Soil-Cement is an outstanding paving material, as it is economic, easy to construct and environmental-friendly due to its usage of natural soil. However, compared to current methods of paving, soil-cement shows low strength and low resistance on cracking, so it is necessary to supplement those drawbacks by use of some admixtures. This paper attempts to take an in-depth study of material characteristics of soil-cement mixtures with rice husk ash which is discarded as waste to enhance the strength and durability of soil-cement. To figure that out, XRF analysis was performed. From the XRF analysis results of the chemical content in rice husk ash, SiO2 is contained as much as 64.85%. Though SiO2 content is major in the rice husk ash, it is less than the amount expected. It is due to incineration temperature and time away from ideal environment for maximum SiO2 content. In addition, it figured out the strength property and durability of rice husk ash added soil-cement mixture by compressive strength test. The compressive strength test of soil-cement mixtures showed the highest strength with 10% of rice husk ash added. This suggests rice husk ash has high potential as one of pozzolanic materials.
Currently, Eco-friendly construction materials are widely utilized for reducing CO2 emission in construction. Furthermore various engineering fibers are also added for improving a brittle behavior in concrete. In the paper, concrete specimens with 10% and 20% replacement ratio with RHA (Rice Husk Ash) are prepared, and engineering behaviors in RHA and OPC concrete are evaluated with different addition of coconut fiber from 0.125~0.375% of volume ratio. Several basic tests including compressive strength, tensile strength, flexural strength, impact resistance, and bond strength are performed, and crack width and deflections are also measured in flexural test. RHA is evaluated to be very effective in strength development and 0.125% of fiber addition leads significant improvement in tensile strength, ductility, and crack resistance. RHA and coconut fiber are effective construction material both for reutilization of limited resources and performance improvement in normal concrete.