Design of Compressive & Flexural Strength of Concrete by Using Laterite aggregate

Integration of new material as a partial course aggregate and fine aggregates replacement in local concrete production would be able to reduce the high dependency of concrete manufacturer on current aggregate supply that may lead to ecological imbalance when natural material is used excessively. This project presents the assessment on the characteristic of laterite aggregate obtained from Konkan region before discussing further on the influences of this local material towards engineering properties of normal concrete. Concrete mixes containing 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% laterite aggregate and 25% and 50% of laterite sand replacement level were cast before subjected to water curing for 7 and 28 days. Compressive strength test and flexural strength will be conducted in accordance to the existing standard. The present experimental investigation examines the effect of laterite aggregate, as partial replacement to cement and aggregate various properties of concrete block. Investigation is done on M30 grade mix using laterite aggregate as partial replacement by weight of cement. Experimentation is carried out to find the compressive strength, flexural strength of the concrete blocks. Experimentation is also carried out analysis the production cost of concrete blocks by using laterite aggregate.