He also added that the cubic strength rapidly increases Table.3 Physical Properties of Rice Husk Ash about 30% at 7 days and 50% at 28 S. No Physical Properties Results days when on adding super plasticizers 1 Shape Texture Irregular ayalekshmi et al. (2014) proposed that the optimum 2 Color Grey replacement of waste materials in concrete along with the addition of polypropylene fibres provides improved results 3 Size of the particle <45 microns when compared with conventional concrete and that proved 4 Mineralogy Non Crystalline to be economical also. 5 Specific Gravity 2.27 Meddah et al. (2015) suggested that choosing the aspect 6 Odour Odourless ratio of fibre in the range of 80 will be appropriate for 7 Appearance Very fine toughness performance. Multiple toughness indices say 110 and 130 improved with increasing fibre length to the Table.4 Chemical Properties of Rice Husk Ash maximum of 40 mm.
3. RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE S. No Chemical Properties Results
1 SiO2 86.95% The main goal of this experimental investigation is to 2 Al2O3, Fe2O3 0.23%, 0.12% determine strength and characteristics of engineered CaO, MgO, K2O, 0.3%,0.2%,2.15%, cementitious composites containing rice husk ash in partial 3 Na2O 0.1% replacement of cement in terms of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20% and 25% respectively and the addition of polypropylene fibres at Table.5 Properties of Polypropylene Fibre 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2% respectively. In total, 26 different ECC specimens containing high range water reducing S. No Description Results admixture were cast for the purpose of investigation 1 Length of fibre (mm) 3.50 2 Density (g/cc) & Color 0.91 & White 4. EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM 3 Diameter of fibre (µm) 38 4 Tensile Strength >500 MPa 4.1 Materials and Mix Proportions 5 Elongation Rate >15% In this study, ingredients used for producing the mixture 6 Melting & Burning point 180°&>360° includes Ordinary Portland Cement of grade 53, M-sand, Rice husk ash having specific gravity of 2.27, water, polypropylene fibres and a high range new generation water reducing admixture. The physo-chemical properties of these materials are shown in Table 1, 2,3,4,5 and the mix proportions are shown in Table 6. The mixtures are prepared using mini-mixer by a constant water-binder ratio of 0.3.
Table.1 Physical Properties of 53 grade OPC
S. No Test Conducted Results
1 Fineness 276.4 m2/kg 2 Initial setting time 180min 3 Final setting time 265min 4 Soundness by Le- Chatelier 1.0mm Method 5 Compressive Strength 5a 3 days 31.5MPa 5b 28 days 53.0MPa
Table.2 Physical Properties of M-Sand
S. No Description Results
1 Un-compacted bulk density 1.43 kg / lit
2 Compacted bulk density 1.64 kg/ lit 3 Specific gravity 2.54 4 Water Absorption 2.50 %
Cube moulds of 50mm*50mm*50mm, cylindrical specimens of 75mm*150mm and coupon specimens of 360mm*75mm*50mm are considered for conducting tests on 26 different specimens. The solid ingredients including cement, rice husk ash, and manufactured sand are first mixed for a period of 30 seconds in Hobart mixer machine with a capacity of 7 litres Thereafter water and high range water (c) reducing admixture in stipulated dosage levels are added to Fig.1 Casting of Cube, Cylinder and Beam Specimens the dry mix and blend well for about 120 seconds. Polypropylene fibres are then added thereafter into the mortar mix and continued to blend until the fibre gets evenly distributed. Then the mixture is cast and demoulded after 24 hours. After that, the specimens are cured in curing tank to satisfy different curing intervals to assess for mechanical property.
Fig.4 Split tensile strength for test specimens at 7, 14
&28 days 5. RESULTS & DISCUSSION 5.3 Flexural Performance of Rice Husk Ash in ECC 5.1 Compressive Performance for Rice Husk Ash in ECC The specimens be placed in the testing machine and load is The mortar specimens be positioned in the compression applied going on the uppermost surface where the centroid testing machine having 2 tonne capacity. The load was axis with awareness aligned with the axis of the loading applied significantly till the resistance of the specimen equipment. The load be continued linearly until fracture towards increasing load can be sustained. The variation in attained. The test results revealed that the flexural strength strength potencies with respect to 26 different mix identities rapidly improved to a maximum range of 7.37 MPa. When defined to exhibit the best outcome in the mechanical replaced with 15%, 20% and 25%, flexural strength properties of ECC are shown in Fig.3, 4&5 respectively. It decreased to 7.16 MPa, 6.89 MPa and 6.44 MPa. have been observed that the compressive strength has attained to a maximum value of 49.24 MPa when on replacing rice husk ash of 5 % by cement and adding 0.5% of polypropylene fibres, The compressive strength decreases when the replacement levels for rice husk ash and polypropylene fibres were increased.
Fig.5 Flexural strength for test specimens at 7,14 & 28
days
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