scholarly journals Influence of polypropylene fiber on early strength of self-compacting concrete

2019 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 01020
Author(s):  
Rahmi Karolina ◽  
Abdiansyah Putra Siregar

One of the development of concrete technology in construction’s world is Self-Compacting Concrete. Self-Compacting Concrete (SCC) is an innovative concrete that able to “flow” and condensed by gravity and its own weight with little vibration or even without a vibration device at all. However, these concrete still have deficiencies like general concrete that is weak to tensile. To increase the tensile strength of the concrete is by adding fiber into the mix. One type of fiber that can be used as an additive to the mix is Polypropylene fibers. This study aims to determine the effect of adding polypropylene fibers to the mechanical properties and characteristics of SCC concrete and to know the optimal polypropylene fiber content in the manufacture of Self Compacting Concrete. Fiber addition variations are 0 kg / m3; 0.25 kg / m3; 0.5 kg / m3 and 0.75 kg / m3. The result of the research showed that the variation of 0.5 kg / m3 and 0.75 kg / m3 addition of fibers didn’t fulfill the requirements to be categorized as a SCC concrete. The results of hard concrete test showed the highest compressive strength that is on the SCC PP concrete of 22.31 MPa at the age of 1 day and 46.24 at the age of 28 days. The highest strength is on the SCC 0.25 PP concrete of 6.52 MPa at the age of 1 day and 10.07 at the age of 28 days. The highest flexural strength is on the SCC 0.25 PP concrete of 6.76 at the age of 1 day and 8.60 at the age of 28 days.

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Eethar Thanon Dawood ◽  
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Tamara Waleed Ghanim ◽  

In the present paper the behavior of mortar reinforced with polypropylene fibers was studied. Different percentages of polypropylene fibers such as 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8% as volumetric fractions were used. Different properties which are flowability, density, compressive strength, flexural strength and splitting tensile strength were evaluated for all mix combinations. The experimental results indicated that a reduction in flowability was obtained with increased polypropylene fibers content. Besides, it can be concluded that the incorporation of polypropylene fiber may significantly reduce the density of mortar. The use of low volume fraction of polypropylene fiber improves the mechanical properties of HPM. Thus, the use of 0.2% of such fiber increases compressive strength by about (4-10%), at various ages.


SINERGI ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 223
Author(s):  
Hakas Prayuda ◽  
Berkat Cipta Zega ◽  
Fanny Monika ◽  
Fadillawaty Saleh ◽  
Martyana Dwi Cahyati

Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) is concrete with high fluidity so that it can flow and fill the spaces in the mold without the compaction process. This study discusses the effect of the adding of kaolin and polypropylene fibers in order to increase the flowability, compressive strength, flexural strength, and tensile strength in self-compacting concrete. The additional material of kaolin was 5%, 10%, and 15% of the cement weight. The polypropylene fibers were 1%, 1.5%, and 2%. The flowability test, which was used, was Table flow, V-Funnel, and L-Box. Compressive strength testing was conducted when the concrete was 7, 14, and 28 days old. The flexural test was performed with a measurement of 150 x 150 x 600 mm as many as 18 specimens tested at the age of 28 days. The results showed that the addition of kaolin and polypropylene fibers met the flowability specifications of self-compacting concrete. The addition of polypropylene can increase the flexural strength and tensile strength of the concrete beam, but cannot increase the compressive strength of self-compacting concrete.


2010 ◽  
Vol 168-170 ◽  
pp. 1325-1329
Author(s):  
Ye Ran Zhu ◽  
Jun Cai ◽  
Dong Wang ◽  
Guo Hong Huang

This paper investigates the mechanical properties (compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural toughness) of polypropylene fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete (PFRSCC). The effect of the incorporation of polypropylene fiber on the mechanical properties of PFRSCC is determined. Four point bending tests on beam specimens were performed to evaluate the flexural properties of PFRSCC. Test results indicate that flexural toughness and ductility are remarkably improved by the addition of polypropylene fiber.


2012 ◽  
Vol 430-432 ◽  
pp. 1064-1067
Author(s):  
Yu Zhi Chen ◽  
Wei Hong Xuan ◽  
Xiao Hong Chen

The effect of the different addition amounts of polypropylene fibers on the basic mechanical properties of concrete were investigated in this paper. The results show that the flexural tensile strength of concrete changed slightly after adding low-dosage polypropylene fiber(0.04%~0.16%); Axial compressive strength and flexural tension modulus decreased, limiting flexural strain increased gradually with the amounts of fibers rising.


