REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT BY GLASS POWDER IN FRC COSIDERING STRENGTH AND DURABILITY ASPECT
Keywords:
Glass powder(GP); Banana fibers(BF); Workability; Compressive strength; Flexural strength; Split tensile strength; Acid attackAbstract
As we knownow days, most of developing countries are facing shortage of post consumers waste disposal sites and
this has raised very serious problems. For this reason, regenerating and using waste product as resources and prevent
environmental pollutions is very essential. Here efforts are made for usage of waste glass in concrete. The objective of this
work is to identify the usage of finely powdered glass as a partial replacement of cement to determine the pozzolanic
reactivity of finely powdered glass in concrete. Different tests will be performed to examine the effect of 10%, 20% and 30%
replacement of cement by powdered glass on mechanical and durability properties.Also Technology in Concrete has been
developing in many ways to enhance the quality and properties of concrete. Here study will also be condu cted to evaluate the
possibility of incorporating the natural banana fibers, which are abundantly available in India, as an additional admixture
for concrete mix design. The mechanical and durability aspect of the concrete, containing natural banana fibers 0.5%, 1%
and 1.5% of cementitious content, will be evaluated in the course of this study.
