Experimental Study on the Compressive Strength of Concrete with Different Wheat Straw Treatment Techniques

The treatment of wheat straw is very difficult, and its utilization rate is very low; accumulation causes air pollution and even fire. To make full use of wheat straw resources, we examined how using different physical and chemical methods to treat the wheat straw which can improve its strength abilities, or enhance the activity of wheat straw ash. In terms of concrete additives, it can reduce the amount of cement used. In this paper, we found that alkali treatment can sig-nificantly improve the tensile strength of wheat straw fiber, but polyvinyl alcohol treatment has no obvious effect on the strength of wheat straw fiber after alkali treatment. At the same time, we analyzed the wheat straw fiber micro-structure through scanning electron microscopy, and we also studied the wheat straw ash chemical composition after 600°C high-temperature treatment. Through the compressive strength test, we found that the strength of concrete decreases with increasing of wheat straw fiber and wheat straw powder content, and the compressive strength of concrete with wheat straw ash instead of 5% cement decreases little, and the strength of the concrete also decreases with the increasing of wheat straw ash. Through the macroscopic observation of the failure form of concrete, we found that the failure form of concrete with wheat straw ash is similar to that of common concrete, while the failure degree of concrete with wheat straw fiber and wheat straw powder is weakened. Through the scanning electron microscope test of the concrete, it was found that wheat straw fiber has an effect on the cracking of concrete and the inner compact-ness of concrete can also be affected by adding wheat straw ash and wheat straw powder. © 2023, Tech Science Press. All rights reserved.