Studies on Sugar Cane Bagasse Ash and Blast Furnace Slag-Based Geomaterial

Abstract

AbstractThe proposed materials were prepared by the addition of sugar cane bagasse ash (SCBA), glass fibre, blast furnace slag and ordinary Portland cement. The glass fibre-to-sugar cane bagasse ash as mix ratio (GF/SCBA) was 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8 and 1.0%. The mix proportion blast furnace-to-sugar cane bagasse ash was 10% for present study. The cement-to-sugar cane bagasse ash (C/SCBA) ratio is taken 10, 15 and 20%. The compressive strength of prepared materials was examined after 7, 14 and 28 days, respectively. The effect of add-on of mix ratio on compressive strength, density and stress–strain behaviour was studied. The experimental results indicate that the density of prepared materials was decreased with the addition of glass fibre. The compressive strength of prepared material at mix ratio, 0.6% with 20% cement shows maximum value. The stress–strain behaviour for all mix ratio was observed to nonlinear.KeywordsSugar cane bagasse ashCompressive strengthDensityGlass fibre