STRENGTH COMPARISION BETWEEN ORDINARY

CONCRETE AND ADMIXTURE BASED

CONCRETE (FLYASH & SURKHI)
A PROJECT REPORT
Submitted by

S. SREEJITH

95205103013

A. GNANA RAJ

95205103305

K. ANBU LINGAM

95205103001

R.S. CHAKRAVARTHY

95205103303

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
in

CIVIL ENGINEERING

C.S.I.INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, THOVALAI

ANNA UNIVERSITY::CHENNAI 600025

APRIL 2009

ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI 600 025

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
Certified that this project report STRENGTH COMPARISION
BETWEEN ORDINARY CONCRETE AND ADMIXTURE BASED
CONCRETE (FLYASH AND SURKHI) is the bonafide work of

A.

Gnanaraj, K. Anbu Lingam, R.S. Chakravarthy, S. Sreejith who carried out the
project work under my supervision.

SIGNATURE

SIGNATURE

Er. S. JUSTIN MOSES, B.E., M.Tech.,

Er. J. BRANESH ROBERT M.E.

HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

GUIDE

Department of Civil Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

CSI Institute of Technology

Thovalai

CSI Institute of Technology

Thovalai

Submitted for the project viva voce examination held on

Internal Examiner

External Examiner

Acknowledgement
First of all expressing profound gratitude to the lord almighty for the
inspiration and guidance throughout the project.
I express my gratitude to the Bishop, Correspondent, Bursor and the
Management of our college for allowing us to do this Project.
I express my gratitude to Principal Dr.K. Dinesh Kumar M.E., Ph.D., for
allowing us to do this Project.
I am thankful to Department Er. S. Justin Moses, B.E., M.Tech.,
Head of the Department, for his personal involvement in the execution of the
project.
I am very much grateful to our Project Guide Er.J. Branesh
Robert,M.E., Lecturer for his excellent guidance and valuable suggestions
during the course of this Project work.
We would also like to express our heartiest gratitude to all other faculty
members of our department staffs for their kind encouragement and timely help.
Last but not least we thank our Mother India who gave us a small place to
live in and finish our project and submit our project to our Nation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER NO.

TITLE

PAGE NO.

ABSTRACT

2.

3.

LIST OF TABLES

III

LIST OF FIGURES

IV

LIST OF SYMBOLS

INTRODUCTION

1.1

General

1.2

Cement

1.3

Course Aggregate

1.4

Fine Aggregate

1.5

Water

1.6

Flyash

1.7

Surkhi

LITERATURE REVIEW

10

2.1

Ingredients used

10

2.2

Cement

10

2.3

Fine Aggregate

10

2.4

Course Aggregate

11

2.5

Water

11

2.6

Flyash

11

2.7

Surkhi

15

OBJECT AND SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

16

3.1

Object

16

3.2

Scope

17

5.

EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION

18

4.1

Material used

18

4.2

Mix Proportioning

20

4.3

Preparation and casting of test specimen

31

4.4

Testing of specimen of results

33

DISCUSSION ON TEST RESULTS

5.1

Comparision of test results

49
50

6.

CONCLUSION

56

7.

PHOTOGRAPH

57

8.

REFERENCES

61