Effect of Banana Fibre on Strength Properties of Bagasse ash & Rice Husk ash blended high performance concrete composite

Abstract

This paper presents the details of an experimental investigation conducted on various specimens to understand the behavior of high-performance fiber reinforced concrete composites with banana fibers of 0.2%, 0.4% and 0.6% to the total volume of concrete blended with agricultural wastes such as bagasse ash (BA) and rice husk ash (RHA). All the mix contains varying proportions of 7.5%, 10% and 12.5% of RHA and constant 10% of BA replaced with Portland cement. The results of the experimental investigation show that the addition of 10% BA and 10% RHA enhances the mechanical properties of the conventional concrete. By the incorporation of banana fiber, the properties of BA &RHA blended high performance concrete was substantially increased. From the various combinations of banana fiber, the best performance was attained by the mixture that contains the proportions of 0.2% of banana fiber.