Performance Evaluation of

Fly ash Based Geopolymer

Concrete with respect to
Strength and Durability
Hanumantharaju S.K.
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
S D M Institute of Technology, Ujire

Under the supervision

Dr. I.R MITHANTHAYA

Vice Principal and Dean (Academic)
Department of Civil Engineering
N M A M I T, Nitte
 Research significance
Research significance

Although previous investigators have shown that

curing geopolymer concrete at elevated temperature
can hasten
a strength development, but for practical
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application
h in construction industry, geopolymer
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concrete should be cured at room temperature.[1][2]
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Many research papers are reported that, white

deposit occurred on the surface of specimen which was
initially soft but later converted to hard crystals.
Identifying the underlaying causes for the crystal
formation and finding solution for the same.[3] [5] [6]
 Objectives of the proposed
work
To develop geopolymer concrete using various
sources of fly ash which reaches the target mean
strength at room temperature.

To overcome the leaching or efflorescence in

geopolymer concrete.

To investigate the durability of geopolymer

concrete.

To compare the strength of geopolymer concrete

with conventional OPC concrete.

To access the economic viability of geopolymer

concrete.
 Methodology

Stage 1

Fly ash from different sources will be collected.

In this test, alkaline solution chosen are Potassium

silicate and sodium hydroxide

Testing the durability by following tests wet-dry

test, boiling water test, sulphate resistance test,
acid resistance test.

Modified mixing method will be followed to

overcome the leaching.
Stage 2

Evaluation of compressive, tensile and flexural

strength.

Examine the effect of durability on geopolymer

concrete.

Examine the leaching effect in modified mixing

method .

Stage 3

Comparing the strength of geopolymer concrete

 Literature Survey
Prakash et.al.[1]

This paper studied on various parameters i.e., ratio of

alkaline liquid to fly ash, concentration of sodium
hydroxide, curing temperature have been investigated.
The test result show that compressive strength increases
with increase in the curing time, curing temperature,
concentration of sodium hydroxide solution.

Ramujee et.al.[2]

In this paper an attempt is made to developed the mix

design for GPC in both heat curing and ambient curing
condition.
The result shows that compressive strength attained at 28
days for GPC under ambient curing is almost equal to
Mustafa et.al.[3]

In this paper reports that, fly ash based geopolymer

concrete
provides high compressive strength with the increase
of fly ash fineness. Fly ash based geopolymer concrete
was exposed to magnesium sulphate environment for
24 weeks, the white deposit were observed on the
surface of specimen.

Shankar et.al.[4]

This paper presents the experimental investigation

done on performance of geopolymer concrete
subjected to severe environmental condition.
The test result indicate that the heat cured fly ash
based geopolymer concrete has an excellent
Neetu et.al.[5]

This paper studied on geopolymer concrete with class

F fly ash with alkali solution sodium silicate and
sodium hydroxide.
The test result indicates sulphuric acid attack leads to
deposition of a white layer of gypsum crystals on the
acid exposed surface. In OPC, no gypsum deposition
can be detected visually.

Thochom et.al.[6]

This paper presents performance of geopolymer

concrete specimen in magnesium sulphate solution.
The test result indicate that white deposit occurred on
the surface of specimen which was initially soft but
 Expected outcome
Achieving geopolymer concrete which reaches
target mean strength at room temperature.

Enhancement of knowledge about different

sources of fly ash. We can understand that certain
fly ash can be used for application in construction
industry and certain fly ash not suitable for
application.

Modified mixing method overcomes the leaching

effect in geopolymer concrete.

Geopolymer concrete will resist wet-dry test,

boiling water test, sulphate resistance test and
 References

[1] Prakash R. Vora, Urmil V. Dave Parametric Studies on Compressive

strength of Geopolymer Concrete ELSEVIER Journal, V. 2013.
[2] Kolli Ramujee, M.Potharaju, Development of Low Calcium Fly ash
Based Geopolymer Concrete, International Journal of Engineering and
technology, Vol. 6, No. 1, Feb 2014
[3] Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri, H. Mohammed, H. Kamarudin, I. Khairul Niza
and Y. Zarina Review on fly ash-based geopolymer concrete without
Portland Cement, Journal of Engineering and technology research Vol.
3(1), pp. 1-4, January 2011
[4] Shankar H. Sanni, Khadiranaikar R.B Performance of geopolymer
concrete under severe environmental conditions, International
Journal of Civil and Structural Engineering, Vol 3, No 2, 2012.
[5] Neetu singh, Sameer Vyas, R.P. Pathak, Pankaj Sharma, N.V.Mahure,
S.L. Gupta Effect of aggressive chemical environment on durability of
green geopolymer concrete International journal of engineering and