Effect of Banana Fibre on Strength Properties of Bagasse ash and Rice Husk ash blended high performance concrete composite

This paper presents the details of an experimental investigation conducted on various specimens to understand the behavior of high-performance fiber reinforced concrete composites with banana fibers of 0.2%, 0.4% and 0.6% to the total volume of concrete blended with agricultural wastes such as bagasse ash (BA) and rice husk ash (RHA). All the mix contains varying proportions of 7.5%, 10% and 12.5% of RHA and constant 10% of BA replaced with Portland cement. The results of the experimental investigation show that the addition of 10% BA and 10% RHA enhances the mechanical properties of the conventional concrete. By the incorporation of banana fiber, the properties of BA andRHA blended high performance concrete was substantially increased. From the various combinations of banana fiber, the best performance was attained by the mixture that contains the proportions of 0.2% of banana fiber.