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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
Concrete is
an inevitable building material in construction industry. It is used to provide
strength, durability and versatility in structures. Concrete is a mixture of
cement, coarse aggregate, fine aggregate and water. Large scale production of
cement consumes energy and produce number of unwanted products such as
carbon-dioxide, which have negative impact on environment. By considering this
negative impacts, construction industries are looking forward for innovative
methods to improve the concrete properties without compromising sustainability
.According to this theory, additives like fly ash, rice husk ash, ground
granulated blast slag (GGBS), alccofine, etc. are tested to replace cement in
concrete partially without weakening the material's strength. This paper mainly
focuses on investigating the strength characteristics of M20 grade Concrete.
Totally 36 specimens were casted, out of which cubes, beams and cylinders were
12 each with 4 different combinations of Cement(C), GGBS(G) and Alccofine (A)
(C100G0A0, C60G34A6,
C60G35A5, C60G36A4).
The compressive strength, split tensile strength, and flexural strength tests
were performed on the cast cubes, cylinders, and beams.
Country : India
IRJIET, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2024 pp. 200-206