Investigation of Usability of Basaltic Pumice Aggregate At Prefabricated Structure Light-Weight Concrete Components

At prefabrication, concrete which is 30 MPa and more compressive strength is generally used in the production of structure components such as colon, beam etc. In new generation productions, expected property of the components is not only compressive strength, but also tensile splitting strength, bond strength and lightness which provides advantage on movement and molding. In this study, the engineering properties of the concrete prepared by CEM I 42.5 R type cement by using pumice and normal aggregate were investigated On determination of compressive strength 100x200 mm sized cylinder sample, on determination of tensile splitting and bond strength 150x150x150 mm sized cube sample and O12 ribbed steel bar was used. It is found that light-weight concrete (LC) which was prepared with pumice aggregate is 30% lighter than normal concrete (NC) prepared with normal aggregate and at equal strength. According to the NC, the LC was obtained by 48% less tensile splitting strength and 15% less bond strength.