1. Enhancing the quality of existing concrete pavement to create more sustainable urban roads.
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Singh, Sanjeet and Himanshu, Navneet
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CONCRETE pavements , *PAVEMENT testing , *LIGHTWEIGHT concrete , *FLEXURAL strength , *COMPRESSIVE strength , *TENSILE strength - Abstract
Long-term research has focused on improving the sustainability of urban road construction, notably the pavement itself. The sustainable development of the road can result from the creation of specific materials for the pavement that have a balanced void ratio, compressive strength, and density with the least negative environmental impact. The use of permeable concrete rather than traditional concentration can be suggested as a remedy to the existing issue. For this, the current approach is to develop a lab-scale model using pervious concrete pavement to test its split tensile strength, flexural strength, and compressive strength. The proposed testing has also been done using the admixture (Marble Powder) in three different ratios (2%, 4%, and 6%) in the pavement matrix. Among different time spans (7 days, 14 days, and 28 days) of testing, the best results were found in 28 days with an admixture of 6 percent marble powder for compressive strength with a value of 938.0 kN, split tensile strength with a value of 347.8 kN, and flexural strength with a value of 49 kN. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2024
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