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Strength characteristics of micronized silica concrete with polyester

fibres
V.B. Reddy Suda, Rumpa Sutradhar ⇑
Department of Civil Engineering, CMR Technical Campus, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t

Article history: Concrete is one of the materials in the construction industry for which the usage has diversified all over
Received 24 July 2020 the globe. Cement manufacturing releases harmful gases like CO2 during its production. So, to create a
Received in revised form 15 October 2020 sustainable environment and save natural resources, alternate construction materials can be effectively
Accepted 19 October 2020
used without sacrificing the required quality. The present work is taken up to determine the effect of
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polyester fibres on the strength characteristics of concrete with micronized silica (MS). MS is obtained
by controlled burning of rice husk which is a by-product in rice mill industries. Cement was partially
Keywords:
replaced by MS in different proportions of 0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% by weight of cement in the conven-
Polyester fibres
Micronized silica
tional concrete. To rectify the problem arrived by using MS, i.e., high level of water absorption, a good
By-product water reducer (superplasticizer) was used. Polyester fibres were added to the micronized silica concrete
Superplasticizer mix which gave the optimum strength in the proportion of 0%, 0.1% and 0.2% by weight of cement.
Sustainable Compressive, split-tensile and flexural strength were determined, and the results indicated that the
strengths of concrete along with MS were increased upto a limit, and thereafter it reduces and fibres fur-
ther enhance the strength. The ideal mix was obtained at MS content of 10%and fibre addition of 0.2% for
the concrete.
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1. Introduction concrete [3–5]. Replacing cement with micronized biomass silica

Rapid industrialization has multifold the demand of concrete
production, which in turn created problems related to the scarcity
of natural resources and generation of harmful gases which in turn
is responsible for global warming. For the creation of a sustainable
environment, conservation of natural resources and utilization of
recycled materials is the main concern of today’s era. One of the
environmentally friendly methods to dispose huge quantities of
waste materials which would pollute the natural resources is to
make use the by-products. So, this work is focused on to study
the effect of polyester fibres on concrete with micronized silica.
The comprehensive review of literatures suggested that addi-
tion of rice husk ash (RHA) improves the strength [1,2]. Integrating
RHA in concrete attained higher compressive, splitting tensile and
flexural strength at different ages compared to conventional
⇑ Corresponding author.
E-mail address: rumpa.sutradhar@gmail.com (R. Sutradhar).
over the optimum percentage of 12% indicated the deteriorating
performance of the concrete. Majority of the shrinkage and
strength loss was compensated using superplasticizers. The
mechanical properties of concrete were improved by the addition
of hyposludge and Recron 3 s [6]. The 28-days compressive
strength was increased by 30% by addition of polyester fibres and
the maximum strength was attained with 0.25% Recron and 25%
fly ash replacement [7].
2. Objectives of the study
 To investigate influence of polyester fibres on properties of con-
crete with micronized silica (MS).
 To compare properties of conventional concrete, micronized sil-
ica concrete and micronized silica concrete with polyester
fibres.
 To attain the ideal mix for developing fibre reinforced concrete
with MS.

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Please cite this article as: V.B. Reddy Suda and R. Sutradhar, Strength characteristics of micronized silica concrete with polyester fibres, Materials Today:
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