Growing environmental restrictions to the exploitation of sand from river beds leads to search for alternatives particularly near the larger metropolitan areas. This has brought in severe strains on the availability of sand forcing the construction industry to look for alternative construction materials without compromising the strength criteria of concrete. Granulated blast furnace slags are one of the promising sustainable solutions as they are obtained as solid wastes generated by industry. Hence it reduces the solid waste disposal problem and other environmental issues. Present experimental work explores the possibility of using GBFS as replacement of natural sand in concrete. In this study an attempt is done to understand the variation in compressive strength of concrete with GBFS content. Along with that cost analysis is also done to suggest the most optimized percentage of GBFS to be used in various conditions.
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