Use of Wheat Straw Ash as Cement Replacement Material in Concrete

Faizan ul Haq; Ashish Sharma

doi:10.55524/ijirem.2022.9.6.18

Abstract

The impact of employing wheat straw ash as a partial substitute material for cement in concrete mining is presented in this research. Wheat straw ash is the residue left over after open burning wheat straw. The appropriateness of wheat straw ash obtained from uncontrolled burning of wheat straw as a partial replacement for cement in concrete is investigated in this study. The compressive strength and workability of concrete blended wheat straw ash cement are examined and investigated by substituting cement by 15%, 20%, 25%, and 30% by weight to OPC. Slump tests were performed on new concrete, and compressive strength tests were performed on hardened concrete. Several cubes were evaluated after 7 and 28 days. The results demonstrate that wheat straw ash is a decent replacement material. The slump value dropped as wheat straw ash increased. The compressive strength decreased as WSA increased.

Keywords

Wheat Straw, Wheat Straw Ash, Slump Test, Sieve Analysis, Compressive Strength

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Cites this article as

F. u. Haq, A. Sharma, "Use of Wheat Straw Ash as Cement Replacement Material in Concrete", International Journal of Innovative Research in Engineering & Management (IJIREM), Vol-9, Issue-6, Page No-107-110, 2022. Available from: https://doi.org/10.55524/ijirem.2022.9.6.18