Effects of Polypropylene Fiber Content on Strength and Workability Properties of Concrete (original) (raw)
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To Study the Properties of Polypropylene Fibers on Fresh & Hardened Stage of Concrete
The fundamental problem with concrete is that it tends to crack due to reduction in volume. This main problem can be solved with polypropylene fiber valuable additives for the concrete world. Since polypropylene fibers can be premixed in a conventional manner, the concept of polypropylene fiber concrete has added an extra dimension to concrete construction. These concrete additives are fibers which increase strain capacity in the critical green stage of concrete. In other word polypropylene fiber provides crack control & removes the cause of weaknesses & improves the compressive strength of concrete. In nominal lengths of 6, 12 or 20 mm, polypropylene fiber is the ideal additive for concrete mixtures in order to reduce plastic shrinkage, cracking and improve the surface properties of the concrete. A concrete mix has been designed to achieve the minimum grade of M25.The investigations on concrete contain two phases. In the first phase, to identify the effects on workability due to the addition of fibers and the in second phase mechanical strength tests on standard specimens such as compressive strength & Tensile Strength will conduct on the fibrous concrete specimens to obtain the optimum volume fraction and length of fibers. After developing the software we had used it and we come to know that it is simple in operating and gives the results in short period of time. Also we had compared the final results of manual method (IS CODE METHOD) and that of software (MIX DESIGNER) we noticed that values are at most same.Workability reduces at higher dosage of fibres compared to initial dosage used. Due to more addition of fibres, there is increase in amount of entrapped air voids due to presence of fibres and therefore increase in air content attributes in reducing workability and difficulty is observed in compaction of mixes. Compressive strength of material increases with increasing fibre content. And PRFC with 12mm cut length having dosage of 1.5% give the strength increment of 40%. Strength enhancement ranges from 12% to 40% for PFRC.Strength enhancement in splitting tensile strength due to polypropylene fibre addition varies from 5% to 23%. Split tensile strength at 28 days is approximately 50% higher than 7 day's strength.
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Optimal Polypropylene Fiber Content for Improved Compressive and Flexural Strength of Concrete
IOSR Journal of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, 2014
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