Optimum usage of Using Metakaolin and Quarry Dust in High Performance Concrete

Abstract

Today's environmental problems are more and more important. The industrial area produces lots of waste materials .One of the most useful ways to solve these problems is the consumption of these waste materials in concrete. The quarry dust is an economic and waste material of rock and alternative to the river sand. Conventional concrete is the most extensively used construction material world wide, both in moderately and strongly aggressive environments. High performance concrete (HPC) appears to be a better choice for stronger and durable structures. These needs have made the engineers look for an appropriate technology for improving the performance of concrete. In this paper describes the studies made to ascertain the properties of HPC M40 grade concrete by using Metakaolin as partial cement replacement and Quarry dust as partial fine aggregate replacement to determine the compressive and tensile strength experimentally.