UTILIZATION OF FLYASH AND ETP SLUDGE IN CONCRETE WITH ADDITION OF BANANA FIBER

The textile industry has a major role and creating an enhancement in the economioc development of the country. The removal of sludge from such industries has become a challenge, thus the reuse or utilization of ETP sludge in construction has been It liberates sludge which creates hazards to human and also environment. The reuse of ETP sludge as a building material in late years many specialist have built up that the utilization of some cementations materials such as fly ash, blast furnace slag, silica fume, and sludge etc., cannot just enhance the different properties of concrete on both fresh and harden. In this paper for structural and non-structural application by partial substitution of concrete by fly ash.up to 30%, and ETP sludge is replaced by fine aggregate upto 20% and addition of banana fiber of 0.25% with aspect ratio of 70mm by the volume of M-30 mix by American Concrete Institute (ACI) method. Concrete mixers were produced tests and completed to assess the mechanical properties forthe test outcomes of compressive strength, split tensile and flextural strength of concrete when constrated with conventional concrete.