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CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS
Volume 202, Issue -, Pages 387-395Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.01.044
Keywords
Pervious concrete; Cement-aggregate ratio; Fly ash; Compressive strength; Purifying effect; Biotoxicity
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Funding
- Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China [2016YFE0108200]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [5150080567]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [310822161126]
- Fund of the China Thousand Talents Plan, Shanghai Committee of Science and Technology, of China [17230711300, 16DZ1202004]
- Fund of Shanghai Peak Discipline [2016J012309]
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Pervious concrete is one kind of concrete with a larger porosity than dense concrete, usually in the range of 15-25%. It helps mitigate stormwater runoff, purify water and reduce the influence of splash on drivers through its porous structure. Nevertheless, the high porosity also has led to structural and environmental defects, especially low strength and the applicability of pervious concrete containing waste for rainwater recycling. This study firstly presented an adequate experimental investigation on the influences of the cement-aggregate ratio (C/A, by mass) on porosity, compressive strength of pervious concrete samples and determined an optimum C/A for higher compressive strength. Secondly, fly ash was chosen as supplementary cementitious material to replace Portland cement at the optimum C/A. Then a series of environmental investigation like Suspended Solids, Ammonia-nitrogen, Total Phosphorus, Alkali precipitation tests were carried out to explore the purifying effect of concrete samples. Finally, this paper introduced zebrafish acute biotoxicity test specially to evaluate whether pervious concrete containing fly ash could be used for runoff pollution controlling and rainwater recycling. According to the results, CIA has a significant influence on the properties of pervious concrete. C/A (0.20-0.24) and 20% fly ash content were recommended to produce high strength pervious concrete. Meanwhile, the percolate collected from pervious concrete containing fly ash showed acute toxicity, killed all the zebrafish within 20 min and the disposed percolate performed much better which means only the disposed percolate could be used for pavement construction and rainwater recycling. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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