FIRST REVIEW

Experimental study on
deflection in FRC columns
Group members:-
Guided by:
Er. PINKY MERIN PHILIP Adithya J Mallan MGP17CE005
Assistant professor Ajith A MGP17CE006
Department of civil engineering
Saintgits College of Engineering Ashvin K Antony MGP17CE032
Jerin George MGP17CE058
Contents

 Introduction
 Literature Review
 Need for this study
 Methodology
 Expected Outcome
 Reference
Introduction

 Deflection of a building component is an important parameter that has to be addressed

while undertaking a construction
 Since deflection is inversely proportional to stiffness, to obtain minimum deflection ,
stiffness has to be high.
 Mix design that must be performed should be such that the foreign material incorporated
along with the conventional mix must possess good flexural rigidity (EI).
 Moment of Inertia (I) of the fibre depends on the shape of the coloumn and Young’s
Modulus of the material has to be high enough to ensure good stiffness.
 Casting a block with such a mix and the deflection it showcases has to be addressed and
studied.
 Literature Review

Topic Author Conclusion

Need for this study

 Failure of coloumn due to lack of proper design mix is bound to

happen in most cases.

 In this study , We aim to showcase how a proper design mix along

with an additive fibre which has good elastic modulus, ensures
good stiffness properties with minimal deflection leading to less
failures.
OBJECTIVES

 To study the deflection of the coloumn with the proposed mix.

 To distinguish the variation in deflection of the conventional mix

with the proposed mix.
Methodology

• Mix-Design
• Testing of FRC mix
• Testing of samples
 WHY WE CHOSE BASALT FIBRE ?
FIBRE TYPE Steel Polyprop Basalt Glass Polyester Carbon Macro Micro Natural
ylene fibre fibre synthetic Synthetic
Fibre fibre fibre fibre Fibre
Fibre
PROPERTIES Fibre
Youngs 200GPa 1.5 -2 85GPa 70GPa 920MPa 228Mpa 10GPa 6-10 13-26.5
modulus GPa GPa GPa

Cost Rs 75/kg Rs Rs Rs Rs Rs 800- Rs Rs Rs 65/kg

360/kg 220/kg 179/kg 210/kv 900/kg 345/kg 180/kg

Availabili Locally Online Not locally Available Available Not Available Available Easily
ty available markets available Available available

Reaction Corrosive No No No No Corrosive No No No

with reaction reaction reaction reaction reaction reaction reaction
Concrete
Expected Outcome

 Deflection in FRC coloumns can be reduced significantly when compared with

conventional coloumns.
Reference