Performance Enhancement of Natural Fiber Reinforced Red Mud Based Concrete

Authors

  • Mahmoud Al Khazaleh , Maria Rajesh Antony , Baskar Gopalan

Abstract

The main aim of the present study is to comparatively evaluate mechanical and durability
properties of natural fiber reinforced red mud based concrete with Conventional concrete of M30 grade. Red
mud is a waste material of alumina refinery process, every year the world more than 300millions tones of
red mud is comes out as a waste material. The discharge of this huge amount of red mud creates harm to
nearby living bodies. For the above reason present work focuses on the effective utilization of red mud as a
constructional raw material. The main scope of the present study is to be effectively utilized of industrial
byproducts like red mud as a partial substitute for cement and as an additive of Date palm fibers thereby
ensuring a sustainable future for the construction Industry. The cement is replaced by red mud of 0%–25%
with an interval of 5%. The natural fiber reinforced has been taken as 1 % by constant. The compressive
strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength are conducted to compute the mechanical properties.
Acid and Sea water absorption tests were conducted to know the concrete durability properties. Based on the
result, the optimum replacement of red mud is 15% as a concern of mechanical properties. This research is
conducted to evaluate the possible elimination of cement by replacement with red mud and date palm fibers
in the production of concrete.

Published

2020-04-30

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