Effect of Wood Waste Ash on the Strength Characteristics of Concrete

摘要

The present paper describes the effect of addition of wood waste ash (0-30%) in concrete. Wood ash is anadmixture: a pozzolana. Wood ash is generated as a by-product of combustion in wood-fired power plants,paper mills, and other wood burning industries. Wood ash has been added to the concrete in varyingpercentages ranging from 0 to 30%. The compressive strength and tensile strengths of wood ash concretewas evaluated by conducting laboratory experimentation. The results obtained were compared with referenceto M30 grade concrete. The paper presents the various details of experimentation and analysis of results tocome up with useful conclusion about the utilization of wood waste ash as an admixture in the concrete.