Sustainable High-Performance Concrete: Exploring Laterite Soil As An Eco-Friendly Fine Aggregate Replacement
Keywords:
Fine aggregate replacement, Concrete durability, Tensile strength, Environmental impact.Abstract
Concrete is the most widely used composite material today. The constituents of concrete are coarse aggregate, fine aggregate, binding material, and water. A rapid increase in construction activities leads to an acute shortage of conventional construction materials. Conventionally, sand is being used as fine aggregate in concrete. The function of the fine aggregate is to assist in producing workability ad uniformity in the mixture.
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