Performance study on tyre rubber aggregate concrete an experimental and analytical investigation

Abstract

This research is concerned with the strength deflection ductility and durability investigation of a new innovative construction material named as Tyre Rubber Aggregate Concrete TRAC TRAC is a concrete made of partial replacement of waste tyre rubber aggregates for natural aggregates Rubber aggregates are obtained by reduction of scrap tyres to aggregate sizes using mechanical grinding or by chiseling in to required dimensions An experimental investigation is carried out to identify the potential of incorporating rubber aggregates as a partial replacement of fine and coarse aggregate in the concrete using weigh batching method Numerous tests are conducted on fresh and hardened state of TRAC such as workability compressive strength split tensile strength and flexural strength The results showed that the compressive strength decreases when the percentage of replacement of rubber aggregate increases