Hydration and Strength Behavior of Sugarcane-Baggase Ash Concrete Using Electrical Resistivity Measurement

Muazu Bawa Samaila^{1, 2,} , Wei Xiaosheng¹ and Ashhabu Elkaseem²

¹Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

²Civil Engineering Department, Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina State , Nigeria

Cite this paper:
Muazu Bawa Samaila, Wei Xiaosheng and Ashhabu Elkaseem. Hydration and Strength Behavior of Sugarcane-Baggase Ash Concrete Using Electrical Resistivity Measurement. American Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture. 2014; 2(5):174-176. doi: 10.12691/ajcea-2-5-4

Abstract

Electrical resistivity method was adopted in monitoring the hydration of concrete containing different percentage of baggase ash. It has been discovered that the bulk electrical resistivity is a function of the solution electrical resistivity and porosity. Two model components were suggested where the solution resistivity was dominated by bulk resistivity at early age then by porosity at later age. The result found that the pore discontinuity occurs faster with increasing baggase ash quantity up to 20% then started declining meaning that 20% is within the optimum range of the baggase ash quantity to be used and this is similar to the results obtained from compressive strength, setting time tests.

Keywords:
Concrete Hydration Baggase ash Electrical Resistivity

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