Modeling the Properties of Sustainable Self-Compacting Concrete Containing Marble and Glass Powder Wastes Using Response Surface Methodology

Youcef Aidjouli, Cherif Belebchouche (), Abdelkader Hammoudi, El-Hadj Kadri, Said Zaouai and Slawomir Czarnecki ()
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Youcef Aidjouli: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Sciences of Technology, University of Constantine 1 Mentouri Brothers, Constantine 25000, Algeria
Cherif Belebchouche: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Sciences of Technology, University of Constantine 1 Mentouri Brothers, Constantine 25000, Algeria
Abdelkader Hammoudi: Laboratory of Materials Technology and Process Engineering (LTMGP), Faculty of Technology, University of Bejaia, Bejaia 06000, Algeria
El-Hadj Kadri: Mechanics and Civil Engineering Materials Laboratory (L2MGC), University of CY-Paris, Cergy-Pontoise, 95031 Neuville-sur-Oise, France
Said Zaouai: Laboratory of Eco-Materials, Innovations & Applications (EMIA), Civil Engineering Department, University of Djelfa, Djelfa 17000, Algeria
Slawomir Czarnecki: Department of Materials Engineering and Construction Processes, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeze Wyspianskiego 27, 50-370 Wroclaw, Poland

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 5, 1-19

Abstract: This study aims to apply the response surface methodology (RSM) to develop a statistical model that predicts and models the performance of both the fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting concrete (SCC). RSM was used to model processes involving three variables: the water/binder ratio, and the percentages of waste marble, and glass powder. Tests, including slump flow diameter, sieve stability, and L-box, were carried out to evaluate the fresh properties of the self-compacting concrete; compressive strength was analyzed at 7, 28, and 90 days. Statistical significance was only observed in the water/binder ratio for both the slump flow and sieve stability tests. Furthermore, these results indicate that the models used in the compressive strength tests demonstrate a high statistical significance for all ages. The findings suggest that incorporating waste marble powder (MP) and glass powder (GP) in SCC necessitates a significant amount of superplasticizer to counteract the workability loss, and it improves the compressive strength of SCC. The coefficients analyzed using the RSM approach validate its effectiveness as a predictive tool for determining the hardened properties of self-compacting concrete.

Keywords: self-compacting concrete; marble powder; glass powder; workability; response surface methodology (RSM) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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