AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION ON PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT WITH BONE POWDER ALONG WITH THE ADDITION OF SILICA FUME IN CONCRETE

Supervisor:

Asst.Prof. MEERA PRADEEP

Team Members

AMRUTHRAJ K (STM17CE004)
AYSHA SHAHAN M (STM17CE017)
LAYANA K (STM17CE025)
PRAYAG MOHAN A V (STM17CE036)

Description

Concrete is widely used construction material and its demand is increasing day by day. The main ingredient of the concrete is cement. Production of cement contributes a great share in the air pollution. Many attempts had made to find a material replacement for the cement. Crushed or died animals are disposed of in the dumping land is becoming a major issue. Many researches had been made to find the uses of animal bone. The chemical ingredients of the animal bone powder are similar but the percentage proportion are different. Many investigation work is carried in which cement is replaced with the animal bone powder. In this project work M25 grade of concrete was used. The cement was partially replaced with the animal bone powder along with the addition of silica fume in concrete. Compressive strength of concrete in which cement is replaced with the animal bone powder is compared with the strength in which cement is replaced with animal bone powder along with the addition of silica fume. Split tensile strength and flexural strength of both the concretes is compared.