Study On Partial Replacement of Cement By Ggbs And Natural Sand By Banana Fibre In Concrete

Abstract

The rapid development of infrastructure has made it a necessity to adopt some eco-friendly materials. This is because the increasing environmental impact caused by the construction industry has detrimental effect on the environment. The increasing trend of replacing conventional building materials with plant-based fibers has been a major benefit to the environment. This material can be used as a part of the construction process and reduce the impact on the environment. High performance banana fibre reinforced concrete is a type of reinforced concrete that exhibits significant mechanical properties. When banana fibres and GGBS is added to the concrete, it significantly improves the concrete’s compressive strength and tensile resistance.Hence this programme was executed to reduce the cost of cement and natural sand in concrete mix of grade M20.It was done by examining the mechanical performance of the concrete mix with partial replacement of cementand sand by GGBS and banana fibre respectively in concrete mix. The compressive strength is increased more effectively with the addition of GGBS instead of cement and the addition of banana fibre gives the better tensile strength to the concrete, therefore the GGBS and banana fibreplays better role in this study.