ABSTRACT
M-Sand is crushed aggregates produced from hard granite stone which is cubically shaped with rounded edges.
Concrete industry now will have to go for crushed sand or what is called manufactured sand (M-SAND). The use of
M-Sand as a replacement of cementious component in concrete depends on several factors i.e. the design strength,
workability, water demand and finally the cost. There is optimum cement content beyond which little or no
additional strength is achieved by increase in the cement content. So, by maintaining the optimum cement content in
the concrete and decreasing it’s content by blending it with materials such as stone dust, fly ash, silica fume,
Metakaoline, GGBS or combinations of these materials. In the present work, an experimental investigation was
carried out, replacing cement with 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 35% of M-Sand and replacing fine aggregate
with 10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, 100% of M-Sand. In M30 grades of concrete, the test results are compared
with conventional concrete.
1 0 27.77
2 10 15.55
3 20 23.77
4 30 23.11
5 40 29.33
6 50 22.44
7 60 20.00
8 100 15.11
F.A Replacement
Compressive
with Msand
SNO Strength(Mpa)
by (%)(Mix)
28-Days Compressive Strength Results
1 0 17.77
2 10 18.22 F.A Replacement with
Compressive
3 20 22 Msand
SNO Strength(Mpa)
4 30 24.44 by (%)(Mix)
5 40 25.77
6 50 20 1 0 31.77
7 60 19.33 2 10 26
8 100 6.47 3 20 28.88
4 30 36.66
3-Days Compressive Strength 5 40 43.11
6 50 28.22
7 60 27.11
8 100 14.66
11) “The effect of the using waste marble dust as fine sand on the
mechanical properties of the concrete”. Bahar Demirel,
Department of Construction, Faculty of Technical Education,
Firat University, Elazig, 23119, Turkey