Influence of incinerated biomedical waste ash and waste glass powder on the mechanical and flexural properties of reinforced geopolymer concrete

ABSTRACT

An extensive experimental study was implemented to investigate the structural and material properties of Waste Glass Powder (WGP) as fine aggregate in Incinerated Bio-Medical Waste Ash (IBWA) – Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag (GGBFS) based Geopolymer Concrete (GPC). The research was based on the compressive, splitting tensile and flexural efficiency of GGBS-based geopolymer concrete mixed with IBWA as binder and WGP as fine aggregate. To determine the concrete strength, four different types of proportions were designed as beams and columns. The mechanical properties such as compressive strength and splitting tensile strength and flexural properties for beams such as deflection, ductility factor, flexural strength, and toughness index, and flexural properties for columns such as load-carrying capacity, stress-strain behaviour, and load-deflection behaviours were calculated. Comparative analyzes were performed to assess the efficiency of Waste Glass Powder and Incinerated Biomedical Waste Ash in GGBS-based geopolymer concrete against Reinforced Cement Concrete (RCC). The findings showed that the Waste Glass Powder and Incinerated Bio-Medical Waste Ash embedded in GGBS-based Geopolymer concrete exhibited the highest fracture energy, as predicted from the mechanical bond between the waste materials and the GGBS-based Geopolymer concrete.

KEYWORDS:

• Structural performance
• ductility
• reinforced geopolymer concrete
• incinerated biomedical waste ash
• waste glass powder
• toughness index

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education for providing

resources and facilities that made testing and research possible.

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Suresh Kumar A

Mr. A. Suresh Kumar was born in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India in 1985. He received B.E degree in Civil Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, in 2007 and M.E degree in Structural Engineering from Anna University, Thirunelveli, in 2010. He is pursuing his Ph.D in Civil Engineering at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education, Krishnankoil, India from 2019. From 2010 to 2018, he have been worked as an Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department in Various Universities. He is the author for more than 10 articles. His research interests include Utilization of Hazardous and Non-Hazardous Industrial Waste Materials in Geopolymer Concrete and its application, Design of Beams and Columns, Prestressed Concrete and Perforated Concrete and its application.

Muthukannan M

Dr. M. Muthukannan was born in Sundarapandiam Village, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India in 1978. He received B.E degree in Civil Engineering from Madurai Kamarajar University, Madurai, in 2000 and M.E degree in Transportation Engineering and Management from Anna University, Chennai, in 2004 and the Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from Anna University, Chennai, in 2010. From 2000 to 2007, he was a Lecturer in Civil Engineering Department, A.K. College of Engineering. From 2007 to 2009, he was a Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department, Kalasalingam University. From 2010 to 2012, he was a Associate Professor in Civil Engineering Department, Kalasalingam University. Since 2012, he has been a Professor and Head in the Civil Engineering Department, Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education. Over a period of six years, he has published more than 40 articles in various reputed international journals. His research interests includes transportation network design, transport management and travel demand management, Geopolymer Concrete and holds four patents.

Arun Kumar K

Mr. K. Arunkumar was born in Srivilliputhur Town, Virudhunagar District, Tamilnadu State, India in 1993. He received the B.E. in Civil Engineering from Sengunthar Engineering College, Tiruchengode, affiliated to Anna University, Chennai in 2014 and M.Tech. degree in Structural Engineering from the Kalasalingam University, in 2017. He is pursuing his Ph.D in Civil Engineering at Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education from 2019. From 2017 to 2019, he have been worked as an Assistant Professor in the Civil Engineering Department, Kalasalingam Institute of Technology. He is the author for more than 10 articles. His research interests include geopolymer concrete, fibre reinforcement technology, ferro-cement technology and concrete structures.

Chithambar Ganesh A

Dr. A. Chithambar Ganesh was born in Tutucurin, Tamil Nadu, India in 1990. He received B.E in Civil Engineering from Mepco Schlenk Engineering College in 2012 and M.Tech in Structural Engineering from VIT University in 2015. He obtained his Ph.D. Degree in civil Engineering from Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education in 2020. He has been working as Assistant Professor in Kalasalingam Academy of Research and Education from 2015 to 2020. Presently he is associated with Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College, Tirupati. Over a period of six years, he has published more than 40 articles in various reputed international journals out of which more than 20 are Scopus indexed and 4 Sci indexed journals. He has been acting as reviewer for more than 18 journals out of which 9 are scopus indexed and 9 are Sci indexed. He was also awarded with Young Scientist Award in 2020 for his achievements in Research. His research interests include Geopolymer concrete, Fiber composites and bacterial concrete.