Evaluation of Hardened Properties of Ferro Geopolymer Concrete

Abstract

Abstract Increase in growth of construction industry is eventually leading to a rise in output of Portland cement which in turn increases the pollution. This has effect on global warming. As to reduce the effect of green-house gases, sustainable materials are being used in concrete intensively. One among which is the Geo-polymer concrete (GPC). In this project steel wire mesh has been inculcated into GPC forming “Ferro Geo-polymer concrete (FGPC)”. Specimens have been cast using GPC inculcated with various layers of wire mesh. Ferro geo-polymer concrete specimens were cast with wire mesh in single and double layers and values are compared with same grade of conventional GPC specimens. Mechanical properties of G40 grade Ferro geo-polymer concrete have been studied at the age of 28, 56 and 90 days. It is found that for double layer at 90 days of ambient curing maximum percentage increase of 10.18%, 10.37% and 27.46% in compressive, split tensile and flexural strengths correspondingly. The evaluated values are compared with values of ML (MATLAB) application and achieved accuracy of more than 98%.