Silica Fumes Properties and Testing

 Highlighted Skills & Contributions

• Materials Testing: Designed and carried out experiments to measure compressive and split tensile strength of concrete with different silica fume dosages.

• Experimental Methodology: Controlled replacement levels (0%, 5%, 10%, 15% by weight of cement), rigorously tracked setting times and mechanical properties.

• Technical Analysis: Calculated and compared compressive (using CTM) and tensile strengths (using splitting cylinder method) over 7, 14, and 28 days.

• Data Interpretation: Identified trends, plotted strength progression, and determined the optimal silica fume dosage for strength enhancement.