and ductility of concrete.

• A large amount of waste coconut shell is generated in India from

temples and industries of coconut pro duct and its disposal need to
be addressed. Researchers have proposed to utilize it as ingredient
of concrete. This experimental investigation was aimed to quantify
the effects of replacing partially the conventional coarse aggregate
by coconut shell to produce concrete.
 Review Of Literature

• Preparation of Specimen M20 grade concrete mix was prepared based on

the recommendation of IS 10262-2009 Specifications. The ingredients for
the various mixes were weighed and prepared the mixes by tilting drum
type concrete mixture machines. Precautions were taken to ensure
uniform mixing of ingredients. The specimen was cast in steel mold and
compacted by a tamping rod.

• The specimens of 150 mm × 150 mm ×150 mm size of cubes and 150

mm diameter × 300 mm high cylinders pecimens were prepared for the
determination of compressive strength and split tensile strength at 7 days
and 28 days respectively. Curing of specimen was started as soon as the
top surface of the concrete in the mold was stiff
 COCONUT SHELL AS
COARSE AGGREGATE
• The concrete obtained using Coconut Shell aggregates satisfies the minimum requirements
of concrete. Concrete using Coconut Shell aggregates resulted in acceptable strength
required for structural concrete. Coconut Shell may offer itself as a coarse aggregate as
well as a potential construction material in the field of construction industries and this
would solve the environmental problem of reducing the generation of solid wastes
simultaneously. The Coconut Shell-cement composite is compatible, and no pre-treatment is
required.

• Coconut Shell concrete has better workability because of the smooth surface on one side of
the shells. The impact resistance of Coconut Shell concrete is high when compared with
conventional concrete. Moisture retaining and water absorbing capacity of Coconut Shell
are more compared to conventional aggregate. The amount of cement content may be
more when Coconut Shell are used as an aggregate in the production of concrete compared
to conventional aggregate concrete.
• R. N. Nibudey, P. B. Nagarnaik, D. K. Parbat (2014), had conducted
studies on “Shear Strength of Waste Plastic (PET) Fiber Reinforced
Concrete”, in this paper, the shear strength of plastic (PET) fiber
reinforced concrete (PFRC) is discussed. The post-consumer PET mineral
bottles were manually cut into fiber form after removing neck and
bottom, and these fibers were used to reinforce the plain concrete.

• The concrete of M20 and M30 grades were selected for the study. The
PET fibers were obtained from used mineral water bottles, without any
processing, of two sizes with aspect ratios 35 and 50. The fibers were
added in proportions 0 % to 3 % at an increment of 0.5%. The concrete
specimens were tested after 28 days of curing.

• The shear resistance of plastic fiber reinforced concrete (PFRC) was

found to be increased. The maximum increased in shear strength of
PFRC was 27.25% for M20 grade of concrete at 1% fiber volume fraction
with aspect ratio 50, over the normal concrete.
• Ganesh Prabhu, C. Arun Kumar, R. Pandiyaraj, P. Rajesh & L. Sasi Kumar (2014), had
conducted studies on “Study on Utilization of Waste Pet Bottle Fiber in Concrete”, in this
paper, Waste plastic bottles are major reason of solid waste disposal. Polyethylene
Terephthalate (PET) is usually used for carbonated beverage and water bottles. The
waste plastic bottles are difficult to biodegrade and involve processes either to recycle
or reuse.

• The construction industry is in requiring of finding cost effective materials for increasing
the strength of concrete structures. In this paper deals with the possibility of using the
waste PET bottles as the different aspect ratio of 17, 33, 50, size of fiber added in to the
concrete with 0.5%, 1%, and 1.5% PET bottle fibers for fine aggregate were produced
and compared againstcontrol mix with no replacement.

• Cube specimens, cylinder specimens of 27 numbers each were cast cured and tested
for 3 day, 7 day and 28 days strength. Compression test, splitting tensile test and
• R. Naga Lakshmi - An attempt has been made to determine the properties of the
concrete by replacing 20% of the fly ash obtained from the Vijayawada thermal
power station with cement and also replacing the coarse aggregate with coconut
shell in various percentages like 10 %, 20 % & 30 % for the M25 grade concrete
mix.

• The strength characteristics of M25 grade concrete are examined by conducting the
various tests such as compressive strength test, flexure strength test, split tensile
strength test for 14,28,56 days curing period and the obtained test results arte
compared with the nominal concrete mix by following IS codal provisions. Various
workability tests are conducted in order to maintain water cement ratio.

• It is concluded that the results obtained are closer to the results obtained from the
conventional mix. Olanipekun- Olanipekun has made an attempt on comparingthe
strength properties and analyzing the cost of concrete which is obtained by
replacing coarse aggregate with the crushed coconut granules and palm kernels in
the ratio of 0 %, 25 % and 50 % with conventional concrete of grades M20 and M25.
A total of about 320 concrete cubes were casted.
Objectiv
esthe properties of PET.
1.To study

2. To conduct a comparative study of plastic aggregate & natural aggregate.

3. To study the effect of replacing natural aggregate with plastic aggregate on workability,
compressive strength & flexural strength of concrete.

4. To compare the strength of PET mix concrete with conventional mix concrete.

5. To reduce environmental pollution by the use of PET Bottles in Concrete.

6. To development of alternative low cost and ecologically suitable building material from
waste in an economic necessity.
• The main objective of this work is to evaluate the usage and advantages of coconut shell
which is used as an alternative for the coarse aggregate in the concrete. Before using the
coconut shell as a coarse aggregate its properties has to beknown. The coconut shell has
not been tried as an aggregate in structural concrete. The main focus of this work is
utilization of coconut shell as a structural member.

• It will be a milestone achievement for the small-scale construction industries if the

structural concrete of the lightweight is developed from coconut shell, which is an
agricultural waste and is available in large amounts locally. Therefore, the main intention of
this experimental work is to find the viability of using coconut shell which is a solid waste in
structural light weight concrete.
 Methodolo
Materials
gy
Required:
1.Cement

2. Fine Aggregate

3. PET waste bottles

4. Coarse Aggregate

5. Water

6. Coconut
• PET waste bottles: Post consumed PET mineral water bottles collected from local
restaurants were used for the experimental work. In order to get plastic particle size, plastic
bottle pieces passing through 4.75mm sieve were used
 Test To Be
Conducted
• The slump test is a workability test that measures the consistency of fresh
concrete.

• Compaction factor test: It is more accurate than a slump test.

• Vee-bee consistometer.

• Compressive strength test.

• In order to determine the mechanical characteristics, it is important to determine

the tensile and flexural test.

• Dimension test.

• Water absorption test.

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