Experimental Investigation on Flexural Behavior of Concrete Beam by Using Agricultural and Industrial Waste Materials

Due to the rapid industrialization taking place globally, the problems generated are acute shortage of construction material and increasing in productivity of wastes. The production and consumption of Fly Ash, Rice Husk Ash and Stone Dust are created have increased considerably. By the usage of Industrial and Agriculture waste at suitable scale as concrete for constructional works, the present research aims at waste management, by use of Fly Ash, Rice Husk Ash and Stone Dust waste in improvement of concrete. Fly ash, Rice Husk Ash is obtained as waste product from the thermal and paper industries. Investigations were carried out to explore the possibility of using Fly Ash, Rice Husk Ash, Stone Dust as a replacement of cement and sand in concrete mixtures. This paper deals with an experimental study on the properties of concrete containing Fly ash, RHA and Stone dust. The flexural behavior of plain concrete beam is investigated in this study. Replacement of cement by RHA and FA taken together is 25 % and 30 %. All beams had the same dimension tested under two point load