Effect of EPS Concrete: Balancing Construction Efficiency and Environmental Sustainability R. Rajeshwaran, J. Logeshwari, R. Abirami Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, 2025 Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is a material that may be harmful to human health. This is mainly because it releases specific chemicals during its manufacture, usage, and disposal. It is important to remember that the effects on health can change depending on the particular situation, exposure levels, and personal sensibilities. There are initiatives underway to address these environmental issues. Increasing EPS recycling rates, locating substitute materials, and encouraging appropriate disposal techniques are the main goals of several projects. Furthermore, studies into more environmentally friendly EPS substitutes for a variety of applications are still in progress. Creating a circular economy and lowering the total amount of single-use plastics used are two more aspects of larger plans to lessen the environmental impact of materials like EPS. The introduction of EPS cubes into concrete has reduced the adverse effects of EPS materials in the environment. This study substituted EPS, which is generated from industrial waste products, for aggregate. For an experimental study, a good-strength, sustainable concrete mix of grade M30 has been developed. In increments of 25%, five different mix proportions were evaluated for EPS cubes with size variations of 10 mm, 12 mm, and 20 mm. The range of 0 to 100% was studied. The replacement of EPS cubes by volume of course aggregates in the mixture yields the maximum increase in crushing, rupture, and bending strength, according to the mechanical properties of concrete that have been observed. This replacement ratio of 25% was shown to be efficient. The use of EPS materials in concrete is therefore shown to produce large reductions in environmental pollutants in addition to significant cost and energy savings.
Life Cycle Assessment of Perishable Wastes from Koyambedu Market T. Anstey Vathani, J. Logeshwari Journal of Advanced Research in Applied Sciences and Engineering Technology, 2025 India is the second largest country having highest population which leads to generation of large sum of wastes. Municipal solid waste generally consists of household and commercial waste. Most of the wastes are collected and dumped in the landfill sites but in certain cases these wastes are dumped in nearby empty places which causes environmental pollution and also leads to spreading of various diseases. Koyambedu Market situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu is one of the largest markets in Asia having a total area of 295 acres with different shops selling vegetables, fruits, flowers and meats. Around 300 tons of wastes are generated in a day from the entire market. The collected data are analyzed using Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to know the impact caused by the wastes that are disposed from Koyambedu. The methodology of LCA makes modelling simpler, gives more clearly defined system boundaries, and reduces the amount of data that is required in comparison to the conventional method of independently comparing two different criteria. The use of LCA is more feasible in order to find the life cycle of the wastes and to find which waste produces more harm to the environment. With the analyzes it was found the emission of methane is more in vegetable waste than in other wastes that are collected from the market. The electricity consumed by landfill is less compared to the biogas plant. It is suggested that small biogas plants can be built near the markets to extract the gases that are produced from the wastes.
A review on ultra high-performance fibre-reinforced concrete with nanomaterials and its applications V. Anish, J. Logeshwari Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, 2024 Ultra high-performance concrete (UHPC) is an advanced concrete which exhibits a higher performance mostly in all aspects and has a compressive strength higher than 150 MPa. The paper reviews the usage of different types of fibres, nanomaterials, mineral admixtures, preparation techniques and the utilization of UHPC. Improved microstructure, reduced porosity and homogeneous mixing are the basic requirements of the UHPC design. Though UHPC helps in the preparation of structural members at lesser size, it requires an enormous amount of cement which is accountable for a huge CO2 emission, abrasion and cracks; hence, supplementary cementitious materials might be utilized as a limited alternative for cement without sacrificing the strength of concrete at lesser cost. The nanomaterials act as a nucleation site for the C-S–H gel formation by filling the voids and pores, thereby aiding to attain a denser microstructure for UHPC and also delaying the nucleation of the cracks at the nanoscale. The fibres used in the UHPC help in energy dissipation and also produce a bridging effect for micro- and macro-cracks. Based on the investigations, it has been found that the usage of medium hooked-end steel fibres and a hybrid combination of fibres with nanomaterials helps in improving several properties of the UHPC.
Loading Behavior of Sandwich Wall Infill with Opening: An Experimental Study R. Rajeshwaran, J. Logeshwari, R. Abirami Ssrg International Journal of Civil Engineering, 2024 A new construction element is currently being developed as an innovative building solution. This element is a single prefabricated unit structured as follows: It has an outer layer made of reinforced concrete, a middle layer consisting of insulation material, and an inner layer made of another sheet of reinforced concrete. Sandwich wall panels can serve both functions of insulating the building thermally and transferring load when they are erected between each other. For this experiment, specimens of sizes 1m x 1m and 0.1m overall thickness are being cast with varying EPS core thicknesses of 25mm, 50mm, and 75mm tested under an even vertical load distribution. These specimens are being bonded by reinforcement, with an opening in the middle measuring 0.15m x 0.15m. A wall is being evaluated to determine how structurally sound it is in comparison to a standard wall system in various structural parameter aspects. The wall specimen can support a failure load of 406 kN, i.e., 95% of the maximum load that a typical wall specimen can support. Additionally, it has a less thick core region of 25 mm and a very little 0.21 mm deflection on the forward-facing side of the panel. The failure deformation measurements indicate that concrete reaches its limit at 0.002350, while steel fails at 0.001190. The current study's findings suggest that insulated structural panels with openings are preferable to conventional walls. To create an efficient infrastructure for balanced and sustainable industrialization and nurture inventiveness, the adoption of this new technology is considered.
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Influence of additives on leachate treatment with recycled coarse aggregate TA Vathani, J Logeshwari Advances in concrete construction 18 (2), 157-167 , 2024 2024
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