A Study on Sugarcane Bagasse Fibre as Partial Replacement of Fine Aggregate in Concrete

Concrete one of the important materials used for the construction for both structural and non- structural works. The materials used for the concrete are cement, fine aggregate (F.A) and coarse aggregate (C.A). Now a day the natural materials are depleting day by day. Therefore, the Research scholars started working on alternative materials for replacement of cement, F.A and C.A. In the present study the F.A. is replaced by sugarcane bagasse fiber (SCBF) at 1.5%, 3% and 4.5% to study the fresh and hardened properties of the concrete. Workability of concrete is determined using slump come test and in the hardened properties compression strength of cube for 7, 14 & 28 days is conducted. The concrete's workability decreases as the SCBF percentage increases. The compressive strength of the concrete was found to be increasing with the replacement of 1.5% and starts decreasing with 3 and 4.5% replacement. The density of concrete was found to be decreasing with the replacement percentage increasing which clearly indicates the lightweight concrete.