Civil Nano Concrete PPT 223

Ysr engineering college of
yogi vemana university

Seminar topic-nano concrete
By syed farook
Roll no-1011901005
Nano concrete
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Content
 INTRODUCTION
 WHY NANOTECHNOLOGY FOR CONCRETE?
 WHAT IS NANO CONCRETE?
 NANO MATERIALS
 NANO SILICA
 BENEFITS OF NANO CONCRETE
 CONCLUSION
 SCOPE
 REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION
• Nanotechnology is one of the most active research

areas which has wide applications in almost all the
fields.
• As concrete is most usable material in construction
industry it’s been required to improve its quality.
• Improving concrete properties by addition of nano
particles have shown significant improvement than
conventional concrete.
Why nanotechnology for concrete?
 Improves the materials’ bulk properties.
 Ability to control or manipulate materials at the atomic
scale. NANOSCALE ATTACK ON ASR (ALKALI SILICATE
REACTION)
 To obtain thinner final products and faster setting time.
 Cost effectiveness.
 Lowered levels of environmental contamination.
What is nano concrete?
 A concrete made with portland cement particles that

are less than 500nm as a cementing agent.
 Currently cement particle sizes range from a few
nano-meters to a maximum of about100 micro
meters.
 Portland cement particles are generally in the range
of 1-50 micrometres.
NANO MATERIALS
 Carbon Nanotubes.
 Nano-silica.
 Polycarboxylates.
CARBON NANO TUBES
 Carbon nanotubes are molecular-scale tubes of graphitic
carbon with outstanding properties.
 They can be several millimetres in length and can have one
“layer” or wall (single walled nanotube) or more than one
wall (multi walled nanotube).
 Tensile strenth of CNT is approximately 100 times greater
than that of steel of same diameter.
SINGLE WALLED CARBON NANO TUBES
MULTI WALLED
CARBON NANO TUBES
PROPERTIES
 CNT are also highly flexible.
 Mechanically, CNT appear to be the strongest material.
 The smaller diameters.
 Stiffest and strongest fibers.
NANO SILICA
 Is the first nano product that replaced the micro silica.

 Advancement made by the study of concrete at nano
scale have proved nano silica much better than silica
used in conventional concrete.
NANO SILICA
PROPERTIES
 High compressive strengths concretes ( 15 MPa and 75

MPa at 1 day; 40 MPa and 90 MPa at 28 days and 48 MPa and 120
MPa at 120 days.)
 High workability with reduced water/cement ratio.
 Use of super plasticizing additives is unnecessary.
 Fills up all the micro pores and micro spaces.
 Cement saving upto 35-45%.
POLYCARBOXYLATES
 Polycarboxylates or polymer based concrete admixtures are
High Range Water Reducing admixture (HRWR).
 low dosage-reduce water as much as high dosage of
conventional admixtures.
 Higher dosage-produce Self Compacting Concrete (SCC).
 This admixture type is very suitable for underwater anti-
washout concrete.
POLYCARBOXYLATES
RESULTS
 Resistance to compression - 40 to 90MPa in 1

day.Resistance to compression from 70 a 100 MPa (or
more) in 28 days.
 Produces high resistance even with low addition (1 to
1.5 % of the cements weight) and gives self
compacting characteristics with higher proportions
(2.5 %).
 Meets the norms of environmental protection.
 70% less use of additives as traditional silica, super

plasticizers or traditional fibres.
BENEFITS OF NANO CONCRETE
 Cessation of contamination caused by micro silica solid
particles.
 Lower cost per building site.
 Concrete with high initial and final compressive and tensile
strengths.
 Concrete with good workability.
 Cessation of super plasticizing utilization.
 Cessation of silicosis risk. (causes permanent lung damage)
CONCLUSION
 Well dispersed nano particles increase the viscosity of

the liquid phase, improves the segregation resistance
and workability of the system.
 Accelerates the hydration.
 Better bond between aggregates and cement paste.
 Improves the toughness,shear,tensile strength and
flexural strength of concrete.
SCOPE
 If Portland cement can be formulated with nano-size

cement particles, it will open up a large number of
opportunities.
 The cement will not only be more economical than
organic polymers but also will be fire resistant.
 A number of investigations have been carried out for
developing smart concrete using carbon fibers.
 This will become a reality with nano-cement because nano-
carbontubes are much more effective than carbon fibers.
The thickness of the composite can be reduced to microns
and hence flexible and smart cement composite can be
manufactured.
Thank you
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Ysr engineering college of

yogi vemana university

• Nanotechnology is one of the most active research

 A concrete made with portland cement particles that

 Is the first nano product that replaced the micro silica.

 High compressive strengths concretes ( 15 MPa and 75

 Resistance to compression - 40 to 90MPa in 1

 70% less use of additives as traditional silica, super

 Well dispersed nano particles increase the viscosity of

 If Portland cement can be formulated with nano-size

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