Mechanical Behavior of Concrete Prepared with Waste Marble Powder

Yumei Wang, Jianzhuang Xiao, Jintuan Zhang and Zhenhua Duan
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Yumei Wang: Department of Structural Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Jianzhuang Xiao: Department of Structural Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Jintuan Zhang: Department of Structural Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
Zhenhua Duan: Department of Structural Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 7, 1-14

Abstract: Marble production and processing generates a large amount of marble powder waste that has great potential for cementitious material. This paper investigates the application of waste marble powder with different replacement ratios of cement in concrete and experimentally studies the physical and mechanical properties of this green concrete type. Artificial marble powder and original marble powder are used at different replacement levels. The effect of different kinds of marble powder and its replacement ratio on the mechanical properties of concrete are discussed. The results show that the compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, and flexural strength change significantly when the substitution rate of marble powder exceeds 10%; the strength decreases as the substitution rate increases. The usage of artificial marble powder plays a weakening role on concrete performance due to its resin composition when compared to the performance using original marble powder. The stress–stain curves of the two types of marble powder concrete are compared. For concrete, by using the original marble powder, the variation of strain value is not obvious when the marble powder replacement ratio is less than 20%, but for concrete by using artificial marble powder, the peak and ultimate strain decrease significantly with the replacement ratio of marble powder increase.

Keywords: waste marble powder; replacement ratio; concrete with marble powder; strength; stress-strain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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