No Fine Pervious Concrete.

By
N.Saravanan,
ROLL NO: 15012D2008

Guided by
Prof. B. Dean Kumar,
Department of Civil Engineering
ABSTRACT
The concrete which have low or no sand content is known as pervious concrete. I It has low
strength when compared with ordinary concrete and high void content. Pervious concrete,
sometimes referred to as porous concrete, permeable concrete, no-fines concrete, gap-graded
concrete, and enhanced-porosity concrete is a mixture of ordinary Portland cement, water, coarse
aggregate of smaller size and in some cases chemical admixtures.
Typically, pervious concrete does not contain any sand and its air void content varies between 15
and 40% depending on applications.
A small amount of sand can be used for compressive strength improvement but air void content
will be reduced and permeability lowered.
It is important to maintain the proper volume of paste/mortar in the mix design so that the
aggregate is equally coated but the excess of paste/mortar does not fill the void space within
coarse aggregate.
Pervious is quite new and many theories have emerged about how this should be done.
Voids within the pervious concrete should be interconnected so they create channels through
which water can freely flow. It has low strength when compared with ordinary concrete and high
void content
DIFFERENCE FROM ORDINARY CONCRETE
Pervious concrete should not be compared with ordinary concrete because in ordinary
concrete our aim is to reduce the void content to increase the strength but in pervious concrete
we give preference for the void content.

Pervious concrete is traditionally used in parking areas, areas with light traffic, pedestrian
walkways and greenhouses and contributes to sustainable construction.
India is a subtropical country, which receives good amount of rain each year. Due to sudden
and massive urbanization, the availability and supply of water for domestic purpose has
introduced new challenges in urban water supply. As the scope of urban cities will increase,
pervious concrete can provide a solution to this rapid growth of cities.
Pervious concrete is a relatively new concept for rural road pavement, with increase into the
problems in rural areas related to the low ground water level, agricultural problem. Pervious
concrete has introduced in rural road as a road pavement material.
OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE OF THE PROJECT WORK

The objective of this project work is to investigate mechanical and hydraulic properties of
pervious concrete using various parameters. The parameters varied are,
a) air voids which are intentionally inducted by reducing the quantity of concrete for 15%,
20%, 25% and 30% with same cement and water content.
b) partial replacement of Cement with fly ash, silica fume and combination of both by 10%
of weight of cement.
Specimens are to be casted and the tests such as compressive strength, split tensile test, weight
density, porosity and permeability are to be conducted to find out its characteristic parametric
values.
To ascertain the relationship of mechanical and hydraulic properties of different mixes.
Parameters of Pervious Concrete

Porosity = 10-40%
Coarse Aggregate size = 9-20 mm
Compressive Strength = 3.5-30 Mpa
Permeability = 0.2-3.5 cm/sec
Density = 70-80% of Ordinary Concrete
Cement Content = 250-450 kg/m3
W/C Ratio = 0.25-0.40
Fine Aggregate = 1-10%(Optional)
 Literature Review
1. Mehmet Gesoglu et.al (2014), examined the properties of rubberized plain pervious concrete
in terms of mechanical properties and the permeability. The use of rubber significantly
aggravated the pervious concrete mechanical properties and its permeability but in different
degrees according to the rate and type of rubber used. However, replacement of natural
aggregate with rubber particles resulted in a significant increase of toughness and ductility of
concrete as well as better damping capacity.
2. Xiang Shu et.al, (2012) evaluated the performance of laboratory and field produced previous
concrete mixtures as well as field cores and compared through laboratory performance tests
including air voids, permeability, compressive and split tensile strengths, as well as freeze-
thaw durability tests. Two types of coarse aggregate, limestone and granite, with two grading,
No.8 and No.89 specified in ASTM C33, were used to produce the mixtures.
3. Anush K. Chandrappa, Krishna Prapoorna Biligiri et.al, (2016) Pervious concrete (PC)
mixtures were designed and prepared to measure and study permeability characteristics at
varying head levels using a falling head permeability meter
4. B. Huang, J. Cao et.al, (2010) This paper presents a study in which the effects of aggregate
gradations on the permeability and mechanical properties of pervious concrete were
investigated.
5. A.A.Haji, Dr.K.B.parikh et.al(2016) Investigates pervious concrete is becoming popular for
the construction of pavements, car parks and driveways. For the effective use of pervious
concrete, it is necessary to evaluate performance of this new type of concrete.
SUMMARY FROM LITERATURE REVIEW
The porosity of pervious concrete ranges between 10% and 40%, which gives it permeability, good
drainage properties, and high noise absorption characteristics; however, the high porosity also
reduces the concretes strength. The most important features of pervious concrete in its hardened
state are reduced density, permeability of 0.23.5 cm/s and compressive strength of 3.5-30 MPa.
Compared to regular concrete, pervious concrete has the main advantages of preventing water from
pooling on surfaces, positively affecting vegetation by supplying plants with water/rainwater and
maintaining groundwater quality.
These advantages make pervious concrete appropriate for a wide range of applications including
slope stabilization systems, alleys, parking lots and light-traffic roads.
 MIX DESIGN
The mix design for pervious concrete used for road pavement and structural purpose depends
on the physical and mechanical properties of ingredients used in it. Pervious concrete mix
design for this project work has been established from the following trail mixes.

Trail Mixes Done.

Mix Design Using IS-10262:2009
Agg.
Cement Agg. C/A W/C Density Avg. Comp.
Trail Size Remarks
(Kg) (Kg) ratio ratio (Kg/m3) Strength
(mm)
Trail 1 330 1954 20 (1:5.92) 0.48 1838 10.20 N/mm2
2
Accelerated
Trail 2 350 2033 20 (1:5.80) 0.35 1854 9.11 N/mm curing.
Trail 3 380 2326 20 (1:5.80) 0.35 1885 14.24 N/mm2
1:4 Mix
Trail 4 350 1400 12.50 (1:4) 0.35 1948 16.25 N/mm2
2
Normal Curing.
Trail 5 380 1580 12.50 (1:4) 0.35 2000 20.35 N/mm
 Methodology.
LITERATURE STUDY
*Note: The use of Water content more than 40%
causes flow of cement to the bottom of the specimen.
MATERIAL COLLECTION

MATERIAL TESTING

Tests To be Conducted.
DESIGN OF SPECIMEN
1. Compressive Strength Test.
CASTING OF SPECIMEN 2. Split tensile Test.
3. Porosity Test.
CURING OF SPECIMEN
4. Permeability Test.
EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS

Total No of specimen to be casted = 72 Nos

RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

CONCLUSION
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