Review Paper on Experimental Investigation on Use of Tire Rubber in Concrete

Abstract

Today's construction industry is growing rapidly at its own pace, new materials are being explored and are being used along with conventional material. The conventional material basically include cement, sand aggregate and water which form a homogenous mix called concrete. It is one of the most popular construction materials. Due to this fact, the construction industry is always trying to increase its uses and applications and improving its properties, while reducing cost. In general, concrete has low tensile strength, low ductility, and low energy absorption. Efforts been made by various researchers all over the world to recycle or reuse the used non-biodegradable material in construction industry such as fly ash, rise husk, plastic bottles and shredded rubber. In the present paper, efforts have been made to modify the property of concrete by using waste tyre rubber. The proportion of the ingredients such as cement, sand and aggregate is partially replaced by the use of tyre rubber of suitable sizes. It is found that with the use of tyre rubber, there is no increase in compressive strength but flexural strength and resilience of concrete is enhanced. Such concrete may be used in the construction of load bearing structures and road construction.