To Study the Strength Characteristics of Concrete Using Mineral Admixture

Abstract

Aside from the combustion of fossil fuels, the cement making business emits carbon dioxide. The global cement industry accounts for around 7% of greenhouse gas emissions into the earth's atmosphere. To address the environmental impacts connected with cement manufacturing, alternative concrete binders must be developed. Another important environmental concern is the extraction of natural resources such as sand from river bottoms. As a result, substantial study into the use of cement substitutes, including several waste materials and industrial byproducts, is continuing. Bamboo leaf ash was utilised as a partial replacement for cement and fenugreek as an addition in this study, and it was compared to standard concrete. The considered bamboo leaf ash was 5%, 10%, 15% by weight of cement for M25 grade concrete and 5% of fenugreek powder as additive for every mix [1]. Additionally, an experimental investigation of the effects of using bamboo leaf ash in place of some of the cement and fenugreek powder as an additive on the performance of concrete in terms of compressive strength and flexure strength. Concrete is cast for the experimental study, and cement is partially substituted with bamboo leaf ash by weight of cement and fenugreek powder as an addition. Because the inclusion of bamboo leaf ash and fenugreek powder works as a binding ingredient in the concrete, the compressive and flexural strength increases. Finally, the compressive and flexural strengths for the combination of bamboo leaf ash as a partial replacement and fenugreek powder as an addition powder in concrete are investigated for the best results obtained from the aforementioned experiment.