Abstract
Cement mortar & Concrete is most widely used construction materials. Due to the boost of the construction activity in the country, a huge shortage is created in most of the construction materials especially cement, resulting in steady increase of price. Agricultural waste materials are usually dumped to landfill causing economic and environmental problems. The present work focuses on ash for partial cement replacement obtained from agricultural wastes, either by incineration in the laboratory or directly from industries where the waste has been incinerated for energy production. The Sugarcane bagasse ash mixture provides strength equal to the nominal strength of the concrete and reduces the cost at a large scale
This paper is summarizes the experimental studies on strength of cement mortar with partial replacement of Ordinary Portland cement by Sugarcane Bagasse Ash (SBCA). Cement mortar paste were prepared with various percent of SCBA as partial replacement of OPC in range 5%, to 20 % by weight of cement. The compressive strength test was carried out as per relevant Indian standard codes. The test results show that replacement of cement to the extent of approximately 10% by weight of cement was found to give the optimum results for the 28 days strength