Implementation of ceramic waste as fine aggregate in rigid pavement: performance enhancement through silane coupling agent
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- Written by Yazeed S Jweihan
- Category: Civil and Environment Engineering
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Abstract: This study investigates the feasibility and effectiveness of employing waste ceramic (WC) in rigid pavement as a replacement for fine aggregate. WC was integrated into concrete; untreated and treated with a silane compound, where 30 wt.% and 50 wt.% sand was replaced with WC. The workability, compressive strength, water absorption, skid resistance, microstructural analysis, and surface chemistry of mixtures were evaluated. The results illustrated the positive impact of using treated WC on the water absorption of mixtures, where a maximum reduction of 19% was achieved in the mixture with 50% treated WC. Moreover, concrete with 30% treated WC attained a higher compressive strength of 43 MPa than its untreated counterpart, which achieved 29 MPa, when tested at 28 days. The integration of treated and untreated WC in concrete pavement reduced its skid resistance due to the presence of glaze in the untreated mixture and silane in the treated mixture. The morphological and surface chemistry analyses confirmed the development of C–S–H, CaCO3, and SiO2 in high contents in concrete with silane-treated WC. Also, a strong bonded interfacial transition zone was noticed in concrete with silane-treated WC, unlike concrete with untreated WC, which had a poor interfacial transition zone.