Work place: Civil Engineering Department, KLEDRMSSCET, Belagavi-590008, India
E-mail: chidu.patil@gmail.com
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Research Interests: Engineering
Biography
Prof. Chidanand Patil, is currently working as Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department, KLE DR. M.S.Shesagiri College of Engineering and Technology, Belgaum, Karnataka. He is having a teaching experience of 8 years and is a Ph.D research scholar in Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, India.
By Chidanand Patil P. B. Kalburgi M.B.Patil K. B. Prakash
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijem.2018.03.05, Pub. Date: 8 May 2018
Sugarcane bagasse ash (SBA) is a solid waste obtained from the boilers of sugar factories after the combustion of sugarcane bagasse. Sugarcane bagasse ash mainly consists of amorphous silica and can be used as a supplementary cementitious material in the production of concrete. In the present study, the physical properties of sugarcane bagasse ash, namely, particle size distribution, surface area, specific gravity, morphology and chemical properties like elemental composition of SBA and ordinary Portland cement (OPC) have been investigated. The microstructural observations were made using Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM). Elemental compositions were analyzed and images coupled to microanalysis by Energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). The microstructure observations and elemental characterization of cement concrete matrix was also carried out after 28 days of curing. Blended cement concrete specimens were prepared using SBA up to 30% in regular intervals of 10% by weight of pure Portland cement, coarse and fine aggregate, tap water and superplastisizer. SEM results indicates that substitution of SBA particles by Portland cement produces dense matrix as compared to control mix and EDS analysis shows fluctuations in calcium and silica concentrations as the cement replacement level increases in the blended cement concrete.
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