TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tunio, Zaheer Ahmed 
AU  - Department Of Civil  Engineering
TI  - Experimental Investigation On Strength Of No-Fines Concrete With Various Coarse Aggregate Gradations (ME Thesis)
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Nawabshah
PB  - QUEST
N1  - ABSTRACT
The self-weight of the structures consist major portion of their overall weight. The use
Of lightweight concrete not only reduces the weight but also results in the reduction in
the sections of the structural elements resulting in the economy. The concrete without
fine aggregates is termed as 'no-fines concrete', which is one of the types of the light
 weight concrete family. Normally no-fines concrete (NFC) is produced with the coarse
 aggregate of uniform gradation. This experimental study is focused to use the coarse 
aggregate of different gradation in no-fines concrete. The effect of the coarse aggregate
 gradation is studied in terms of compressive strength and tensile strength of NFC. A fixed
 cement- to-aggregate proportion 1:6 is adopted during this study. in all 10 gradations of 
the caosrse aggregates ranging between pacific maximum and minmum size are used
 i.e, 7mm-4.75mm, 10mm-4.75mm, 10mm-7mm, 13mm- 4.75mm, 13mm-7mm, 13mm-10mm,
 20mm-4.75mm, 20mm-7mm, 20mm-10mm, 20mm-13mm. The water-cement ratio 
is maintained at fixed value 0.40 throughout the study. The cube and cylinder specimens
 of standard sizes are cast to determine compressive strength and tensile strength 
(cylinder splitting) respectively. Entire the specimens are cured in water up to the age of
 testing (28 days). The results of the study reveal the substantial effect of the gradation
 of coarse aggregates on strength properties (compressive and tensile strength) of no-fines 
concrete

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