Experimental analysis of light weight fiber reinforced concrete by incorporating palm oil shells. (2019) - Jagarapu, Durga Chaitanya Kumar
Abstract: In this present study agriculture waste (Palm oil shells (POS)) are used as a aggregate to produce light weight fiber reinforced concrete. The palm oil shells are replaced up to 50% in coarse aggregates to diminish the density of the concrete and also to decrease the green house gases from the cement industry; cement is replacing with Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (ggbs) and Palm Oil Fuel Ash (pofa). In this M30 grade concrete is used for mix design and to increase the ductility of the concrete 0.5% electrically higher Acid corrosion Resistance (ECR) type glass fibers to the volume of the concrete are used. The POS, GGBS and POFA are replaced with Coarse Aggregates and Cement up to 50% (10%, 20%, 30%, 40%, & 50%) respectively. For this all concrete mixes the strength studies be fond of compressive strength, split tensile strength, bending strength and Young's modulus of concrete are studied for all mixes and all above studies are compared with normal concrete.