1Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Warangal - 505 012, INDIA.
2AU College of Engineering Andhra University, Visakhapatnam - 530 003, INDIA.
Artificial sand is a fine aggregate processed from quarried stone that is crushed and classified to obtain a controlled gradation and a cubical to angular particle shape. Statistics from the Bureau of Mines substantiate the growing popularity of stone sand. In 1983, 13 million tons of stone sand was produced in the U.S. By 1991, the number had grown to 45 million tons presently the requirement would have reached above 100 million tons. This artificial sand here after will be referred as Manufactured Sand of Manufactured Fine Aggregate. An experimental study has been conducted for different concrete mix proportions at different percentage replacement levels of river sand by MFA. The results indicated that replacement of river sand by MFA is beneficial from strength as well as workability viewpoint.
