SHREE VENKATESHWARA HI-

TECH ENGINEERING COLLEGE

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SYNTHETIC
FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE TO
TRADITIONAL CONCRETE

Prepared by:
Dhanasekar.C 732518103005
Tage Ato 732518103017
Mohammed Thabseer.VK 732518103304
Naslin.CV 732518103306

Guided by:
Mr. L. Vijayaraghavan, M.E., Assistant Professor
 ABSTRACT
• Concrete is a common building material and its property to get moulded into any form
gives it an advantage over brick.

• Since it is a major construction material in civil engineering, it should have more than
sufficient strength to bear the loads acting on it.

• Therefore it becomes an important task to make concrete with desirable compressive

and flexural strength.

• Fiber reinforced concrete (FRC) is a concrete mix with a fibrous material to increase
its integrity.

• Addition of fibers into concrete makes the concrete more durable and strong.
 OBJECTIVE
• Improve freeze-thaw resistance

• Improve resistance to explosive spalling in case of a severe fire

• Improve impact and abrasion resistance

• Increase resistance to plastic shrinkage during curing

• Improve structural strength

• Improve ductility

• Reduce cracks widths and control the crack widths tightly, thus improving
durability
 LITERATURE REVIEW
• Kolli. Ramujee (2015) studied the performance of Polypropylene as the fibrous
material along with the other types of fibers and suggested that the specimen with
polypropylene fibers of 1.5 % gives out better results than other proportions.

• K. Dharunsankar (2015) used steel fibers along with the coir(synthetic) fibers to
study the their impact on plain concrete. He studied the physical and chemical
properties of steel and coir fibers. He suggested that the steel fibers can be used to
increase the tensile strength and the cracks present in the concrete can be
controlled by adding coir fibers to the concrete.
• J. Chris Caroll & Nicholas Helminger (2016) studied the use of recycled
materials and found out that fiber-reinforced concrete and concrete containing
rubber particles have increased levels of toughness in comparison with plain
concrete. The paper focused on the properties of fiber reinforced rubber concrete.

• Patil Shweta & Rupali Kavilkar (2016) compared the properties of plain
concrete against the fiber-reinforced concrete and concluded that the latter has
higher flexural strength, better tensile strength and better crack resistance
• Ali Amin and Stephen J. Foster (2017), Despite the increased awareness of Steel
Fibre Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) in practice and research, SFRC is yet to find
common application in load bearing or shear critical building structural elements.
Although the far majority of studies on SFRC have focused on members containing
fibres only, in most practical applications of SFRC construction, structural
members made of SFRC are also reinforced with conventional reinforcing steel for
shear ligatures. In this paper, results are presented on shear tests which have been
conducted on ten 5 m long by 0.3 m wide by 0.7 m high rectangular simply
supported beams with varying transverse and steel fibre reinforcement ratios.
 REPORT
1. TEST DATA FOR MATERIALS SUPPLIED:

a) Cement:

i) Specific gravity = 3.15g/cm3

ii) Avg. comp. strength 7 days = 37N/mm2 more than 33.0 OK

28 days = 53.0N/mm2, more than 43.0 OK

b) Coarse Aggregate:

i) 20mm Graded

ii) Type Crushed stone aggregate

iii) Specific gravity = 2.68

iv) Water absorption = 1.46

v) Free (surface) moisture = 0

c) Fine Aggregate (M-Sand):
i) Type = Artificial

ii) Gradation = Controlled

iii)Specific gravity = 2.5-2.9
iv)Water absorption = 2-4 %
v) Soundness = Relatively sound

vi)Alkali-Silica Reactivity = 0.001-0.008

vii)Impurities = Absent
(d) Polypropylene Fibers:

(i). Polypropylene fiber is a lightweight fiber.

(ii).It does not absorb water.

(iii).It has excellent chemical resistance.

(iv).It has a melting point of 165°C.

2. TEST ON CEMENT
(a) Fineness Test:
90 microns sieve was used.
cement taken in grams (W1) = 100g
cement retained on the sieve (W2) = 3.5g

Therefore,

Fineness = (W2/W1) x 100

= (3.5/100) x 100

= 3.5%
FINENESS TEST ON 90 MICRONS SIEVE
(b) Standard consistency and setting times of OPC 53 grade cement:

• The standard consistency of OPC 53 grade cement is 31.5%. To prepare a mix of cement paste
31.5% water by weight of cement added to achieve good consistency of cement.

