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1. INTRODUCTION
Coarse aggregates are relatively inert material fillers which when combined with
cement and water forms a stone-like material called concrete (1-2]. Coarse aggregates
predominantly range from particle sizes of 5 mm to an average of 20 mm size and
most be properly graded to form dense concrete [3-7]. The coarse aggregate mainly
provides the necessary weight to the concrete, hence improving the volume stability
and durability of the concrete, thereby affecting the plastic and hardened state of
concrete through its physical characteristics [1, 8].
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Bayasi and Zhou [9] and Ruiz [10] reported that the compressive strength of
concrete increases with an increase in coarse aggregate content up to an optimum
proportion after which there is a marginal decrease and this strength property of
concrete is an important parameter in the design of structures [11-15]. The effect of
increase aggregate sizes as it affects the water-cement ratio have been studied [16].
The study suggested that increasing the maximum aggregate size reduced the total
surface area of the aggregate, thus reducing the mixing water requirements. However,
even with the reduction in water, a larger aggregate produced concrete with low
compressive strengths compared to concrete containing smaller aggregate.
This paper aims at investigating the effects of varying aggregate sizes on the
strength properties of concrete noting that other characteristics of concrete such
impermeability, durability and volume stability may be very important, the
compressive strength is considered the most viable property.
Batch No.
1
Cement
1157.28
Sand
2314.56
Gravel
4629.12
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Weight of
Specimen
(g)
(g)
Cube Size
(mm)
7995
150x150x150
150x150x150 7983
7989
AVERAGE
Density of
Specimen
(kg/m3)
(kg/m3)
Age in
(Days)
2370
398
17.69
2370
2370
7
7
508
453
22.58
20.13
"
Load
(KN)
Stress
(N/mm2)
Material &
Identification Mark
Table 3 Compressive Strength Result at 21 Days for 10mm Coarse Aggregate Size
Cube Size
(mm)
150x150x150
150x150x150
AVERAGE
Weight of
Specimen
(g)
(g)
8211
8119
8165
Density of
Specimen
(kg/m3)
(kg/m3)
2430
2410
2420
Age in
(Days)
21
21
21
Load
(KN)
673
652
663
Stress
(N/mm2)
Material &
Identification Mark
29.91
28.98
29.44
Table 4 Compressive Strength Result at 28 Days for 10mm Coarse Aggregate Size
Cube Size
(mm)
150x150x150
150x150x150
AVERAGE
Weight of
Specimen
(g)
(g)
8110
8124
8117
Density of
Specimen
(kg/m3)
(kg/m3)
2400
2410
2405
Age in
(Days)
28
28
28
Load
(KN)
Stress
(N/mm2)
Material &
Identification Mark
398
508
703
31.02
31.47
31.24
Table 5 Compressive Strength Result at 7 Days for 12.5mm Coarse Aggregate Size
Cube Size
(mm)
Weight of
Specimen
(g)
Density of
Specimen
(kg/m3)
Age in
(Days)
150x150x150
8042
2380
150x150x150
AVERAGE
8074
8058
2390
2385
Load
(KN)
Stress
(N/mm2)
521
23.26
7
7
540
531
24.00
23.58
Material &
Identification Mark
12.5mm aggregate
size
"
Table 6 Compressive Strength Result at 21 Days for 12.5mm Coarse Aggregate Size
Cube Size
(mm)
Weight of
Specimen
(g)
Density of
Specimen
(kg/m3)
Age in
(Days)
150x150x150
150x150x150
AVERAGE
7895
7798
7847
2340
2310
2325
21
21
21
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Load
(KN)
Stress
(N/mm2)
Material &
Identification Mark
760
748
754
33.78
33.24
33.51
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Weight of
Specimen
(g)
Density of
Specimen
(kg/m3)
Age in
(Days)
150x150x150
7998
2370
150x150x150
AVERAGE
7860
7937
2340
2355
Load
(KN)
Stress
(N/mm2)
28
800
35.56
28
28
782
791
34.76
35.16
Material &
Identification Mark
12.5mm aggregate
size
