Use of demolition to reduce cement usage in cement composite /

As a deveoping country, constractions is one of the main incomes producing in Malaysia. Huge amount of demolition waste were produced from these activities. In Malaysia, the construction waste has cause a significant impact on the environmental and also increasing the concern of the society and the...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mohd Khairi Bin Abdul Aziz (Author)
Corporate Author: Universiti Malaysia Perlis
Format: Thesis Book
Language:English
Published: Perlis School of Environmental Engineering University Malaysia Perlis 2011
Subjects:
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:As a deveoping country, constractions is one of the main incomes producing in Malaysia. Huge amount of demolition waste were produced from these activities. In Malaysia, the construction waste has cause a significant impact on the environmental and also increasing the concern of the society and the waste generation is found to be in an increasing trend. These demolition wastes are disposed illegally or disposed at landfill. This study is to examine suitability of demolition waste produced used to replace cement in concrete composition. Features such as specific gravity , and elemental composition were studied . The amount of demolition waste that is used in concrete mix propotion is 10%, 20% and 30% and compared with 0% as control.
Physical Description:xii, 50 pages illustrations 30cm