A review and sequel experimental analysis on physical and mechanical properties of permeable concrete for pavement construction

ABSTRACT

Permeable concrete pavement is greatly beneficial and is required for parking lot and pedestrian walk in urban areas. Permeable concrete is a low density concrete that consists of more air voids which help in the infiltration of storm water. The present study, after examining many research works reviewed critically, proposes an enhanced permeable concrete with various mix proportions by conducting an experimental work. It involves conducting of compressive strength and permeability flow rate tests on permeable concrete with 1% of aluminium (Al) powder and 15% of Fly Ash (FA) by weight of cement as a partial replacement. In total, 18 cubes were cast and were grouped into two, such as permeable concrete with and without fine aggregate. The test results depict that the average compressive strength of permeable concrete using admixtures of 15% FA and 1% Al with and without fine aggregate is increased by 13.90% and 1.05% when compared with the corresponding control mixes, respectively. Permeability flow rate of the permeable concrete with and without fine aggregate is in the range of 7.67–9 ml/s and 14.83–15.83 ml/s, respectively. Scientific value of this research work recommends the type of permeable concrete and its applications based on its performance.

KEYWORDS:

• Permeable concrete
• compressive strength
• permeability test
• aluminium powder
• fly ash
• air entrained concrete

Acknowledgements

The authors express their gratitude to National University of Science and Technology, Oman for providing materials and laboratory support for this research work. They thank Ms. Eman Muhye Adeen Muhye Al Hatali for her assistance with the laboratory work.

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N. Aravind

Dr N. Aravind, PhD in Structural Engineering, is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, National University of Science and Technology (formerly Caledonian College of Engineering), Muscat, Oman. His research interests are in the areas of repair and rehabilitation of existing structures, sustainable and innovative construction materials. He has published extensively, received awards for research conducted and supervised, and led several multi-disciplinary research and consulting teams. This article emanated from his students research project at the Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Science and Technology, Muscat, Oman.

Taha Irfan Abdulrehman

Er. Taha Irfan Abdulrahman obtained his UG degree from Caledonian College of Engineering, Oman (Affiliated to Glasgow Caledonian University). Experimental part of this article is from his project work and presently he is working as an industrial civil engineer at global chemical and maintenance system (GCMS), Oman. Contact Details: PO Box 508, CPO. Alkhuwair, Sultanate of Oman. Tel: [phone] Email: [email protected]