ISSN: 1546-962X
CODEN: JAIOAD
Published Online: 1 June 2004
Page Count: 10

Properties of Controlled Low-Strength Materials Made with Wood Fly Ash

Naik, TR
Director, Assistant Director, Research Associate, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Kraus, RN
Director, Assistant Director, Research Associate, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Siddique, R
Director, Assistant Director, Research Associate, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

Chun, Y-M
Director, Assistant Director, Research Associate, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI

(Received 31 March 2003; accepted 23 September 2003)

Abstract

Controlled low-strength materials (CLSM) were made in the field using one source of wood fly ash as a major component. CLSM Mixtures S-1 and S-3 contained cement, wood fly ash (81 and 89%, respectively, by mass of cementitious materials [Cm]), and sand; whereas, Mixture S-2 contained cement, wood fly ash (11% of Cm), Class C coal fly ash (67% of Cm), and sand. Mixtures S-1, S-2, and S-3 showed respective compressive strength values of 0.8, 0.3, and 0.6 MPa at 28 d, and 1.4, 14.4, and 1.0 MPa at one year. Combination of wood and coal fly ashes might have caused the drastic increase in the strength of Mixture S-2 at late ages. The respective water permeability values of Mixtures S-2 and S-3 decreased from 68 and 33 μm/s at 63 d to 6 and 12 μm/s at 227 d due to the improvement of microstructure of these CLSM mixtures.

Keywords:
bleedwater, Class C fly ash, compressive strength, flowable slurry, permeability, wood fly ash

Paper ID: JAI11871
DOI: 10.1520/JAI11871
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