An Experimental Investigation on Fibre Reinforced Concrete Using Waste Polymer Fibre

Authors(2) :-Pawan Sharma, A K Jha

The expanding measure of waste material from industry is a concerning reality that has started the manageability issues of nature and environment of earth surface. The creation of fiber in the business represents the a dangerous atmospheric devation by discharging the carbon dioxide and other destructive gases in the environment amid its assembling. It additionally process squander at the season of assembling and utilizing on the field. Along these lines, definition of cement with mechanical waste can help in limiting the natural and biological issues. In this investigation fiber (squander polypropylene fiber) was utilized as an extra material of bond concrete. Polypropylene fiber (PPF) is a manufactured hydrocarbon polymer which was added to improve the quality of the solid for example compressive and split rigidity. In this investigation, we arranged number of examples by changing level of mechanical waste polypropylene fiber I. e. (0%, 0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75% and 1.00%). The thickness of Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) was tried following setting up the solid blend while the compressive quality and the split rigidity of the Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) were tried following 7 and 28 days of restoring. Results demonstrate that the thickness of new Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) marginally or irrelevantly diminishes from 2397 kg/cm3 to 2393 kg/cm3 with the expansion of polypropylene fiber. The expansion of waste polypropylene fiber expands the quality of Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC) for all relieving ages up to a specific point. From that point onward, there is a sudden decrease in the quality of the Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC). The expansion of 0.5% polypropylene fiber is suggested for the greatest quality with least coefficient of weakness. The expansion of 0.5% waste polypropylene fiber increment the compressive quality around 10% and 17% split rigidity of the Fiber Reinforced Concrete (FRC).

Authors and Affiliations

Pawan Sharma
M. Tech. Scholar, Lakshmi Narain College of Technology, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India
A K Jha
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, LNCT, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India

Polypropylene fiber, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Rice Husk Ash, polyethylene terephthalate, Fiber Reinforced Mortar

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 1 | January-February 2019
Date of Publication : 2018-11-30
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 23-28
Manuscript Number : IJSRCE19313
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2456-6667

Cite This Article :

Pawan Sharma, A K Jha , "An Experimental Investigation on Fibre Reinforced Concrete Using Waste Polymer Fibre ", International Journal of Scientific Research in Civil Engineering (IJSRCE), ISSN : 2456-6667, Volume 3, Issue 1, pp.23-28, January-February.2019
URL : https://ijsrce.com/IJSRCE19313

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