• Bhushan Adhalkar
• Shubham Patil
• Vishal Patil
• Sanket Shinde
• Subhashini Ramteke

Cities exemplify a remarkable transformation of the natural landscape into a human-made environment. Among the most consequential alterations associated with urbanization is the increase in impervious cover. Impervious cover refers to surfaces that hinder rainwater from infiltrating into the subsurface, including buildings, sidewalks, driveways, and notably, streets and parking lots. The proliferation of impervious cover poses a significant challenge. When natural land is replaced with paved areas, vital natural processes within a watershed are severely disrupted. However, it is important to note that not all surfaces within urban areas need to be impervious. Urbanization augments a large amount of impervious ground surfaces. However, over use of impervious ground surfaces would induce many problems, such as the urban waterlogging, heat island effect, blockage of underground water cycle. Pervious concrete, which has pores to allow permeation of water and air, is being used as one of the solutions for combating the problems induced by urbanization. The aim of this research is to determine various parameters for the mix design of porous concrete. These parameters include finding the optimal aggregate size that will yield satisfactory results, determining the appropriate range of water-to-cement (w/c) ratio that effectively coats the aggregate without filling the gaps and reducing the infiltration rate. Additionally, the research aims to identify a mix design method that consistently produces satisfactory results and explore various approaches to enhancing the compressive strength of porous concrete.

pervious concrete, compression strength, infiltration rate

"Analyze the properties of porous concrete", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no.m61-m64, May-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305C10.pdf

"Analyze the properties of porous concrete", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 5, page no. ppm61-m64, May-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2305C10.pdf