scholarly journals Mechanical and Durability Properties of Fibre Reinforced Concrete made with OPC, GGBS and Metakaolin

Concrete is a globally utilized material in the construction field. In the last few decades, Concrete consumption has become multifold and usage has enhanced in massive scale due to the rapid growth of infra sector. Generally, Concrete consists of cement, aggregate, and water; these ingredients become more expensive day by day and additionally hard to please and is increasing widely. During the process of making Ordinary Portland Cement(OPC) produces a large amount of greenhouse gases and the environment being polluted. To minimize the cement utilization and environmental issues is essential to switch the cement by another alternate materials such as pozzolanas. The various number of pozzolanic materials comes from industrial wastes are Groundz Granulatedz Blastz furnacez Slagz (GGBS), xFlyqAsh (FA), zSilicazFume (SF), Metakaolin (MK) etc are utilized in concrete. Similarly, the availability of river sand is getting drained furthermore it turns out troublesome. In order to avoid this problem river sand is alter by zManufacturedkSand (M Sand). An attempt is made in the present investigation to study on properties of fiber reinforced concrete (qsteelu fibers @ 1% of binder) of M40 grade made with OPC, GGBS, MK and manufactured sand. In this study, OPC is replaced by GGBS and MK in different proportions. By casting requisite number of cubes, cylinders then zMechanical properties are determined such as fCompressivekstrength,sSplitdtensile strength tests and durability properties are determined by conducting Water absorption and Sorptivity tests. Test results are compared between controlled concrete and innovative concrete of M40 grade.It is observed that 30%(15%GGBS,15%MK) replacement is optimum for strength and durability criteria.

The production of Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is increasing year by year world over. Further, the production of every tonne of OPC generates one tonne of green house gases, (CO2 ) which results in Global Warming. Usage of OPC is more in construction industry as it is a major ingredient in Concrete. As the usage of Concrete is increasing year by year, more and more is the OPC production and hence the environment is getting polluted; added to this undesirable scenario, the natural resources like lime stone used to manufacture cement and river sand are getting depleted year by year. In order to prevent the usage of large amounts of OPC in Concrete, mineral admixtures like Ground Granulated Blast furnace Slag (GGBS), Fly Ash and Metakaolin which are pozzolanic and cementitious in nature are adopted to replace certain percentages of OPC. Manufactured Sand (M-sand) is adopted to replace river sand. Experimental investigation is conducted on fiber reinforced concrete with steel fibers @1% of weight of binder by casting requisite number of cubes and cylinders of concrete of grade M25; in these mixes OPC is replaced with GGBS, Fly Ash and Metakaolin up to 45%. Mechanical properties are determined by conducting compressive strength and split tensile strength tests; additionally some of the durability properties are established by conducting Water absorption and Sorptivity tests. Test results are comparable between controlled concrete and innovative concrete of present investigation.


Concrete is one of the most commonly and widely adopted material for construction. Cement is used as primary binder material to produce Concrete. However, every tonne of Cement production releases one tonne of greenhouse gases which results in global warming; due to continuous and ever increased usage of Cement and natural sand are causing uncontrollable global warming and depletion of natural resources respectively year by year. This tendency needs to be retarded if not arrested, by developing a comprehensive approach to use more and more pozzolanic mineral admixtures and manufactured sand (M-Sand) in Concrete. In this study on fiber reinforced concrete (with steel fiber @ 1% of binder), Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is replaced up to 50% with Fly Ash and Ground Granulated Blast-Furnace slag (GGBS) for M30 grade of Concrete. Mechanical properties like compressive strength and split tensile strength at 7 days and 28day age are tested. Additionally, durability tests like water absorption and sorptivity tests are conducted after 28days of curing. The test results indicated that workability was increased and there was no significant improvement in durability properties on increasing the percentage of OPC replacement. However, 30% of OPC replacement is found to be optimum for strength criteria


2021 ◽  
pp. 136943322098165
Author(s):  
Hossein Saberi ◽  
Farzad Hatami ◽  
Alireza Rahai