"
Table 8 Compressive Strength Result at 7 Days for 19mm Coarse Aggregate Size
Cube Size
(mm)
150x150x150
150x150x150
AVERAGE
Weight of
Specimen
(g)
8323
8287
8305
Density of
Specimen
(kg/m3)
2470
2460
2465
Age in
(Days)
7
7
7
Load
(KN)
Stress
(N/mm2)
Material &
Identification Mark
537
553
545
23.87
24.58
24.22
Table 9 Compressive Strength Result at 21 Days for 19mm Coarse Aggregate Size
Cube Size
(mm)
150x150x150
150x150x150
AVERAGE
Weight of
Specimen
(g)
8199
8203
8201
Density of
Specimen
(kg/m3)
2430
2430
2430
Age in
(Days)
21
21
21
Load
(KN)
Stress
(N/mm2)
Material &
Identification Mark
794
776
785
35.29
34.49
34.89
Table 10 Compressive Strength Result at 28 Days for 19mm Coarse Aggregate Size
Cube Size
(mm)
150x150x150
150x150x150
AVERAGE
Weight of
Specimen
(g)
8224
8276
8250
Density of
Specimen
(kg/m3)
2440
2450
2445
Age in
(Days)
28
28
28
Load
(KN)
Stress
(N/mm2)
Material &
Identification Mark
810
824
817
36.00
36.62
36.31
P
A
Where:
P Maximum load on the cube at failure
A Cross-sectional area of the concrete cube specimen
f cu
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7-Day
Strength
21-Day
Strength
28-Day
Strength
(N/mm2)
(N/mm2)
(N/mm2)
20.13
23.58
24.22
29.44
33.51
34.89
31.24
35.16
36.31
35
30
25
batch 1
20
batch 2
15
batch 3
10
5
0
7 days
21 days
28 days
Figure 1 Strength Development of the Concrete Test Cubes at varying Aggregate Size
For batch 1 concrete cubes made with 10mm coarse aggregate size, about 65%
strength was gained after 7 days while for batch 2 and batch 3 concrete cubes made
with 12.5mm and 19mm coarse aggregate sizes respectively, about 67% each of the
total strength had been reached after 7 days.
The bar chart below shows clearly the effect of the coarse aggregate size on the
compressive strength of the different batches of concrete cubes casted using only the
values for 28th day strength.
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40
38
36
10mm
34
12.5mm
32
19mm
30
28
Figure 2. 28th day Compressive Strength for the Concrete Cubes made with different Coarse
Aggregate Size.
12.5
19
Figure 3 Relationship between Aggregate Size and Compressive Strength at 28th Day
Compressive strength values for 7-day strength and 28-day strength for all
concrete mix batches agree favorably with Table 12 of BS 12 for concrete made with
Portland cement and strength class of 32.5N (C30 grade).
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Class of
Strength
G32.5
G32.5
G42.5
G42.5
G52.5
G62.5
Standard Strength
28 days
2
(N/mm )
(N/mm2)
32.5
52.5
42.5
62.5
52.5
62.5
72.5
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4. CONCLUSSION
From the study, the following conclusions are made.
After 7 days, strength had developed in the concrete cubes to approximately twothirds of the 28-day strength which is within acceptable limits.
The results of this work show that for an increase in coarse aggregate size from
10mm to 19mm at constant water content, the compressive strength increased by
about 16.2 percent.
The slump value for the mix batch 3containing 19mm uncrushed gravel was higher
than that of mix batch 2 containing 12.5mm uncrushed gravel. This indicates that
water content was increased for mix batch 3 due to a poor level of workmanship.
The results of this work agree with Ruiz [10] who after their investigations on the
effect of aggregate size on compressive strength stated that strength increases with
increase in aggregate size by about 10 percent.
The result of this work then tends to disagree with Bloem [16] and Walker [20], who
all concluded that compressive strength decreases with increase in aggregate size by
about 10 percent.
4.1. Recommendation
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