3th WCSET-2014 at Nepal
Civil Engineering / Environmental / Architecture / Planning Session:
Title:
Effect of bacteria on strength of concrete
Authors:
Ravindranatha, Likhit M. L., Udayashankar H. N., Suhas
S. Vokunnaya
Abstract: The
infrastructure is a very basic need of any industry. The
necessity for such infrastructure is high level of
service and performance, high durability and minimum
negative ecological impact. In all concrete structures,
crack is one of the main concern .Cracks form an open
pathway to the reinforcement and can lead to durability
problems like corrosion of the steel bars. These cracks
should be repaired because they can reduce the service
life of the structure. Here an Overview is given of new
developments obtained in research on self healing of
cracks in cement based materials .Bacterial concrete, as
the name indicates is an improvisation provided to
cement using living microbes which are capable of doing
so. Using microbes such as Bacillus pasteurii, which has
properties of bio calcification, can secrete calcium
carbonate as an extra cellular product thus filling the
pores and the cracks internally making the structure
more compact and resistance to seepages. As the texture
becomes more compact the compressive strength, flexural
strength &split tensile strength is considerably
increased. The process can reduce the seepage. The
laboratory tests are conducted on 43 grade ordinary
Portland cement (OPC).the physical tests of ingredient
materials are conducted according to IS specifications
.For laboratory tests M25 concrete is adopted. On
hardened concrete the strength related test such as
Compression, Split tensile and flexural tests on cubes,
cylinder and beams are conducted as per IS
specifications. It is found out that increase in
compressive strength is as much as 30% for all cubes
after 3, 7, 14, 28 days of curing .The increase in split
tensile is found out to be more than 35%.The increase in
flexural strength is found out to be more than 11%.
Keywords:
Bacillus pasteurii, compressive strength, flexural
strength, and Bio-calcification
Pages:
228-231