International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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FORMULATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOCRETES NIRMALA. M1, Dr.DHANALAKSHMI. G2 1M.E(Structural
Engineering), Department of Civil Engineering, Oxford Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India
2Professor
& Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Oxford Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India
---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract - The development of construction industries
construction industry, the use of recycled materials and
provides incogitable benefits to the society and the people.
wastes is becoming more popular due to shortages of
Present scenario in construction field, all around the world
natural mineral resources and increasing waste disposal
was facing a serious problem with price hike of raw
costs. However, with the use of wastes in engineering
materials. So they are very much concerned to reduce the
applications, a need for further understanding of their
consumption of readily available raw materials. Usage of
engineering behavior is required. The textile cut waste from
biocrete is an innovative idea to achieve the requirements.
those industries are usually disposed as waste product
Because of its strength and weight, the rate of construction is
which become an environmental nuisance because of it is
quick and the installation becomes easy. The benefits of
non-biodegradability, or burned in heaps thus releasing
biocrete are endless, which are strength and weight in turn
highly toxic fumes in the surrounding air. The most
saves foundation cost, high load bearing strength, high
important manufacturing of textile products estimates
durability and so on. In this project, the bio-concretes are
proximally 40 ton/month of textile trimming waste from
formulated using bio waste materials such as paper mass and
the lingerie industry. Synthetic fibers are developed mainly
waste cloths for various percentages mixed with concrete.
to supply the high demand for textile products. Rayon and
The design mix proportion used are
1: 1.5: 3 at which 3%,
Nylon wastes are extremely available. So there are to be
waste is added with Conventional
recycled and commercialized. Now-a- days, textile fibers are
Concrete,. To study the characteristic properties of bio-
manufactured from a unique type of fiber and from the
concrete such as Cube Compressive Strength, Split Tensile
combination of several fibers such as natural or synthetic,
Strength, Flexural Strength
and establishing relationship
providing a huge variety of final products. Also, Paper is
with the strength parameters. All these tests are compared
thin sheet of compressed vegetable cellulose fiber. Paper is
with the control concrete to explore the potential use of these
used for writing and printing, for a wrapping and packaging,
materials in the field.
and for a variety of special purposes ranging from the
Key words: BIOCRETES (Paper mass and Waste cloth),
filtration of precipitates from solutions to the manufacture
Mechanical properties.
for certain types of building materials. Paper is a necessary
1. INTRODUCTION
in modern civilization, and the development of machinery
5%, 7% of biocrete
for its high-speed production has been largely responsible The disposal of solid wastes is a major problem around the
for the increase of literacy and the raising of educational
world. Recycling and use of these waste materials is
levels of people throughout the world. Papercrete is a
increasing worldwide, especially in construction fields. In
recently developed construction material which consists of
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