Pervious concrete

About: Pervious concrete is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 2920 publications have been published within this topic receiving 27720 citations. The topic is also known as: porous concrete & permeable concrete.

Utilization of Nano Silica as Cement Paste in Mortar and Porous Concrete Pavement

Abstract: The high percentage of porosity in porous concrete pavement tends to decrease its strength. In concrete industry, nano silica is one of the most popular materials that will improve the properties of cementitious materials. This paper, prepared to review the effect of nano silica in cement paste and mortar related to porous concrete pavement. It was found that, by incorporating nano silica with the right composition in cement paste and mortar, it will improve their mechanical properties. By incorporating nano silica in the mixture, it can be predicted that the strengthening effect of nano silica would be further enhanced in porous concrete because the nano silica improve not only the cement paste, but also the interface between paste and aggregate.

Sustainable hybrid pervious concrete pavement structure

Abstract: The invention relates to a sustainable hybrid pervious concrete pavement structure. The pavement structure comprises a surface layer, a middle layer and a bottom layer from top to bottom; the surface layer and the middle layer are paved by use of pervious concrete different in perviousness coefficient, while the bottom layer is a hardcore bed, and the perviousness coefficients and the porosities gradually increase from the surface layer to the bottom layer; the pervious concrete of the surface layer is composed of the following components in kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m ): 300-400kg/m of cement, 1400-1600 kg/m of 5mm-10mm gravel, 2.2-3.25 kg/m of additives and 85-100 kg/m of mixing water; the pervious concrete of the middle layer is composed of the following components in kilometers per cubic meter (kg/m ): 280-380kg/m of cement, 1350-1560 kg/m of 10mm-20mm gravel, 2.0-3.0 kg/m of additives and 75-90 kg/m of mixing water. The sustainable hybrid pervious concrete pavement structure is a machined rolled pervious concrete pavement structure; a pyramid perviousness manner is adopted so that the perviousness of the pavement structure is excellent; water holes are not prone to be covered and blocked by dust, and therefore, the service life of the pervious concrete pavement structure is greatly increased.

High-performance vegetation pervious concrete

Abstract: The invention discloses high-performance vegetation pervious concrete which is prepared from cement, gypsum, auxiliary binding materials, aggregates, additives, fiber and water. The cement is a mixture of ordinary Portland cement and low-alkalinity sulphoaluminosilicate cement; the auxiliary binding material is a mixture of coal ash, slag and silica fume, and the additives include a mixture of a water reducer, an early strength agent, a redispersible powder and a thickening agent. The high-performance vegetation pervious concrete has the advantages of being high in connection porosity and permeation coefficient, low in pH value, good in mechanical property and durability and the like.

Fly Ash-Added, Seawater-Mixed Pervious Concrete: Compressive Strength, Permeability, and Phosphorus Removal

Abstract: A mix proportion of off-spec fly ash (FA)-added, seawater-mixed pervious concrete (SMPC) was optimized for compressive strength and permeability and then the optimized SMPC was tested for the rate and extent of aqueous phosphorus removal. An optimum mix proportion was obtained to attain the percentages (% wt.) of FA-to-binder at 15.0%, nano SiO2 (NS)-to-FA at 3.0%, liquid-to-binder at 0.338, and water reducer-to-binder at 0.18% from which a 7-day compressive strength of 14.0 MPa and a permeability of 5.5 mm/s were predicted. A long-term maximum compressive strength was measured to be ~16 MPa for both the optimized SMPC and the control ordinary pervious concrete (Control PC). The phosphorus removal was favorable for both the optimized SMPC and the Control PC based on the dimensionless Freundlich parameter (1/n). Both the optimized SMPC and Control PC had a first-order phosphorus removal constant of ~0.03 h−1. The optimized SMPC had a slightly lower capacity of phosphorus removal than the Control PC based on the Freundlich constant, Kf (mg1−1/n kg−1 L1/n): 15.72 for the optimized SMPC vs. 16.63 for Control. This study demonstrates a cleaner production and application of off-spec FA-added, seawater-mixed pervious concrete to simultaneously attain water, waste, and concrete sustainability.

Precast Pervious Concrete Panels

Abstract: A precast pervious concrete panel is formed in a containment vessel under controlled conditions and allowed to reach an acceptable strength before removal from the containment vessel, thereby producing standard sizes or shapes for installation in the field. Each piece of pervious concrete may include slots cut into the piece at predetermined locations allowing installation of a joint connector; either dry or with a bonding material thereby allowing connection of multiple pieces into a solid slab. A strip material may be used under the slab joints to dissipate load bearing and allow the panels to slide together when picked up by the embedded lifting device. Multiple pervious concrete pieces can be combined with a collection system allowing collection/reuse of water passing through the panels. Precast pervious concrete panels can be used as inserts in ready mix or cast in place concrete frames allowing for easy replacement of the pieces.