2021 ◽  
Vol 895 ◽  
pp. 130-138
Author(s):  
Maher Faroq Al-Lebban ◽  
Abeer Ibraheem Khazaly ◽  
Rana Shabbar ◽  
Qusay A. Jabal ◽  
Layth Abdul Rasool Al Asadi

This investigation aims to improve some of the mechanical properties of concrete such as compressive strength, flexural strength, and modulus of elasticity, by using different percentages of polypropylene fibers, and also studying the durability of concrete for freeze-thaw cycles. the study shows a small increment in compressive strength due to adding fibers which were 28.3% compared with increment in flexural strength which was perfect (about 191%), modulus of elasticity also increased by adding fibers. The durability of concrete against freezing-thaw cycles for all mixes was studied. Fiber-reinforced concrete shows more durability against freezing-thawing cycles and less reduction in strength compared with reference mixes without fibers,21.5% reduction in strength for optimum polypropylene fiber concrete while the reduction in strength for normal concrete was found 54.2% in this study.


This paper portrays an experimental research conducted to determine the strength and flexural behavior of the polypropylene fiber reinforced beams. Polypropylene fibers were being added in concrete with different dosages viz., 0.6, 0.8, 1.0, 1.2, 1.4, and 1.6% to the total volume of concrete and Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) and Portland Slag Cements (PSC) were added in the ratio of 60:40 with the overall cement content. Cubes were cast for compressive strength test and cylinder were cast for tensile strength test and beams were cast for flexural strength test. Seven beams were tested; one normal beam without polypropylene fiber and six beams with polypropylene fiber were cast and flexural strength test was conducted. Polypropylene fiber and slag cements were used in mass concrete structures to reduce heat of hydration and shrinkage cracks. Flexural strength and the cracking pattern were monitored during the test. The results indicated that the addition of polypropylene fibers and slag cements in concrete significantly increased the compressive strength, tensile strength, flexural strength and load carrying capacity of beams with different cracking patterns


YMER Digital ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 421-430
Author(s):  
M. Sriram ◽  
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K.R. Aswin Sidhaarth ◽  
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Increasing demand and inadequate materials availability leads the researchers to find alternate materials. In general, hybrid fiber is nothing but mixture of two or more fibers. In this review, various properties of steel fibers and polypropylene fibers were studied. In order to study the physical and mechanical properties of steel fiber, polypropylene fiber and other materials used in concrete, various tests such as Slump cone test, Compaction factor, Compressive strength , flexural strength etc., were used. Hybrid fibers have the tendency to control cracks at different levels. Workability of concrete get reduced due to more addition of steel fibers.The addition of steel fiber and polypropylene fiber results in an increase of 12 to 14.30% compressive strength, 33 to 36.6% increase in flexural strength and 9 to 10.16% increase in split tensile strength. Addition of most favorable amount 0.9 to 1% of steel fiber and 0.9 to 1% of polypropylene fiber gives maximum compressive strength up to 41.67 to 42.68%. Split tensile strength increases by increasing the fiber content in concrete but workability decreases when steel fiber content is increased in concrete.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 8-15
Author(s):  
H. R. Arun Kumar ◽  
B. Shivakumaraswamy

Self Compacting Concrete is a material used in the construction that has excellent deformability in the fresh state and high resistance of segregation, and can be replaced and compacted under its self-weight without applying vibration which leads to substantial advantages related to better homogeneity, enhancement of working environment and improvement in the productivity by increasing the speed of construction. Concrete can be formulated with high compressive strength but always has lower tensile strength. Tensile strength and other properties of concrete can be enhanced by adding fibers due to which the workability of concrete mix reduces and in order to achieve the desired Workability super-plasticizers is added. In the present work the use of fibrofor fiber in the production of self-compacting concrete (SCC) has been studied to identify how fresh and hardened properties of SCC are affected by the addition of fibers. The fibrofor fiber of 19mm standard length is incorporated into the SCC mixtures as 0.5kg/m3, 1.0kg/m3, 1.5kg/m3of concrete. Test on fresh SCC like slump Flow test, T50, V-Funnel test, J-Ring slump test and L-Box test were performed for an understanding of flow of SCC and tests on hardened properties like flexural strength, compressive strength and split tensile strength have been conducted to identify the hardened properties of SCC produced with fibrofor fiber. A comparative study between plain concrete, SCC without fiber and SCC with fiber has been done. Mix design for M40 grade concrete has been done according to EFNARC guidelines. The results reveal that the use of fibro for fiber decreases the workability but increases the mechanical properties of SCC. The optimum volume fraction of fibrofor fiber is determined as 1kg/m3 considering the optimized flexural strength and split tensile strength based properties of SCC. Due to increase in strength properties of fiber reinforced SCC that can be used for pavement construction and various other structures such as buildings, water retaining structures, reservoir structures and tunnel etc.


