期刊名称：International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management
电子版ISSN：2395-5252
出版年度：2021
卷号：3
期号：7
页码：3067-3072
DOI：10.35629/5252-030729132918
语种：English
出版社：IJAEM JOURNAL
摘要：This research investigates the effect of sokoto red sand on the properties of concrete. The red sand was obtained from Kalambaina, Rugamande, Jangebe and Gwadabawa sand within sokoto state.A total of 60 cubes were casted and tested at 7, 14, and 28 days of curing. The specific gravity of the aggregate falls within the range of normal weight aggregate with (Kalambaina 2.49, Rugamande 2.51, Jangebe 2.40, and Gwadabawa sand 2.48). Also aggregate obtained from Kalambaina,Rugamande and Gwadabawa sand falls under coarse zone1, while aggregate obtained from Jangebe falls under medium zone2. The result shows that aggregate samples have low percentage of absorption capacity of concrete due to the nature of it porosity having value (Rugamande 3.7%, Jangebe 4.2%, Kalambaina 5% and Gwadabawa sand 2%). The compressive strength of aggregate has the average value due to the failure load (Rugamande 20N/mm2 , Jangebe 25N/mm2 , Kalambaina 27.8N/mm2 , and Gwadabawa sand 29.8N/mm2 ). However sand obtained from gwadabawa has the highest strength failure load of 29.8N/mm2 which is closed to the target strength of 31N/mm2.
