Fiber reinforced concrete is a type of concrete that includes fibrous substances that increase its structural strength and cohesion. Design of fibre reinforced concrete beams and slabs. Mar 06, 2016 fiber reinforced concrete is used to improve the performance of concrete cracking and shrinkage problems. This paper reports on the experimental programme and compares the. Fiberreinforced polymer frp materials are composite materials that typically consist of strong fibers embedded in a resin matrix.
Optimization of fibre reinforcement for waste aggregate. Mechanical properties of recycled plastic fibres for reinforcing concrete yin shi 1, tuladhar rabin 2, combe mark 3, collister tony 4, jacob mohan 5, shanks a. A few investigations have been carried out on the use of recycled polymeric materials in concrete, covering different objectives as a recycled pet of bottles for producing very good quality polymer concrete with low cost for structural applications 22, 23. Development of recycled polypropylene plastic fibres to. Steel or macro synthetic fibres may be added to the concrete either at the readymixed plant or to the mixer truck on site. Fiberreinforced concrete frc examination of fractured specimens of fiberreinforced concrete shows that failure takes place primarily due to fiber pullout or debonding. Pdf utilization of waste plastics as a fiber in concrete. Fibre reinforced concrete frc is used in all areas of. Fibers include steel fibers, glass fibers, synthetic fibers and natural fibers each of which lend varying properties to the concrete. Could be broken concrete, bricks, masonry, soil, asphalt, tiles, wood, plastic, metal a. Experimental investigation on the properties of concrete.
Care should be taken to ensure proper dispersal and complete mixing. Fiberreinforced concrete smart materials and smart sensors aci fall 2011 convention october 16 20, cincinnati, oh aci web sessions antoine naaman, faci, is a professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the university of michigan. He is a member of aci committees 363, highstrength concrete. Properties and applications offiber reinforced concrete 51 high aspect ratio were found to have improved effectiveness. The fibre reinforced composite was due to the anticipated application in earth structures produced as porous concrete or concrete with open structures fig. He received his bachelor of technology degree in civil. Fibrereinforced plastic frp also called fiberreinforced polymer, or fiberreinforced plastic is a composite material made of a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres. Itwas shown that for thesamelengthanddiameter,crimpedendfibers can achievethesamepropertiesas straight fibers using 40 percent less fiberss. The use of recycled pp fibre not only helps reduce consumption of virgin materials like steel or plastic but also provides an attractive avenue for recycling plastic waste. Recycle and reused of plastic require vast manpower and processing cost thus the very small amount of plastic recycled and reused and rest going into landfills, incinerators and dumps. Properties of fibre reinforced concrete using recycled fibres. It is important for environment and economy to use these wastes in structural concretes 9, 11. Fiber reinforced concrete is used to improve the performance of concrete cracking and shrinkage problems. Investigation on waste plastic fibre reinforced concrete using manufactured sand as fine aggregate ravikumar g1 and manjunath m2 1 mtech student, civil engineering department, klemsscet,belagavi, india 2 engineeringassistant professor, civil department, klemsscet,belagavi, india abstract concrete is the main construction material.
The production of economical precast concrete panels. Sep 12, 2004 a study was carried out to evaluate the use of recycled fibres from carpet industrial waste for reinforcement of concrete at 1 and 2 vol% fractions. Therefore, innovative use of recycled plastics as fiberstrip reinforcement of. Kandasamy and murugesan 2011 used polymer fibres in concrete by weight of cement and reported an increment in compressive strength of 0. M international journal of civil and structural engineering volume 4 issue 2 20 176 concrete reduces as compared to normal concrete when fiber content increases and reduction. As is well known, tetra pak packages are made up of three raw materials. Fibre reinforced concrete using domestic waste plastics as fibres. Robert 6 abstract with the increase in the general awareness of waste management, recycled plastic fibre reinforced concrete has attracted widespread attention. Now days due to high global consumption of natural sand, sand deposit are being depleted and causing. Murugesan2011, fibre reinforced concrete using domestic waste plastics as fibres, arpn 0 0.