2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dhanalakshmi A ◽  
M. Shahul Hameed

High-strength self-compacting concrete (HSSCC) is widely used as an eco-effective structure that is more durable than traditional cement that is more prone to demolitions and damage. One of today’s notable innovations is self-compacting concrete (SCC). The variety of materials and the utilization of siphons encourage the concrete’s use, which is significant. The worries about complex pieces are understandable due to the ease, with which precarious projecting zones are formed. This article presents high-strength self-compacting concrete, including quartz sand (QS) and marble-sludge powder (MSP) used as a partial replacement of fine aggregate (M sand). The substitution impact of QS and MSP on the strength of HSSCC is investigated. Further, V-funnel, L-box, slump flow, J-ring and slump cone are used to investigate the chemical, physical and mechanical properties such as splitting tensile strength, compressive strength, bond strength and flexural strength. The replacement of fine aggregate with 15 % of marble-sludge powder and 45 % of quartz sand (HSSCC concrete) gives an unprecedented outcome in the form of solidity and consistency. The findings show that the HSSCC 9 mix exhibits the compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength and, more noteworthy, bond strength of 82.25 MPa, 8.10 MPa, 27.10 MPa and 11.89 MPa, respectively.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wasim Barham ◽  
Ammar AL-Maabreh ◽  
Omar Latayfeh

PurposeThe influence of using magnetic water instead of tap water in the mechanical properties of the concrete exposed to elevated temperatures was investigated. Two concrete mixes were used and cast with the same ingredients. Tap water was used in the first mix and magnetic water was used in the second mix. A total of 48 specimens were cast and divided as follows: 16 cylinders for the concrete compressive strength test (8 samples for each mix), 16 cylinders for the splitting tensile strength (8 specimens for each mix) and 16 beams to test the influences of magnetized water on the flexural strength of concrete (8 specimens for each mixture). Specimens were exposed to temperatures of (25 °C, 200 °C, 400 °C and 600 °C). The experimental results showed that magnetic water highly affected the mechanical properties of concrete. Specimens cast and curried out with magnetic water show higher compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural strength compared to normal water specimens at all temperatures. The relative strength range between the two types of water used was 110–123% for compressive strength and 110–133% for splitting strength. For the center point loading test, the relative flexural strength range was 118–140%. The use of magnetic water in mixing concrete contribute to a more complete hydration process.Design/methodology/approachExperimental study was carried out on two concrete mixes to investigate the effect of magnetic water. Mix#1 used normal water as the mixing water, and Mix#2 used magnetic water instead of normal water. After 28 days, all the samples were taken out of the tank and left to dry for seven days, then they were divided into different groups. Each group was exposed to a different temperature where it was placed in a large oven for two hours. Three different tests were carried out on the samples, these tests were concrete compressive strength, flexural strength and splitting tensile strength.FindingsExposure of concrete to high temperatures had a significant influence on concrete mechanical properties. Specimens prepared using magnetic water showed higher compressive strength at all temperature levels. The use of magnetic water in casting and curing concrete can increase the compressive strength by 23%. Specimens prepared using magnetic water show higher splitting tensile strength at all temperatures up to 33%. The use of magnetic water in casting and curing can strengthen and increase concrete resistance to high temperatures, a significant enhancement in flexural strength at all temperatures was found with a value up to 40%.Originality/valuePrevious research proved the advantages of using magnetic water for improving the mechanical properties of concrete under normal conditions. The potential of using magnetic water in the concrete industry in the future requires conducting extensive research to study the behavior of magnetized concrete under severe conditions to which concrete structures may be subjected to. These days, there are attempts to obtain stronger concrete with high resistance to harsh environmental conditions without adding new costly ingredients to its main mixture. No research has been carried out to investigate the effect of magnetic water on the mechanical properties of concrete exposed to elevated temperature. The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of using magnetic water on the mechanical properties of hardened concrete subjected to elevated temperature.


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