i A Project report on AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON PARTIAL REPLACEMENT OF CEMENT WITH GROUNDNUT SHELL ASH IN A CONCRETE MIX FOR RIGID PAVEMENTS A project report Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of degree of MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY IN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING (CIVIL ENGINEERING) (2017-2019) Submitted by MALUGU RAVI PRASANTH (176D1D2209) Under the Esteemed Guidance of Ms.P.S.NAIDU M.TECH, TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING. Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING SANKETIKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (Approved by AICTE, New Delhi and Affiliated to JNT University, Kakinada, A.P) AGEI Technical campus, P.M.Palem, Visakhapatnam-530041 2017-2019 AUGUST-2019