Department of Civil Engineering

A project phase-II review on

“Fiber Reinforced Concrete”

Under the Guidance of

Prof. Guruputrayya Patil

Project Team Members.

Name USN
Karthik M Miskin 2JH18CV014
Md Yaseen M Shaikh 2JH18CV019
Md Arshad Savanoor 2JH18CV020
Md Taqvim M Sanadi 2JH18CV021
 CONTENTS
• Introduction
• Problem statement
• Literature review
• Objectives
• Materials and Experimental methodology
• Results and Discussion
• Conclusion
• References
INTRODUCTION:

• Fiber reinforced concrete is defined as a composite material consisting of mixtures of

cement-mortar or concrete and discontinuous, discrete, uniformly dispersed suitable
fibers which increases its structural integrity

• Fibers can be in the form of steel fibers, glass fibers, natural fibers, synthetic fibers, etc.

Types of fibers :
 Steel fibers
• Aspect ratios of 20 to 100
• Diameters vary from 0.25 mm to 0.75 mm
• High structural strength
• Used in precast and structural applications, airport
pavements, canal linings, bridge decks, etc.
 Glass fibers
• High tensile strength, 1020 to 4080 N/mm2.
• Fibers of length 10mm to 50mm are used.
• Increased flexural strength, ductility & resistance to thermal shock.
• Used in building renovation works, ducts and roofs, sewer lining,
• tunnel lining panels etc.

 Synthetic fibers
• Man made fibers from petrochemical and textile industries.
• High chemical resistance.
• Low modulus of elasticity.
• Cheap, abundantly available.
•
PROBLEM STATEMENT :

• Concrete is good in compression but week in tension that is, concrete is a brittle material.
So, in order to improve the tensile properties, short fibres are used.
• In structural application the concrete will provide the reinforcing bars to carry the tensile
force once the concrete has cracked, so that it remains largely in compression under load.
• According to the problems in structural application a new application of reinforced concrete
need to develop. So, from the previous research fibre is one of the methods to improve the
mechanical properties of structural concrete.
LITERATURE REVIEW :
Lakshmipathy( Issued in 1986).
• Published by International Conference on Innovation and Research in Engineering Science
and Technology.
• He presented two frames which were made out of reinforced concrete and other out of
SFRC.
• Fibres with a length of 1.57-in(40mm) and an aspect ratio of 100 were used at a volume
fraction of 1%.
• An earthquake loading was applied via hydraulic jacks to the frame.
• It was found that SFRC frame had a ductility increase of 57% and a 130% increase in
cumulative energy dissipation compared to the normal frame.
Ramli M(Issued in 2010).
• Published by International Conference on Innovation and Research in Engineering Science
and Technology.
• He studied on Effect of Steel Fibers on Engineering Performance of Concrete.
• They investigated the effect of steel fiber content with different percentages of steel fiber
from(0-2%) on the flow able mortar.
• Results indicated that compressive strength has increased by 21% as the steel fiber fractions
was 1.25%.
• The flexural strength results recorded a significant increase of about 200% with inclusion of
steel fiber up to 1.75%.
OBJECTIVES :

• To determine the optimum percentage of fibres.

• To study the flexural behaviour of FRC beams compared with conventional reinforced
concrete beams.
• To study the effect of fibre aspect ratio to the structural behaviour of reinforced concrete
beams.
• To determine the contribution of synthetic fibre in reinforced concrete beams under
different loads.
MATERIALS AND EXPERIMENTAL METHODOLOGY :

• Cement : Ordinary Portland cement of 53 grade.

• Fine aggregate : River sand and its specific gravity is 1.71, loose bulk density 1.12 g/cm3
and compacted bulk density 1.18 g/cm3.

• Coarse aggregate : Crushed granite stone aggregates of maximum size of 20mm and specific
gravity is 2.81, loose bulk density 1.59 g/cm3 and compacted bulk density 1.86 g/cm3.

• Water : water for mixing of concrete as per IS 456-2000 recommendations.

• Synthetic fibres : Fibres of length 50mm and diameter 1mm.

• Moulds of size cube (150x150x150mm) and cylinder (D=150mm , L=300mm).

• Water Cement ratio is 0.45

• Before mixing the concrete, the fibre length, amount and design mix variables are adjusted

to prevent the fibres from balling. These are usually made by spraying mortar and chopped

fibre simultaneously.

• Mortar with a high water : cement ratio is used to facilitate spraying, Other applications

include simple casting which is less versatile than spraying.

• Increase in aspect ratio of fibres up to 75 to get toughness and strength.

• Beyond this limit, it may cause the decrease in toughness and strength.

• Suitable admixtures and vibrators are used for perfection.

ADVANTAGES :
• Greater resistance to crack formation. This increases durability.
• Improves toughness of concrete.
• Less prone to corrosion.
• Increased moment capacity and torsional strength.

DISADVANTAGES :
• High cost of materials
• Require more precise configuration than plain concrete
• Quantity of fibres increased, the workability is decreased
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION :
Tests conducted on specimens:
1. Compressive strength test.
2. Split tensile strength test.

1. Compressive Strength Test Results(M 20 grade)

35
32.23
Compression Strength
30
(N/mm2)
Fiber Dosage 25
25.52

Strength(N/mm2)
22.12

Compressive
20.3
7 days 28 days 20
17.64

15 13.4

0% 13.4 20.3 10

5
1% 17.64 25.52
0
0% 1% 2%
1.5% 22.12 32.23
Fiber Dosage(%)
7 days 28 days
2. Split Tensile Strength Test(M 20 grade)

3.5
Split tensile strength 3.1
Fiber Dosage (N/mm2) 3
2.64

Strength (N/mm2)
7 days 28 days 2.5 2.42

Split Tensile
2.13
2 1.92
0% 1.71 2.13 1.71

1.5

1% 1.92 2.64
1

1.5% 2.42 3.10 0.5

0
0% 1% 1.50%

Fiber Dosage (%)

7 days 28 days
CONCLUSION :

• From the experimental work done using polypropylene fibers in concrete it can be
concluded that, optimum dosage of fiber for improved compressive and split tensile
strength is 1.5% due to increased bond between concrete and fibers.

• With the addition of fibers crack width reduced in FRC beams hence polypropylene fibers
can be used as a reinforcing material with a known dosage.
 REFERENCES :
• Priti A. Patel., Dr.Atul K. Desai., and Dr.Jatin A. Desai : “Evaluation Of Engineering -
Properties for Polypropylene Fibre Reinforced Concrete”, International Journal of
Advanced -Engineering Technology, Vol. 3, Issue 1, January, March 2012, pp. 42-45.

• VinodKumar.M, Muthukannan.M (2014): Experimental Investigation on Mechanical

Properties of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Concrete, In Proceedings of International Conference
ACECIM’14, SRM University, Ramapuram, pp. 597-.602.

• Kolli. Ramujee(2013): “Strength properties of polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete”

International Journal of Innovative Research in Science, Engineering and Technology, Vol
4, Issue 4.
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