*Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, K. S. R. College of Engineering, Tiruchengode, Tamilnadu, India
**Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, K. S. R. College of Engineering, Tiruchengode, Tamilnadu, India
The present work deals with flexural behavior of bottom ash geopolymer reinforced concrete beam. A total of twelve beams were cast, in which six beams were control reinforced concrete beams and six beams were bottom ash geopolymer reinforced concrete (BAGPRC) beam. BAGPRC beam was cured at ambient temperature. The load carrying capacity, load deflection behavior, initial stiffness, ductility factor and energy absorption capacity of beams were arrived and compared with control reinforced cement concrete (RCC) specimens. The test result reveals that BAGPRC exhibited excellent performance over control RCC beam. However, ductility index and stiffness behavior of BAGPRC beam were comparable with control RCC beam.
Bottom ash, flexural behavior, ambient curing, geopolymer concrete
