Computers and Concrete
Volume 11, Number 1, 2013, pages 63-73
DOI: 10.12989/cac.2013.11.1.063
Experimental and numerical investigations of the influence of reducing cement by adding waste powder rubber on the impact behavior of concrete
Mustafa Maher Al-Tayeb, B.H. Abu Bakar, Hazizan Md Akil and Hanafi Ismail
Abstract
In this study, the effect of reducing cement by proportional addition of waste powder rubber on the performance of concrete under impact three-point bending loading were investigated experimentally and numerically. Concrete specimens were prepared by adding 5%, 10% and 20 % of rubber powder as filler to the mix and decreasing the same percentage of cement. For each case, three beams of 50 mm
Key Words
rubber powder; cement concrete; compressive strength; impact energy; finite element method
Address
Mustafa Maher Al-Tayeb and B.H. Abu Bakar: School of Civil Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia; Hazizan Md Akil
and Hanafi Ismail: School of Materials & Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia