AKSHAYA ANAND P C (STM20CE009)

AMAYA O (STM20CE012)

VINAYA M (STM20CE049)

VYSHNAV V V (LSTM20CE061)

Concrete is considered to be the most widely used and versatile material for construction all over the world. In recent years, concrete technology has made significant advances which have resulted in economical improvements in strength of concrete In India, the conventional concrete is produced by using natural sand obtained from river beds as fine aggregates, crushed stone from rock quarries as coarse aggregates and cement. However, due to increased use of concrete in almost all type of construction works the demand of natural sources and cement has been increased. Dumping or disposal of waste material causes environmental and health problems. Therefore recycling of waste materials is a great potential in concrete industry. An experimental investigation will be conducted to study the properties of concrete, containing biochar as a partial replacement of cement. Biochar is a porous carbon formed by pyrolysis of biomass at high temperatures under anoxic conditions. The use of biochar as a cementitious material mixture has recently gained research momentum because this usage can lock biochar in inert materials and reduce cement consumption simultaneously. In this project cement is partially replaced with 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% of biochar and subjected to compressive and tensile strength test.