Study on Self Compacting Fiber Reinforced Concrete Using Alternative Materials - An Approach towards Sustainable Development

Abstract

The present era is "THE ERA OF CONCRETE" because concrete is the most consumed material after water in developing countries. The huge demand of concrete requires large amount of cement which is the basic necessity for strength development of concrete. Large consumption of cement forces very high production to satisfy the demand. But production of cement produces CO2 in the atmosphere. One ton of cement produces about one ton of CO2 and hence it creates disturbance in natural global system. So, there is need of alternative materials which can replace cement. Previous researches shows number of materials such as Fly Ash, Silica Fume, and Sugarcane Baggase Ash etc may be used as a replacement of cement. India is second largest country which produce Sugar and hence sugar waste is also produced in very large quantity. Previous researches shows that Sugarcane Ash may be replaced by cement up to certain percentages. The higher percentage may lead the brittle failure of Concrete which may be overcomed by the addition of Steel Fiber and good range Super plasticizer to get Self Compacting nature of Concrete. Here an attempt is made to collect the detailed research overview for Sugarcane Baggase Ash as a replacement of cement along with the separate study of Steel Fiber reinforced Concrete. This would be helpful for fiber reinforced concrete using alternative materials.