Resumen
Fly ash is a byproduct from burning pulverized coal in the electric power industry and can be incorporated in cementitious concretes or in alkali activated concretes (AAC) with obvious environmental advantages. When part of AAC, it will be able to lead to products with glossy, black surfaces, which might be aesthetically appealing for some modern architectural solutions. A reinforced concrete structure is one type of such products. This document presents an experimental study on reinforced mortar beams, half of them made with fly ash and the other half made with Portland cement. Different aspects of the structural behavior are compared for possible applications of fly ash geopolymers in civil engineering structures.