Effect of using windows waste glass as coarse aggregate on some properties of concrete

Abstract EN

In this experimental study, local waste glass (WG) gathered from Turkey-made windows glass has been used as a partial replacement of coarse aggregates with 0, 20, 25, and 30 % percentages of replacement by weight.

Some mechanical and other properties of the concrete, produced this way have been studied at both fresh and hardened stages.

The experimental results obtained from testing the specimens prepared from concrete mixes with water / cement ratio equal to 0.5, showed that using WG resulted in decreasing the slump and fresh density due to angular grain shape, whereas the compressive, splitting, and flexural strengths noticeably enhanced.

Tests revealed that with increasing the WG percentage the strengths gradually increase up to a given limit beyond which they decrease.

The maximum effect was reached at 25 % percentage of replacement.

At this percentage the increases in the compressive, splitting tensile and flexural strengths at 28-day age were 30, 38 and 31 %, respectively.

The results of this study indicate a considerable economical effect from using the optimum percentage of WG (25 %) as partial replacement of coarse aggregate.