In this research using the natural and industrial lightweight aggregates frequently found in the south-east region of Iran (Kerman province), high strength and low cost light weight concretes were manufactured. | Experimental study on mechanical properties of different lightweight aggregate concretes Engineering Solid Mechanics 2 2014 201-208 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Engineering Solid Mechanics homepage esm Experimental study on mechanical properties of different lightweight aggregate concretes . Samareh Hashemi Department of Civil Engineering Islamic Azad University Yazd Branch Yazd Iran ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history Lightweight concrete is a suitable constructional material which can decrease the Received January 20 2014 Received in Revised form weight of buildings and the hazards of earthquake loads. Hence a large number of April 10 2014 research studies have been focused on designing and manufacturing high strength Accepted 15 April 2014 lightweight concretes. In this research using the natural and industrial lightweight Available online aggregates frequently found in the south-east region of Iran Kerman province high 17 April 2014 strength and low cost light weight concretes were manufactured. The effects of Keywords Lightweight aggregate concrete aggregate type aggregate size and concrete mixture were studied experimentally on Compressive strength the compressive strength of concretes and the density and cost of manufactured Mixture density samples. Cost per metric volume 2014 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Structural concretes including asphalt . bitumen or binder based concrete polymer . resin based concrete and cement concretes are frequently used in many civil engineering applications such as roads pavements and buildings and a large number of research studies have been performed in the past for investigating the performance and characterizing physical and mechanical properties of different types of concretes Ibrahim et al. 2014 Soleymani Ashtiani et al. 2013 Aliha et al. 2012 2014 Nabavi et al. 2013 Beigi et al. 2013 Paul amp van Zijl 2013 Hussain et al. 2014 Mills-Beale amp .
