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Variation in Mechanical Properties

of FR C - C omparative Study

Faculty Guide: Prepared By:

Mr. Prakhar Duggal Shagun Agarwal: A2315814114
Assistant Professor Nitish Bisht: A2315814105
Department of Civil Engineering Kshitij Bisht: A2315814102
Amity University, Noida
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 Introduction ASET

Concrete is the most modifiable construction material.

Concrete has tendency of showing weak behaviour in tension zone while proves to
be strong in compression zone.
Concrete is brittle in nature, and ductile to some extent.
Due to this reinforcement is required to reduce development of cracks in concrete.
In spite of reinforcement cracks freely propagates until an adjacent rebar is
encountered on its way.
Therefore a need of closely reinforced concrete arises to reduce its free path.
Fibre reinforced concrete is used to overcome this problem.
FRC contains short discrete fibres that are distributed throughout the concrete.

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 Effects Of Fiber In Concrete ASET

Fibres reduce bleeding of concrete by lowering its permeability.

Fibres reduce cracking in concrete by reducing plastic shrinkage and drying
shrinkage.
The amount of fibres added in concrete is expressed in terms of total volume (Vf) of
concrete and fibres.
Vf usually ranges from .1% to 3%.
Aspect ratio is calculated by dividing its length(l) to its diameter(d).
By increasing aspect ratio flexural strength and toughness of concrete also
increases.
But, too long fibres tends to fuse together in the mix and thus creates workability
problems.

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 Literature Review ASET
TOPIC DATE/PLACE PUBLISHING KEY POINTS
JOURNAL
Experimental Study on Wagholi/January 2016 IJESRT Researched on steel
Properties Of Steel fibres of 50,60 and 67
FRC aspect ratio. Resulted in
increased tensile, flexural
and compressive
strength.

Experimental Study on Raipur/ March 2015 IJETT Researched on Cem Fil

Properties Of anti crack, HD-12mm,
Aluminium FRC Alkali resistant
aluminium fibre for
obtaining its effect
concrete..

Research on Glass FRC Mysore/ August 2013 IJSCER Researched on alkali

resistance glass fibre of
diameter 14micron
having aspect ratio of
857 with varying %4 of
0.33-1%.
 Literature Review ASET

TOPIC DATE/PLACE PUBLISHING KEY POINTS

JOURNAL
Experimental analysis Jalandhar/ May 2017 IJARCS Researched on
of Aluminium metal aluminium alloy 12% Si
matrix and it is reinforced with
varying weight
percentage of alumina,
graphite and boron
carbide.

Experimental Study on Padmera/ December IJES Researched on effect of

Steel FRC 2012 fibres on strength of
concrete for M30 grade
by varying the
percentage of fibres.

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 Gaps Of Study ASET

In the past study, the researchers mainly focused on tensile, flexural and
compressive strength.

All the strength tests done by the previous researchers were at macroscopic level.

But they didnt focused on deleterious processes such as Sulphate Attack, Alkali
Silica reactions, etc.

So to remove the voids of the previous studies we are going to research at

microscopic level using SEM(Scanning Electron Microscopy).

SEM is used to obtain high-magnification images of concrete fracture surfaces or to

analyze material not identifiable by optical microscopy.

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 Objectives Of Study ASET

Comparison between :
1. Aluminium Fibre Concrete
2. Steel Fibre Concrete.
3. Normal Concrete.

To evaluate the change in properties of FRC by changing the volume of fibres in

concrete.

Detailed study of FRC blocks using SEM. It provides important information about:
1. Adhesion to aggregates.
2. Homogeneity of cement paste.

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 Experimental Program ASET

Tests on aggregates will be conduct like

1. Water absorption test
2. Flakiness and elonginess test
3. Specific gravity test
4. Impact Value test
5. Abrasion test

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 Future Experiments ASET

Firstly, we will check strength of conventional M25 and M30 grade concrete.

We will check and compare the strength of steel fibre concrete and aluminium fibre
concrete.

Then we will check the strength of same M25 grade concrete with the inclusion of
fibres and note the changes in strength of concrete in different orientation of fibres
in concrete.

We will wrap fibre mat roll on the surfaces of the cube.

Then we will perform SEM test under fractured condition of fibre reinforced cube.

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 Results ASET

Results of Compressive Strength Test

S.no. No. of days of curing Type of specimen (cubes) Average compressive strength (N/mm2)

1 7 Conventional M25 Concrete 17

2 7 Steel Fibers layered concrete 24.6
3 7 Steel Fibres mixed concrete 25
4 14 Conventional M25 Concrete 20
5 14 Steel Fibres layered concrete 27
6 14 Steel Fibres mixed concrete 28.3
7 28 Conventional M25 Concrete 25
8 28 Steel Fibres layered concrete 33.4
9 28 Steel Fibres mixed concrete 34.5

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