Use of Rice Husk Ash as Strength-Enhancing Additive in Lightweight Cementitious Composite Mortars

3rd World Multidisciplinary Civil Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning Symposium

土木建筑工程;文学

Gunduz, Lutfullah^1 ; Kalkan, Sevket Onur^1

Izmir Katip Celebi University, Departmen of Civil Engineering, Izmir, Turkey^1

关键词: Blended mortars;    Cementitious composites;    Lightweight composites;    Lightweight mortars;    Replacement ratio;    Rice husk ash;    Strength reduction;    Utilization ratios;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/471/3/032046/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/471/3/032046

学科分类：土木及结构工程学

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This paper investigates the properties of rice husk ash (RHA) produced by using a ferro-cement furnace. The effect of RHA percentage on lightweight composite mortar consistency, initial and final setting time, plastic and dry set density, flexural and compressive strength were investigated. Incorporation of RHA in lightweight mortar increased water demand. The effect of early (7 and 14 days) and long term curing ages (90 and 120 days) on the mechanical strength properties of lightweight composite mortars with RHA were also analysed. Mortar samples show strength reduction of 10.6% and 8.57% compared to the control mix at early curing ages of 7 and 14 days, respectively. RHA mortar gave excellent improvement in strength for 20% replacement (18.85% and 21.69% increment compared to the control mix at long term curing of 90 and 120 days), and up to 25% of cement by weight be valuably replaced with RHA without adversely affecting the strength. Increasing replacement ratio of RHA enhanced the strength of blended mortar compared to low utilization ratio of RHA and control OPC mixtures.