STUDY ON USE OF BOTTOM ASH AND

SILICA FUME IN CONCRETE

Submitted by
Under
the Guidance of

Asha Sedeq
138W1D8701

T.Sujatha
Asst professor
Civil Engineering Department

CONTENTS
Abstract
Introduction
Literature review
Bottom Ash
Silica Fume
Methodology

ABSTRACT
The possibility of substituting natural fine aggregate
with industrial by-products such as waste bottom ash offers
technical, economic and environmental advantages
to
construction sector.
The fine aggregate has been replaced by bottom ash
accordingly in the range of 10 to 50 percent by weight for M30
mix to determine compression test, splitting tensile test and
flexural test.
The main field of application of silica fume is
aspozolanic material for concrete. The silica fume is added to
cement accordingly in the range of 5 to 20 percent by weight
for M30 mix along with bottom ash to determine compression
test, splitting tensile test and flexural test.

METHDOLOGY
Determination of material properties.
Calculation of mix design
Calculation of weight of material
Casting of 6cubes, 6cylinders, 6beams for 7days

and 28 days.
Testing
Comparison of results for various proportions of
bottom ash with replacement of fine aggregate &
silica fume .

PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS:
Grade of concrete: M-30
Cement used: OPC 53 grade
Code using:
IS: 456-2000, IS: 10262-2009
Mix ratio:1:1.5:3
w/c ratio: 0.4-0.45

Material properties
Specific gravity of cement: 3.15
Specific gravity of natural sand: 2.6
Sieve analysis: zone-2
Fineness modulus: 2.91
Bulk density of CA: 1732.3 kg/m3

Material quantity
Ratio: 1:1.5:3
Cement: 410kg/m3
FA: 620kg/m3
CA: 1259 kg/m3

Details of work
The cement is replaced by Paper mill sludge the

percentages of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%.

The cement is replaced by sewage sludge in the
percentages of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%.
For each trail 6 cube specimens, 6 beam specimens, 6
cylindrical specimens are casting.
In that each 3 specimens are tested for 7days and
28days.
The range of slump has been taken as 20-80mm and
max slump is 50mm.
For each trail the slump, compressive strength, flexural
strength, split tensile strength are observed.

Work completed
Testing of raw materials of cement, FA, CA has

done and data has been collected.

Mix design has been prepared and mix ratio has
been concluded.
By taking w/c ratio as 0.45and without super
plasticizer conventional trail mix for M-30 grade
has been casted.
The slump value is of 50mm
The conventional mix has been casted for 7 and
28days compressive, flexural and split tensile
strengths.

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