SHRI LABHUBHAI TRIVEDI

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY

A project on
A DURABILITY STUDY ON FIBER REINFORCED
CONCRETE

Prepared By
Guided By
Anal Chhatbar (130890106012)
Prof. Chirag Thummar
Handa Vijay (130890106025) Civil Engineering Department,
Patel Harsh (130890106028) (SLTIET, Rajkot)
Lathiya Prashant (130890106054)

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 CONTENT

INTRODUCTION

LITERATURE REVIEW

PROJECT SCHEDULE

METHODOLOGY

EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND RESULT

CONCLUSION

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 Aim of this project…..

• The aim of this project is study to know the durability of conventional concrete
and fiber reinforced concrete (FRC).

• Also find out the experimental behavior and durability properties of fiber
reinforced concrete.

• Use the fiber in concrete and check out the durability, then compared with
conventional concrete.

• At the end of this project we will find out fiber increase the durability or not ?

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INTRODUCTION

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 Concrete :
• Concrete is a very strong, versatile and world’s most widely used man-made
material.

• It consists of cement, sand and aggregate (e.g., gravel or crushed rock) mixed with
water.

• concrete has excellent resistance to compression but it is very poor in tension.

 Durability :
• Durability is the ability of concrete to resist weathering action.

• This study aims to characterize durability of conventional concrete and fiber

reinforced concrete.

• The factors affecting the durability of concrete structure, such as temperature,

thermal radiation, wind, biological bacteria.
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 Fiber reinforced concrete :

• We used fiber in our project is Hooked Steel Fibers.

• The dimension of fiber is

Length 50mm

Diameter 0.45mm

Aspect ratio 111

(source : Dremix steel fiber)

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 Problem statement:

• Concrete durability problems in structures can be due to environment to which

the concrete structure is exposure or due to internal causes within the concrete.

• The following conditions causes the concrete durability problems in

structures:

- Temperature
- Moisture
- Physical factors
- Chemical factors
- Biological factors

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LITERATURE REVIEW

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SR About research
Title Author Year Result
NO paper
-Basic
measures is
- Factors affecting the through
-Zhang Xuesong
durability of concrete careful design
The Study On The
structure. and
1 Durability Of The -University of 2005
construction
Concrete Structure. Petroleum
- Some measures to to maximize
(China)
improve the durability. the durability
of the
concrete itself

-Associate Proff. - Usefulness of fiber

-Addition of
reinforced concrete
polypropylene
-Applied
Durability Of Fiber triangular
Mechanics - This paper presents a
2 Reinforced 2012 fibers
Department brief report on
Concrete. improved
mechanical properties
durability of
-SVNIT (surat) and durability of fiber
concrete
INDIA. reinforced concrete.

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SR About research
Title Author Year Result
NO paper

-Fibers like Glass, -The durability of

-Professor Dept. carbon, Poly concrete from the
of civil propylene provide aspect of
Engineering , improvements in resistance to acid
durability, Tensile attack on concrete
Durability Studies
- Pridarsani strength, shrinkage increases
On Glass Fiber
3 college of 2012 characteristics, by adding AR-
Reinforced
Engineering, erosion resistance of glass fibers in
Concrete
concrete. concrete. It was
- Andhra observed that
Pradesh, -GFRC provided there was no
India improved long term effect of sulphates
durability. on concrete.

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SR About research
Title Author Year Result
NO paper

-The
fibers used in this study
are polypropylene
fibres.This material
Investigations on makes the concrete -There was no
-Reju R.a and
the Chemical corrosion free. reduction in mass
Jiji Jacob G.b
Durability in UHPFRC or
Properties -The durability fly
-Associate
4 of Ultra High 2012 properties help us to ash based
Professor,
Performance Fiber understand the behaviour UHPFRC when
College of
Reinforced of the materials when it exposed to
Engineering,
Concrete is used for many years. chloride or
Trivandrum
(UHPFRC) Here the sulphate.
properties investigated
are resistance to attack of
acids,
sulphates and chlorides.

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SR About research
Title Author Year Result
NO paper

-This sensor is
can detect the
corrosion
Corrosion Potential -Khalada -This research paper conditions and
Sensor For Remote Perveen present a corrosion give the
Monitoring Of Civil and Douglas J. potential sensor for information about
5 Structure Thomson 2012 monitoring initiation
Based On Printed corrosion of steel- of corrosion in
Circuit Board - Senior reinforced concrete. both new and
Sensor. Member IEEE existing
reinforced
concrete
structures.

