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Amey, K.B., Samah, O.-D., Neglo, K., Amoussou, K., Sounsah, K.M., Tchamdja, B. (2018) Experimental Study of the Formulation of Mortar Based on Silty Sand of Togo. American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture, 6, 172-179.
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• TITLE: Optimization of the Traction Resistance of Hydraulic Mortars Based on Togo Sands

  AUTHORS: Kossi Bolanigni Amey

  KEYWORDS: Sand, Togo, Mortar, Resistance, Flexural

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol.11 No.7, July 26, 2021

  ABSTRACT: The purpose of this study is to analyze the behavior of mortars from the sands of Togo in order to optimize their traction resistance. 3660 4 cm × 4 cm × 16 cm test tubes of mortars are prepared from the sands of 20 extraction sites in Togo with variations in water and cement while keeping the water-cement ratio constant (E/C = 0.5). It emerges a quadratically increasing evolution of resistance in flexural at 28 days of age (σf) for cement-sand (C/S) and water-sand (E/S) ratios varying respectively by the interval [0.0370, 0.3580] to [0.1977, 0.5120] and [0.0185, 0.1792] to [0.0988, 0.2605]. The resistances become stationary beyond these values (σf ≈ 3.4750 MPa to 7.9010 MPa). For structures whose resistance in traction is desired, three formulas of sand mortars from Togo are therefore defined: rich mortars (C/S > 0.5120 and E/S > 0.2605), lean (C/S E/S C/S E/S