<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Concrete block pavements have become an attractive engineering and economical alternative to both flexible and rigid pavements because of it’s high strength and durability. The influence of pozzolanic mineral additions – natural zeolite and expanded perlite powder on the properties of concrete interlocking blocks in different curing conditions has been studied. The use of zeolite as a substitute for cement in the production of concrete blocks increased the water demand but decreased the water absorption of the blocks. Obtained results show, that concrete blocks with 10% substitution of cement with zeolitic tuff is characterized by higher strength, lower mass loss and absence of efflorescence.</p></abstract>

Concrete block pavements have become an attractive engineering and economical alternative to both flexible and rigid pavements because of it’s high strength and durability. The influence of pozzolanic mineral additions – natural zeolite and expanded perlite powder on the properties of concrete interlocking blocks in different curing conditions has been studied. The use of zeolite as a substitute for cement in the production of concrete blocks increased the water demand but decreased the water absorption of the blocks. Obtained results show, that concrete blocks with 10% substitution of cement with zeolitic tuff is characterized by higher strength, lower mass loss and absence of efflorescence.

The effect of natural pozzolans on properties of vibropressed interlocking concrete blocks in different curing conditions

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Concrete block pavements have become an attractive engineering and economical alternative to both flexible and rigid pavements because of it’s high strength...

The effect of natural pozzolans on properties of vibropressed interlocking concrete blocks in different curing conditions

Publicado en línea: 13 may 2019

Páginas: 3 - 6

Recibido: 22 feb 2019

Aceptado: 25 mar 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2019.22.01

Palabras clave
concrete interlocking blocks, zeolite, perlite, concrete strength, curing conditions

© 2019 Oleksii Hunyak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The effect of natural pozzolans on properties of vibropressed interlocking concrete blocks in different curing conditions

Publicado en línea: 13 may 2019

Páginas: 3 - 6

Recibido: 22 feb 2019

Aceptado: 25 mar 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2019.22.01

Palabras claveconcrete interlocking blocks, zeolite, perlite, concrete strength, curing conditions

© 2019 Oleksii Hunyak et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
concrete interlocking blocks, zeolite, perlite, concrete strength, curing conditions