Study on the behaviour of rubber aggregates concrete beams using analytical approach

Concrete is one the most extensively used construction material all over the world. Many scientists and researchers are in quest for developing alternate construction material that are environment friendly and contribute towards sustainable development. Huge amount of rubber tyres waste is being generated day by day which creates the disposal problem and has many environmental issues. As this scrap rubber waste is an elastic material having less specific gravity, energy absorbent material can be used as a replacement material for obtaining lightweight concrete. In present study an attempt is made to partially replace the rubber aggregates by coarse aggregates in concrete and to study its impact on properties of concrete. A modified concrete is prepared by replacing coarse aggregates in concrete with rubber aggregates by varying the replacement proportion from 0% to 20% with increment of 5%. 3 cubes for each percentage of replacement are casted and tested after 28th days of curing. The physiomechanical properties like density, compressive strength and elastic properties of modified concrete are determined from concrete cubes experimentally and further stresses and displacement at every 50 mm depth of beams are determined analytically by method of initial functions (MIF). MIF is an analytical method in which elastic properties and theoretical loads are used to analyse the beams without conducting any experimental programme. The analytical results by MIF are compared with bending theory.