AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF HIGH VOLUME GROUND GRANULATED BLAST FURNACE SLAG CONCRETE

This paper reports the effect of high volume of GGBS on the properties of structural concrete. In this study, GGBS is physically and chemically characterized and partially replaced in the ratio of 10% to 90% by weight of cement. The fresh properties of GGBS concrete like slump test and hardened properties like compressive strength, Split tensile strength, Modulus of Elasticity are carried out. In addition to this the carbon foot prints are also calculated and the savings per capita per year is determined for reduction of usage of cement. The test results indicated that fresh and hardened properties of the GGBS concrete increases as the percentage of replacement of GGBS increases up to certain extent