Mechanical properties of sawdust concrete incorporating palm oil fuel ash

Malaysia being a very large producer of agro-waste, the high costs of building construction, environmental and sustainability issues have led to investigations into the use of agro waste as concrete products. Among others, sawdust and palm oil fuel ash (POFA) are complimentary materials when used in...

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Main Author:	Nazar, Muhammad Salman
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33222/1/MuhammadSalmanNazarM2013.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.332222017-09-14T04:30:12Z Mechanical properties of sawdust concrete incorporating palm oil fuel ash 2013-01 Nazar, Muhammad Salman TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Malaysia being a very large producer of agro-waste, the high costs of building construction, environmental and sustainability issues have led to investigations into the use of agro waste as concrete products. Among others, sawdust and palm oil fuel ash (POFA) are complimentary materials when used in concrete. This project studies the use of sawdust, as fine aggregate replacement material in concrete also incorporating POFA. Sawdust is a lightweight aggregate, and can be used to wholly replace sand. POFA being a pozzolanic supplementary material imparts higher ultimate strength, improved workability and reduced watercement ratio. Sawdust concrete incorporating POFA has been investigated for its workability, strength, modulus of elasticity and above all for its suitability as a cheaper light weight concrete element. As expected, the 1:1 mix shows the higher strength’s and better durability while the 1:3 mixes have workability problems and lower strength’s but are cheaper in terms of cement use, not to mention the high (34.88%) utilization of waste materials. It is recommended that further study with a 0.5 water- cement ratio to the un-replaced cement only and a 1:2.5 mix ratio will reduce the gap between sawdust concrete incorporating POFA and normal concrete, hence making it a viable alternative. 2013-01 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33222/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33222/1/MuhammadSalmanNazarM2013.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering Faculty of Civil Engineering
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description	Malaysia being a very large producer of agro-waste, the high costs of building construction, environmental and sustainability issues have led to investigations into the use of agro waste as concrete products. Among others, sawdust and palm oil fuel ash (POFA) are complimentary materials when used in concrete. This project studies the use of sawdust, as fine aggregate replacement material in concrete also incorporating POFA. Sawdust is a lightweight aggregate, and can be used to wholly replace sand. POFA being a pozzolanic supplementary material imparts higher ultimate strength, improved workability and reduced watercement ratio. Sawdust concrete incorporating POFA has been investigated for its workability, strength, modulus of elasticity and above all for its suitability as a cheaper light weight concrete element. As expected, the 1:1 mix shows the higher strength’s and better durability while the 1:3 mixes have workability problems and lower strength’s but are cheaper in terms of cement use, not to mention the high (34.88%) utilization of waste materials. It is recommended that further study with a 0.5 water- cement ratio to the un-replaced cement only and a 1:2.5 mix ratio will reduce the gap between sawdust concrete incorporating POFA and normal concrete, hence making it a viable alternative.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Nazar, Muhammad Salman
author_facet	Nazar, Muhammad Salman
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title	Mechanical properties of sawdust concrete incorporating palm oil fuel ash
title_short	Mechanical properties of sawdust concrete incorporating palm oil fuel ash
title_full	Mechanical properties of sawdust concrete incorporating palm oil fuel ash
title_fullStr	Mechanical properties of sawdust concrete incorporating palm oil fuel ash
title_full_unstemmed	Mechanical properties of sawdust concrete incorporating palm oil fuel ash
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering
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publishDate	2013
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33222/1/MuhammadSalmanNazarM2013.pdf
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