Experimental investigation on sugarcane bagasse fiber reinforced concrete using bottom ash as sand replacement

Abstract

Bottom ash is widely available across the globe as a waste product and the natural fiber as sugarcane bagasse fiber was introduced in the study. Mining of sand also leads to various environmental hazards. Bottom ash is a important substitute material for pulverized coal. Most powerful wastes coming from the power plant industry. Around 35 million tons of bottom ash are generated in India till date. The mentioned sugarcane bagasse fiber in concrete can enhances a large amount of split tensile strength. The utilization of Bottom ash and Sugarcane bagasse fiber as a limited replacement of fine aggregate is been evaluated by some experimental investigations. In the first phase, only fine aggregate was replaced with Bottom ash by 15%, 30% and 45%. The maximum percentage of bottom ash was observed as 30%. In the second phase. By keeping 30% of bottom ash kept constant, sugarcane bagasse fibers of various percentages ranges from 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2% were added in the concrete. In that, the optimum percentage of sugarcane bagasse fiber was noticed by 1%. By keeping 30% bottom ash as constant, the optimum percentage of sugarcane bagasse fiber was observed as 1%. Combination of both sugarcane bagasse fibers and bottom ash enhance the better mechanical properties as compared to the other specimens.