In this study, the co-effects of steel fibers and FRP confinement on the concrete behavior under the axial compression load are investigated. Thus, the experimental tests were conducted on 18 steel fiber-reinforced concrete (SFRC) specimens confined by FRP. Moreover, 24 existing experimental test results of FRP-confined specimens tested under axial compression are gathered to compile a reliable database for developing a mathematical model. In the conducted experimental tests, the concrete strength was varied as 26 MPa and 32.5 MPa and the steel fiber content was varied as 0.0%, 1.5%, and 3%. The specimens were confined with one and two layers of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) sheet. The experimental test results show that simultaneously using the steel fibers and FRP confinement in concrete not only significantly increases the peak strength and ultimate strain of concrete but also solves the issue of sudden failure in the FRP-confined concrete. The simulations confirm that the results of the proposed model are in good agreement with those of experimental tests.


2013 ◽  
Vol 330 ◽  
pp. 77-81
Author(s):  
Yu Chen ◽  
David Bloomquist ◽  
Raphael Crowley

ASTM C78, the Flexural Strength tests were conducted on Cellulose Fiber Reinforced Concrete (CFRC) samples subjected to difference moisture-levels to quantify the effect of moisture on them. Results indicated that modulus elasticity did not change along the increase in moisture. However, flexural strength and yield strength appeared to be affected under certain conditions.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Ganesh Prabhu ◽  
Jin Wook Bang ◽  
Byung Jae Lee ◽  
Jung Hwan Hyun ◽  
Yun Yong Kim

In recent years, the construction industry has been faced with a decline in the availability of natural sand due to the growth of the industry. On the other hand, the metal casting industries are being forced to find ways to safely dispose of waste foundry sand (FS). With the aim of resolving both of these issues, an investigation was carried out on the reuse of waste FS as an alternative material to natural sand in concrete production, satisfied with relevant international standards. The physical and chemical properties of the FS were addressed. The influence of FS on the behaviour of concrete was evaluated through strength and durability properties. The test results revealed that compared to the concrete mixtures with a substitution rate of 30%, the control mixture had a strength value that was only 6.3% higher, and this enhancement is not particularly high. In a similar manner, the durability properties of the concrete mixtures containing FS up to 30% were relatively close to those of control mixture. From the test results, it is suggested that FS with a substitution rate of up to 30% can be effectively used in concrete production without affecting the strength and durability properties of the concrete.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S11) ◽  
pp. 2308-2314

In the present research, the feasibility of using waste glass as replacement for natural river sand was investigated. Glass wastes dumped in landfill pose environmental pollution and research on its reuse in construction industries need to be carried out . An experimental work was performed to study the slump , unit weight, compressive strength, splitting tensile strength, flexural strength, modulus of elasticity, ultrasonic pulse velocity, dry density and chloride ion penetration test at different curing ages at 7, 14 and 28 days of concrete. Investigation on concrete properties with various % of glass powder (0%, 5%, 10%, 15% and 20% ) were done on fresh and hardened concrete. The complete stress-strain behaviour, mechanical strength and durability properties of concrete with partial replacement of natural river sand by glass powder were investigated through standard tests.The optimum glass powder content is found out by testing the specimens prepared using different grades of concrete (M20, M30, M40,M50 and M60). All the fresh concrete mixes were tested also for the workability properties by conducting slump cone tests. According to the test results, it is observed that the slump value of fresh concrete increase gradually with % of glass powder upto 40% replacements. The gradual increase in compressive strength, flexural strength and split tensile strength with the addition of waste glass powder upto 30% was observed. The addition of 40% and 50% replacements, the strength values of concrete are comparable with that of the control mix. The density and modulus of elasticity of concrete also gradually increases from 0% to 50% addition of glass powder in the concrete. The Rapid Chloride Penetration Test (RCPT) test results show that the chloride penetration rate is considerably reduced with addition of glass powder and permeability properties of concrete is enhanced upto 50% replacement levels. In order to prepare the concrete with compressive strengthThe optimum glass powder content is found to be 50% can be used as the replacement material for fine aggregates without much compromise on the strength and durability properties and to achieve economic and environmental benefits


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