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An investigation was conducted in the present work to study the strength characteristics of concrete blended with rice-husk ash (RHA) and fly ash (FA) as partial replacement for cement. Fly ash is obtained from thermal power plants and RHA is an agricultural waste. Both of these materials are available abundantly in India Transportation and disposal of these wastes is a major environmental and health problem. Using them as alternative additional cementitious materials (SCMs) provides a lucrative waste up-cycling opportunity. The strength characteristics of concrete samples with and without FA and RHA were measured and compared by conducting compressive strength, split tensile strength & flexural strength tests. Varying combinations of FA and RHA (0%, 10%, 20%, and 30%) were used as a replacement of cement. The results suggested that at a combination of using 7.5% RHA and 22.5% FA, replacing the cement; the compressive strength, split tensile strengths and flexural strength of concrete increased by 15%, 0.67% and 24% respectively. These results clearly indicated that use of FA and RHA in concrete blend is an efficient and local approach towards sustainable construction.
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Shupta, G., Goyal, A., Shetty, A., Kanoungo, A. (2022). Effect of Agro-Waste as a Partial Replacement in Cement for Sustainable Concrete Production. In: Kanwar, V.S., Sharma, S.K., Prakasam, C. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Innovative Technologies for Clean and Sustainable Development (ICITCSD – 2021). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-93936-6_37
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