Authors:
Liaqat Ali,Kifayat Ullah Khan,Abdul Nasir,Abdul Farhan,Mehr E Munir,DOI NO:
https://doi.org/10.26782/jmcms.2019.12.00035Keywords:
Sedimentation,silt,artificial aggregate,natural aggregate,weight aggregate,Abstract
Sedimentation has become a major problem in all over the world and especially in Pakistan. Discharge capacity of the canal has been reduced and the chances of overflowing in critical situations have increased. Cleaning of the sediments from canal require huge resources and the silt obtained after cleaning the reservoir not only will be wasted but will also cause pollution. In order to prevent the pollution and reduce the cost on the cleaning the reservoir, the silt is needed to be used beneficially to generate some revenue. We conducted this project to use this silt beneficially, in our case to manufacture artificial aggregate. A number of tests were performed to check the viability of artificial aggregates for being used in construction industry. Shape and particles size distribution properties of artificial aggregates are excellent but in properties like abrasion resistance, water absorption and compression strength artificial aggregates does not performs very well. However from the results it can be concluded that these artificial aggregates can be used as artificial light weight aggregates.Refference:
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