construction and Building Materials

construction and Building MaterialsEngineeringpropertiesofcontrolledlow-strengthmaterialscontainingwasteoystershellsWen-TenKuo,Her-YungWang⇑,Chun-YaShu,De-SinSuDepartmentofCivilEngineeringandDisasterMitigationTechnology,NationalKaohsiungUniversityofAppliedSciences,Kaohsiung807,Taiwan,ROChighlights�WeprovidethefeasibilityofmixingWOSwithrecycledmaterials.�TheworkabilityoftheWOSCLSMwasmettherequirementsofASTMD6103.�Theearly-stagecompressivestrengthofWOSCLSMisachievesASTMstandardrequirement.�TheoptimalWOSreplacementof5%issuggestedforconcerningofconstruction.�TheWOSisafeasiblematerialforCLSM.articleinfoArticlehistory:Received8February2013Receivedinrevisedform4April2013Accepted9April2013Availableonline23May2013Keywords:Controlledlow-strengthmaterials(CLSM)Wasteoystershells(WOS)EngineeringpropertiesDurabilityFineaggregateabstractToevaluatethepracticalapplicationofwasteoystershells(WOS)ascontrolledlow-strengthmaterials(CLSM),usingareferencesampleandfourfineaggregatereplacement5%,10%,15%and20%W