Feasibility of Partial Replacement of Cement by Sugarcane Bagasse Ash in Concrete

Volume 8 Issue 3 June - August 2018

Research Paper

Feasibility of Partial Replacement of Cement by Sugarcane Bagasse Ash in Concrete

Sumesh R. S.*, Sujatha Unnikrishnan**

*PG Student, Department of Civil Engineering, CHRIST (Deemed to be university), Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

**Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, CHRIST (Deemed to be university), Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

Sumesh R. S., Unnikrishnan, S. (2018). Feasibility of Partial Replacement of Cement by Sugarcane Bagasse Ash in Concrete. i-manager's Journal on Civil Engineering, 8(3), 38-46. https://doi.org/10.26634/jce.8.3.14450

Abstract

Cement was partially replaced by sugarcane bagasse ash at 0%, 5%, 10%, 15%, & 20% and the properties of concrete in both wet and hardened states are investigated experimentally and the results are compared. M25 grade design mix concrete (1:1.9:3.55) with 0.5 water cement ratio was used for this experimental research. Workability, compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural strength, bond strength, and sulphate resistance tests were conducted to investigate the feasibility of sugarcane bagasse ash as a cement replacement material in concrete. Based on the results of the present experimental investigation, it is suggested that sugarcane bagasse ash without treatment/heating can be used to replace up to 10% cement in concrete.