Integrating Heat Repulsion and Strength Evaluation of Cost-Effective GLP Concrete Redeeming the Cement Proportions Utilizing Thermocouples

Abstract

Waste glass is risky in our local environment to be dumped as garbage causing harmful problems in the reaction of alkali and silica. The concept was proposed to take advantage of waste glass crushing it into the powder for merging into concrete as a binding material for producing low-cost concrete with imparting effective thermal insulation property. Novelty in this investigation is to introduce an innovative and cheap electronic tool with precision and accuracy called thermocouple which was locally designed by an electronic engineer to calculate the rate of transfer of heat through glass powder (GLP) concrete cylinder. This tool was embedded in the fresh concrete connected with a digital thermometer which was later on tested in an oven after being hardened. Cement was somewhat replaced by glass powder (GLP) in casting cylinders. Many cylinders were cast with regular concrete and investigated for strengths, thermal insulation and other properties and compared with concrete using glass powder (GLP) as a partial interchange of cement in different proportions such as 5, 10, 15, 20, and 25%. The results were later compared to analyse the behaviour of GLP concrete where the slightly negative strength differences were noted compared to the controlled concrete. At the same time, the cost of concrete was lowered for use in the non-load carrying members as well as in the construction of temporary buildings in the rural areas. The important point here to mention is that GLP improved the thermal insulation property of the concrete in an effective, accurate and mostly importantly low-cost locally made tool providing a cool pleasant environment to the occupants especially in the counties where the temperature exceeds 40 • C in the summer.

Usage of Green Material in Building Construction Evaluating its Outcome on Varied Properties of Concrete

“…Glass is a 100 percent recyclable material, where most of it goes to waste in land􀅫ills. Glass concrete has great potential but Alkali-silica Reaction (ASR) might occur in the concrete causing deterioration [18,19]. Certain suppressants can be used to mitigate this effect, like white Portland cement which has a very low alkaline content.…”