STUDY AND EXPERIMENT ANALYSIS OF THE FEASIBILITY OF PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL WASTE GLASS POWDER AS CEMENT IN SELF COMPACTING CONCRETE

Manufacturing of cement by the industries is one of the potential sources for Carbon-di-oxide emission to the atmosphere. Glass Powder acts as an alternative material to be used in place of cement in concrete .Glass is environmentally friendly and economical in terms of emission and availability with respect to cement as a construction material . Glass is non-biodegradable material hence recycling is the best option to avoid the disposition of these wastes in landfill. In this paper, the cement is replaced by the glass powder in self-compacting concrete in 5%, 10%, 15% and compression and flexural tests are done to assess its strength and durability. The replacement of glass powder decreases the unit weight and porosity by the decrease in water absorption. The early consumption of alkalis by glass particles helps in reduction of alkali-silica reaction. The compressive strength increases by increasing the percentage of glass powder whereas for the flexural strength it doesn't have any effect by increasing the concentration of glass powder. The workability of concrete is determined by using slump test and by increasing the concentration of glass powder decreases the workability of concrete. Therefore, the glass powder is used to some extent can replace the cement and contribute the strength development and durability characteristics