DENSIFICATION OF CONCRETE TO ENHANCE ITS SHIELDING ABILITY TO NUCLEAR RADIATION
| Author(s) | : | Izaz Ahmad, Asim abbas |
| Institution | : | Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology Peshawar, Pakistan |
| Published In | : | Vol. 6, Issue 5 — May 2019 |
| Page No. | : | 53-56 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
High density concrete has been known as radiation shielding concrete provide protection against X-rays andGamma-rays which are harmful to the health and is commonly used for radiation shielding of nuclear-reactors etc. Denseconcrete is designed by replacing natural aggregates by some heavy weight aggregates like barite, magnetite, goethite andserpentine.Integral part of this paper is replacing natural fine aggregate by barite aggregate fully. The concrete mixes are designed asper the recommendation of ACI 211.1 for both normal or control and barite concrete. Experimental results revealed that, theconcrete mixes containing barite fine aggregate have maximum density and higher radiation shielding ability compared tonormal weight concrete.
Izaz Ahmad, Asim abbas, “DENSIFICATION OF CONCRETE TO ENHANCE ITS SHIELDING ABILITY TO NUCLEAR RADIATION”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 6, Issue 5, pp. 53-56, May 2019.
