Javed Ahmad Bhat,

Mechanical behaviour of self compacting concrete: Effect of wood ash and coal ash
as partial cement replacement,
Materials Today: Proceedings,
Volume 42, Part 2,
2021,
Pages 1470-1476,
ISSN 2214-7853,
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2021.01.311.
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214785321004004)
Abstract: Self- compacting concrete, also referred to as self-consolidating
concrete, is able to flow and consolidate under its own weight and is cohesive
enough to fill spaces of almost any size and shape without segregation or bleeding,
thereby, making it very suitable wherever placing is difficult. As cement
manufacturing releases about 7% of CO2 into the atmosphere which is one of the
major cause of global warming, therefore, the main aim of this research is to
develop SCC with locally available waste materials i.e. coal ash and wood ash, and
to optimize the percentage partial cement replacement to achieve strength similar
to normal concrete for a particular water-to-cement (w/c) ratio. The w/c ratios of
0.50, 0.45 and 0.42 have been considered in this study, wherein, all components are
kept the same for SCC except the percentage partial cement replacement by coal ash
and wood ash with the chemical admixtures adjusted for obtaining the self-
compaction in concrete. It was observed that all SCC mixes without any cement
replacement by coal ash and wood ash exhibited greater values in both split tensile
and compressive strength compared to normal concrete. The optimum percentage of
partial cement replacement in SCC by both wood ash and coal ash to achieve strength
similar to that of conventional normal concrete at a particular w/c ratio was found
to be 10%. Hence, this study finds cement replacement by wood ash and coal ash (up
to 10%) to be eco-friendly and a sustainable alternative to conventional concrete.
Keywords: Self-compacting concrete; Wood ash; Coal ash; Cement replacement; Optimum
percentage