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PROJECT SCHEDULING

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 In 7th semester (2016)
ACTIVITY JULY AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER

Project
√ √
Definition
Literature
√ √ √ √
Review
Test Of
√
Materials
Mix Design
√
Of Concrete
Cube
√
Casting

Curing √

Testing
√

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 In 8th semester (2016-17)
ACTIVITY DEC JAN FEB MARCH APRIL
Literature
√ √
Review
Mix Design
√
Of FRC
Cube
√ √
Casting
Curing √ √ √

Testing √

Comparison √

Result √

Conclusion √
Completion
√
Of Project
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EXPERIMENTAL WORK AND
RESULT

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 AGGREGATE
SR NO. TEST RESULT
Specific Gravity
1 1) Fine Aggregate Sample 2.60
2) Coarse Aggregate Sample 2.70
Aggregate Moisture Content
2 1) Fine Aggregate 2.0 %
2) Coasre Aggregate 0.0%
Aggregate Water Absorption Test
3 1) Fine Aggregate 1.0%
2) Coasre Aggregate 0.5%
4 Sieve Analysis (Fine Aggregate ) ZONE - II
Density Of Aggregate
5 1) Fine Aggregate 1500
2) Coasre Aggregate 1600

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 CEMENT:53 GRADE OPC (ULTRATECH CEMENT)

A Value for OPC Used in Standard Value for

Property
this Study OPC
Specific Gravity 3.15 -
Standard Consistency 31.5% -
Initial Setting Time
48 >30
(min)
Final Setting Time (min) 225 <600
Soundness (mm) 2 <10
Compressive Strength (N/mm2)
3-Days 27.33 >27
7-Days 38.06 >37
28-Days 53.63 >53

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 DESIGN MIX OF M20 GRADE IS - 10262 : (2009)

Cement
Water [W] Fine Aggregate Coarse Aggregate
[C]
[F.A] [C.A]

By Weight
186 liter 465 kg 625 kg 1153 kg
[kg]

By Volume
0.40 1 1.34 2.47
[m3]

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 Process Of Cube Casting…..

Sample collection
Concrete Mix Fill in Kept as it is for
Cement + F.A. + C .A .
To Mould one day
+ water

weighting
weighting Machine
Machine De-mould and
Compaction
Compaction Water curing

Mixing
MachineThoroughly Ready to test for
Placing
mixing for 2-3 7, 14 and 28 Days
minutes

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 Some Test Perform On A Fresh Concrete During Cube Casting…..
• To know the workability of fresh concrete by,

1) Slump cone test:

2) Compaction factor test:

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 TESTING

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 CUBE TEST RESULT

7 DAYS DATE OF 28 DAYS

DATE OF DATE OF TEST
CAST AT 7 DAYS STRENGTH TEST AT 28 STRENGTH
DAYS
(𝐍/𝒎𝒎𝟐 ) (𝐍/𝒎𝒎𝟐 )

NORMAL
M20
14/10/2016 21/10/2016 12.48 11/11/2016 25.78

NORMAL
M20
14/10/2016 21/10/2016 11.96 11/11/2016 23.54

NORMAL
M20
14/10/2016 21/10/2016 12.25 11/11/2016 24.49

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 Cube casting of normal M20 and steel fiber :

NO. OF CUBES
CUBES CASTED FOR…..
CASTED
Compressive Strength 3
NORMAL Durability
3
CONCRETE (Curing in Nacl)
Ambient Condition 3
0.5% 9
1.0% 9
STEEL FIBER 1.5% 9
2.0% 9
2.5% 9

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Cube casting of normal M20 :

 Total no. of cube casted is 9.

• 3 cubes for compressive strength

• 3 cubes for durability
• 3 cubes for ambient condition

 After that all cubes are curing is

Nacl solution.

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Cube casting of steel fiber :

 Different percentage of steel fiber are

added by weight of cement such as
0.5%, 1% , 1.5% , 2% , 2.5 %.

 After that all cubes are also curing is

Nacl solution.

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Curing…..

 Curing is most important part of our project, because our topic is concern
about the durability.

 All cube are cured in Nacl solution, not in normal water which PH is 7.0

 5% Nacl weight of water is added in

normal water (PH=7.0)

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 CONCLUSION

 At the end of this project, on the basis of cube casting, gives comparison
between normal M20 and steel fiber concrete in the terms of durability.

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