Partial Replacement of Waste Foundry Sand by Fine Aggregate and Waste Ceramic Tiles by Coarse Aggregate in Concrete

Concrete is one of the most vital and common materials used in the construction field. The current area of research in the concrete was introducing waste foundry sand (WFS) and waste ceramic tiles in the ordinary concrete. Waste foundry sand is the byproduct of metal casting industries which causes environmental problems because of its improper disposal. Construction industries requires huge amount of ceramic tiles and other ceramic for architectural appearance, the productions of which are drastically increased, due to this waste is also produce during handling and usage of ceramic tiles. An experimental investigation was carried out on concrete containing waste foundry sand (WFS) in the range of 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% and waste ceramic tiles (WCT) in the range of 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, and 40% by weight for M-25 grade concrete. Concrete was produced, tested and compared with conventional concrete in plastic state as well as in harden state for workability, compressive strength & split tensile strength. These tests were carried out on standard cube, cylinder for 7 and 28 days to determine the properties of concrete.