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Abstract
Concrete is a mixture of cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate and water. Concrete plays a vital role in the development of infrastructure viz., buildings, industrial structures, bridges and highways etc. leading to utilization of large quantity of concrete. The performance of marble powder, quarry dust and marble chips combinations is expected to give better results than conventional constituents of normal mixing. Leaving the waste materials to the environment causes environmental problem. Hence the reuse of waste has been emphasized.
In this paper an experimental study has been done to investigate the use of marble powder, quarry dust and marble chips as a partial replacement for cement, fine and coarse aggregate in concrete respectively. The compressive strength, tensile strength and flexural strength test of concrete was conducted. It is proposed to conduct the above test to verify whether the above combination will improve the strength of the concrete substantially compared to normal mix concrete.