Recently, there was an energy crisis in Egypt, due to many energy-consuming industries, such as cement industry, as it is an energy-intensive process. Therefore, efforts must be made to find alternatives to cement industry. Cementitious materials play an important role in production of concrete. In addition to this, continuous increase in the cost of cement in addition to air pollution that occurs during cement production. This prompted researchers to use other pozzolanic materials, such as clay and kaolin, as alternatives to cement. In this study, local kaolin was thermally treated to produce (metakaolin). The durability was experimentally examined for different cement contents, using different percentages of metakaolin as a substitute for cement weight. Many tests have been performed to achieve to the optimum percentage . Concrete beams were cast using the control mix and the ideal mix and the results were compared with those obtained using the specified Ansys element.
 
 
Special Issue of AEIC 2024 (Civil Engineering  Session)