• M.VIJAY
• P.A.EDWIN FERNANDO
• S.SURESH KUMAR
• K.THIRUNAVUKKARASU

Concrete usage around the globe is second only to water. An important ingredient in the conventional concrete is the Portland cement. The production of one ton of cement emits approximately one ton of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. Moreover, cement production is not only highly energy-intensive, next to steel and Aluminium, but also consumes significant amount of natural resources. In order to meet infrastructure developments, the usage of concrete is on the increase. Do we build additional cement plants to meet this increase in demand for concrete, or find alternative binders to make concrete? We have conducted some research on the manufacture and behavior, of “Low-Calcium Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Reinforced with steel fibres”. This concrete uses no Portland cement; instead, we use the low-calcium fly ash from a local coal burning power station as a source material to make the binder necessary to manufacture concrete. This study is aimed to know the compressive strength of concrete using the basic materials like Fine Aggregate, Coarse Aggregate and the binder material as fly ash the flexural strength study between the geopolymer concrete with and without steel fiber. Various properties like Workability, Initial setting time, compressive strength and Split tensile Strength has been studied are to be compared with geopolymer concrete with and without steel fibre.

Coarse aggregate,Fine aggregate, Fly ash,Sodium Silicate, Sodium Hydroxide & Fiber

"Experimental investigation of Low-Calcium Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Reinforced with steel fibers", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.356-364, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904555.pdf

"Experimental investigation of Low-Calcium Fly Ash-Based Geopolymer Concrete Reinforced with steel fibers", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp356-364, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904555.pdf