GRD Journals- Global Research and Development Journal for Engineering | Volume 2 | Issue 6 | May 2017

ISSN: 2455-5703

Experimental Study of Crumb Rubber in

Concrete
Bhavik Bhatt
B. E. Student
Department of Civil Engineering
A. D. Patel Institute of Technology, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, Gujarat

Parth Khandla Tausif Kauswala

B. E. Student Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering Department of Civil Engineering
A. D. Patel Institute of Technology, Vallabh Vidhyanagar, A. D. Patel Institute of Technology, Vallabh Vidhyanagar,
Gujarat Gujarat

Abstract
Crumb rubber is a material produced by shredding and commutating used tires. Waste tire dumping, disposal of these materials
or burning these tires cause serious health and environmental problems. On the other side the traffic intensity also increasing day
by day and thus bearing capacities also increased the long term goal of the work is to find a means to dispose of the crumb
rubber in concrete and still provide a final product with good engineering properties. Due to the depletion of natural sand it is
required to use other material than sand being used as the fine aggregate in concrete. The innovative use of the crumb rubber in
concrete formulations as a sand replacement in range of 0%, 2.5%,5%,7.5% and 10 % by weight for M-25 grade cement (OPC).
It will include an experimental review on the effects of CRM on compressive test and flexure test.
Keywords- Concrete, Crumb Rubber, Water Absorption Test, Compressive Test, Flexure Test

I. INTRODUCTION
In order to prevent the environmental problem from growing, recycling Tire is an innovative idea or way in this case. Recycling
Tyre is the processes of recycling vehicles Tyres that are no longer suitable for use on vehicles due to wear or irreparable damage
(such as punctures). The cracker mill process tears apart or reduces the size of Tire rubber by passing the material between
rotating corrugated steel drums. By this process an irregularly shaped torn particles having large surface area are produced and
this particles are commonly known as crumb rubber. Early studies on the use of scrap tyres in asphalt mixes were very
promising. They showed that rubberized asphalt had better skid resistance, reduced fatigue cracking, and achieved longer
pavement life than conventional asphalt. Large benefits can result from the use of scrap tyre rubber in Portland cement concrete
(PCC) mixtures, especially in circumstances where properties like lower density, increased toughness and ductility, higher
impact resistance, and more efficient heat and sound insulation are desired.

II. MATERIALS AND METHODS

1) CEMENT: OPC of 53 grade with specific gravity of 3.15 was used in the present experimental study conforming to IS
12269 1987
Table 1: Physical Properties of Cement
Sr.no Property Result
1 Initial setting time 35 min
2 Specific Gravity 3.148
3 Finess Modulus 1.5 %
2) FINE AGGREGATE: Locally available river sand having density of 1750 kg/m3 and fineness Modulus (FM) of 2.88 is
used. The specific gravity was found to be 2.67 as per IS 383:1970
Table 2: Physical Properties of F.A
Sr.No Property Result
1 Specific Gravity 2.55
2 Finess Modulus 2.36%
3 Water absorption 0.50%
3
3) COARSE AGGREGATE: Natural aggregate having density of 1800 kg/m and fineness modules (FM) of 8.11 was used.
The specific gravity was found to be 2.9 and maximum size of aggregate was 20mm.

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Table 3: Physical Properties of C.A

Sr.No Property Result
1 Specific Gravity 2.63
2 Finess Modulus 6.75%
3 Water absorption 2.4%
4) WATER: Portable water was used available in college campus for mixing and curing of concrete cube.
5) CRUMB RUBBER: Crumb rubber is the name given to any material derived by reducing scrap tires or other rubber into
uniform granules with the inherent reinforcing materials such as steel and fiber removed along with any other type of inert
contaminants such as dust, glass, or rock. This is the physical compositions of the crumb rubber:-
Table 4: Physical Properties of Crumb Rubber
Sr.No Property Result
1 Specific Gravity 1.78
2 Finess Modulus 4.48%
3 Water absorption 2%
Table 5: Chemical composition of crumb rubber
Major rubber components Test data %
Acetone extract 10
Rubber hydrocarbon 250
Carbon Black content 30
Natural rubber content 31
Ash content 4

Fig. 1: Crumb Rubber

6) Mix Proportioning
Concrete mix design in this experiment was designed as per the guidelines in IS 10262-2009. All the samples were prepared
using design mix. M25 grade of concrete was used for the present investigation.
Table 6: Mix Proportioning
Water Cement Fine Aggregate Coarse Aggregate
By weight (kg ) 170 457 536 1181
By volume (m3) 0.37 1 1.17 2.58

III. METHODOLOGY
During the present study, 0%, 2.5%, 5%, 7%and 10% of traditional fine aggregate was replaced with Crumb rubber. Thirty cubes
were casted for mechanical properties for checking the compression test and similarly five beams were prepared for flexural
strength. The proper curing for the same was done as per the period mentioned in the IS code.

IV. TEST PROCEDURES

A. Compressive Strength
For compression test, 150 x 150 x 150 mm. sizes of cubes were taken. All the cubes were tested after wiping out the surface
moisture. Three cubes for each mix of crumb rubber replaced with fine aggregate were tested at the age of 7 & 28 days curing

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using universal testing machine. The testing of cube in compressive testing machine is shown in Figure 2The results of
compressive strength of cubes for 7 and 28 days curing are shown in Chart 1.

Fig. 2: Universal compressive Test machine

Fig. 3: Results of Compressive Strength

B. Flexural Strength Test

For Flexural Strength Test, 500 x 100 x 100 mm sizes of beams were taken. All the beams were properly cured for 28 days as per
AS PER IS: (516-1959). One Normal beam was casted and other four beams were compared for the flexural strength. The testing
was done with Flexural strength apparatus.

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Fig. 4: Flexural Strength Apparatus

Fig. 5: Result of flexural strength

C. Water Absorption
For water absorption, the cubes of size 150 x 150 x 150 mm are kept into the curing tank as soon as been casted and the dry weight
of each and every cube has been taken. Than after 20 days of the curing in the curing tank the weight is again taken after allowing
it to dry for 2 to 3 hours. The table 7 shows the details of dry weight and wet weight of cube samples of different proportions and
figure 6 shows the results of water absorption
Table 7: Details of Dry and Wet Weight Samples
Sr.NO Proportion Dry weight Wet weight
1 0% 8.5 8.58
2 2.50% 8.64 8.74
3 5% 8.73 8.89
4 7.50% 8.56 8.86
5 10% 8.54 8.9

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Fig. 6: Result of water Absorption

V. CONCLUSION
From the results of the experimental study, the following conclusions were observed:-
1) The compressive strength for M 25 grade for all proportions comes within 25 N/mm2. So we can replace the crumb rubber
upto 10 %.
2) The Flexural strength comes optimum when 5% of Crumb rubber is replaced by fine aggregate.
3) The water Absorption increases with the increase in proportion of the crumb rubber.
4) The concrete formed by the use of the crumb rubber also is cost effective because reduction in the use of Fine aggregate.
5) The product formed is also eco-friendly and does not harm the nature.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors Bhavik Bhatt, Parth Khandla wish to thank to the Ticitar Industry,Halol Vadodara for providing the Crumb rubber of
55 grade.We are also thankful to Management of A.D. Patel Institute of Technology, Vallabh Vidhyanagar for providing all the
facilities for the experiment and last but not the least to our Guide Tausif Kauswala for providing sufficient support during
experimental work.

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