• The initial setting time of OPC 53 cement was found to be 31 minutes and the final setting time to
be 600 minutes.
VICAT’S APPARATUS
3. TEST ON COARSE AGGREGATE
• Crushing Test:
(W2) is expressed as percentage of the weight of the total sample (W1) which is the aggregate
crushing value.
Aggregate crushing value =(W1/W2) x100
A value less than 10 signifies an exceptionally strong aggregate while above 35 would normally be
regarded as weak aggregates
Crushing Test Setup
4. Test on Fine Aggregate
• Sieve Analysis

Sieves for sieve analysis

4. MIX PROPORTION FOR SYNTHETIC FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE
(TOTAL QUANTITIES FOR THE MOULDS):
• For M30 Grade Concrete (cubes, cylinders and prisms 4 nos. each)
• Cement = 39.64kg

• Fine Aggregate = 32.4kg

• Coarse Aggregate = 59.66kg

• Synthetic Fibers = 247.67g

• Water = 17.8L
 METHODOLOGY
LITERATURE REVIEW

SEARCHING FOR MATERIALS

THE PROPER MIX DESIGN PROPORTIONING

CASTING OF CONCRETE SPECIMEN

CUBE CYLINDER PRISM

TESTING OF CONCRETE SPECIMEN

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH FLEXURAL STRENGTH

RESULT ANALYSIS AND CONCLUSION

5. CASTING OF CONCRETE SPECIMEN
• Take the required mix in the ghamela, while concreting.

• Pour concrete in the cubes in 3 layers.

• Compact each layer with 35 No.s of strokes with the tamping rod.

• Finish the top surface after the compaction of the last layer.

• After 24 hours, remove the specimen from the mould.

• While removing, take care to avoid breaking of the edges.

• Name the cubes with a marker or paint.

• Submerge the specimen in clean, fresh water until the time of testing.

• Test 3 specimens after 7 days, 14 days & 28 days respectively.

Making of concrete Casting of moulds Removal of moulds Curing
6. TESTING OF CONCRETE SPECIMEN

(a) Compressive strength:

• Samples were prepared using different percentages of polypropylene fiber i.e., 0.25%,
0.5%, 0.75% and 1.00%.
• Tests were done at recognized ages of the test specimens, usually being 7 and 28 days.

• The results of the compressive strength test shows that the compressive strength of
concrete increases with the increase of fiber percentage up to 0.5% fiber content and
then drastically decreases from 0.5% to 1.0%.
• Hence the optimum % of fiber content for compressive test was found to be 0.5%.
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35

30

Compressive strength
25

20

15

10

0
0% fiber 0.25% fiber 0.50% fiber 0.75% fiber 1.0% fiber

% of fiber

sample 1 sample 2 sample3

Compressive strength test Compressive strengths at 28 days

(b) Splitting tensile strength:
• This test was performed on cylindrical specimen reinforce with varying & of pp fibers i.e.,
0,25%, 0.5%, 0.75% and 1.00%.
• Tests shall be made at recognized ages of the test specimens, the most usual being 7 and 28
days.
• The results of the split tensile strength test shows that the split tensile strength of concrete
increases with the increase of fiber % up to 0.5% fiber content and then drastically decreases
from 0.5% to 1.0% fiber content.
• Hence the optimum % of fiber content for split tensile strength is 0.5%.
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3.5

2.5

Tensile strength
2

1.5

0.5

0
0% fiber 0.25% fiber 0.5% fiber 0.75% fiber 1% fiber

% of fiber

sample 1 sample 2 sample 3

Split tensile Test Split Tensile strengths at 28 days

(c) Flexural strength:
• Flexural strength of concrete generally comes into play when a road slab with inadequate sub-
grade support is subjected to wheel loads or there are volume changes due to temperature or
shrinking.
• Tests shall be made at recognized ages of the test specimens, the most usual being 7 and 28
days.
• The results of flexural strength test shows that the flexural strength of concrete increases with
the increase of fiber % up to 0.5% fiber content and then drastically decreases from 0.5% to
1.0% fiber content.
• Hence the optimum percentage of fiber content for flexural strength 0.5%.
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10

Flexural strength
6

0
0% fiber 0.25% fiber 0.5% fiber 0.75% fiber 1.0% fiber

% of fiber

sample 1 sample 2 sample 3

Flexural strength test Flexural strengths at 28 days

7. RESULT ANALYSIS & CONCLUSION
• The addition of PP fibers to concrete may prevent shrinkage cracking, even under severe
conditions.
• Adopting higher percentages beyond 0.5% of fiber content deteriorates the workability of
concrete.
• The maximum compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength of M30 grade
of concrete without fiber was observed 33.55MPa, 3.44MPa & 8.33MPa respectively.
 Comparison of strength achieved at 28 days

Strength of concrete Max Strength value with 0.5% Original Strength

fiber (MPa) (Mpa)
Compressive strength 35.92 33.55
Split Tensile strength 3.75 3.44
Flexural strength 10.66 8.33
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