Topic: To study the Mechanical Properties of Concrete by replacement of cement

with Marble Dust.

Group Members: 12bcl014, 13bcl068, 13bcl072. 13bcl095

Guide: Dr. Urmil Dave

ABSTRACT-
From the ancient times there has been significant usage of marble in civil engineering
structures and so the demand of marble has been found to be significantly increasing. This
increase in demand of marble leads to increase in production of marble which results in
increase of waste obtained from the production. As marble powder is an inert material
procured as an industrial by-product during sawing, grinding and polishing; it leads to
various environmental problems and so it becomes necessary to find out a solution for the
utilization of these waste marble powder. Thus the main objective of this research is to
investigate whether there are any possibilities of replacing marble powder with cement in
the preparation of concrete. This study includes different types of concrete mixes of M25
by replacing the cement with marble dust in various proportions (0%, 5%, 10% & 15%,
20%) by weight to determine the optimum percentage of replacement. The testing for
Compressive strength, Split Tensile strength and Flexural strength of these Concrete mixes
is done at 7 and 28 days and the results are then compared with the Control Concrete. The
result obtained from the research shows that for (1) Compressive strength: At 10%
replacement marble dust can be used as a replacement for cement. (2) Split Tensile
strength: At 10% replacement marble dust can be used as a replacement for cement. (3)
Flexural strength: At 15% replacement marble dust can be used as a replacement for
cement.

Keywords - Marble dust, Control concrete, Compressive strength, Split Tensile strength,
Flexural strength