The fibers from cheap or waste materials may be used for manufacture of structural units with cement mortar composites have great potential for developing. Fiber reinforced concrete frc is a composite material consisting of cement based matrix with an ordered or random distribution of fiber which can be steel. For all fibre types, the addition of superplasticizer is strongly recommended in order to avoid adding excess water to the mix at the work site, and to render the concrete more fluid before fibres are inserted. Fiber reinforced concrete has small distinct fibers that are homogeneously dispersed and oriented haphazardly. The concrete was reinforced using recycled polypropylene plastic instead, and strength and durability tests show that the end result could be used to build footpaths and precast elements such as drainage pits and concrete sleepers. Scientists have reinforced concrete with plastic waste. Keeping this in mind the researcher has decided to study the influence of addition of waste materials like lathe waste, soft drink bottle caps, empty waste tin, waste steel powder as a mixing material with the concrete in the percentage of maximum 1 to 1. At that time, it was considered to be one of the worlds most modern and straightforward handbooks on the design of steel fibre reinforced concrete structures. Waste materials from tetra pak packages as reinforcement of. The recycled plastic also has obvious environmental advantages over using virgin plastic fibres.
Mar 11, 2015 the recycled plastic also has obvious environmental advantages over using virgin plastic fibres. The objective of the program was to explore the applicability of using recycled plastic fibers to improve the mechanical properties and the performance of asphalt mixtures. Recycling of polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete. Besides its ability to sustain loads, natural fibre reinforced concrete. In order to increase bond with the concrete, line indentation was made on the surface of recycled pp fibre. Rarely, other fibres such as paper, wood, or asbestos have been. Interestingly the utilization of these fibres in concrete leads to an effective solid waste management technique. Concrete reinforced with fibres which are usually steel, glass or plastic fibres is less expensive than handtied rebar, while still increasing the tensile strength many times. The fibres are usually glass in fibreglass, carbon in carbon fiber reinforced polymer, aramid, or basalt. In the first experiment, attempts were made to recycle grp waste powder in precast concrete composites i.
Waste materials from tetra pak packages as reinforcement. The use of plastic has increases substantially all over the world it leads to create large quantities of plasticbased waste. The use of plastic has increases substantially all over the world it leads to create large quantities of plastic based waste. Mechanical properties tested according to european standard en 14651 are under consideration. Properties and applications offiber reinforced concrete. Concrete is the main construction material in the world. Introduction glass fiber reinforced concrete gfrc or grc is a type of fiber reinforced concrete. Recently, other forms of recycled fibers like plastic, disposed tires, carpet. Performance of the 100% recycled pp fibre in different grades of concrete was studied and compared with virgin pp fibre. Saiyed faraz abbas zaidi was born in 1992 in jaunpur city. Different concentrations from 1 to 6 wt% and sizes 0. Experimental investigation on fibre reinforced concrete. Fibre reinforced plastic frp also called fiber reinforced polymer, or fiber reinforced plastic is a composite material made of a polymer matrix reinforced with fibres. Potential use of plastic wastes for low thermal conductivity concrete.
The post consumer pet mineral bottles were manually cut into fiber form after removing neck and bottom, and these fibers were used to reinforce the plain concrete. Cube and cylinder compressive strengths of waste plastic. A feasibility study was conducted for recycling commingled plastics fibre in concrete1. Fibre reinforced plastic frp concrete provides an alternative to steel reinforced concrete. Research paper use of plastic in a concrete to improve its. The epub format uses ebook readers, which have several ease of reading. It consist of cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate and water as main ingredients. Degradable paper bags or containers can be put directly into the concrete truck or mixer, or they can be opened and the loose fibre dispensed. What are the disadvantages of fiber reinforced concrete.
After the 1999 earthquake in turkey, only in adapazar. Project 18 final report recycled materials resource center. A study was carried out to evaluate the use of recycled fibres from carpet industrial waste for reinforcement of concrete at 1 and 2 vol% fractions. Assessing the recycling potential of glass fibre reinforced. Shear strength of waste plastic pet fiber reinforced. Rarely, other fibres such as paper, wood, or asbestos have been used. Fibre reinforced concrete, fibre reinforcing index fri, mechanical strength, waste rural materials introduction a huge amount of waste as plastic, nylon, rubber is produced as automobile parts, household goods, industrial wastes etc. The concrete of m20 and m30 grades were selected for the study. Experimental investigation on the properties of concrete with. The fibers were obtained by shredding the waste pet bottles into microfibers of 50 mm length and 5mm width, the fibers were then added to the concrete mix in fiber volume fractions of 0. This masters thesis was carried out, between january 2011 and june 2011, at the. Glass fibre reinforced concrete use in construction. Fiberreinforced concrete frc is concrete containing fibrous material which increases its structural integrity.
Fibers used are steel fibers, synthetic fibers, glass fibers, natural fibers, asbestos fibers and carbon fibers. Postcracking performance of the fibre reinforced concrete was studied through the round determinate panel test. Abstract in this paper, the shear strength of plastic pet fiber reinforced concrete pfrc is discussed. Experimental investigation on fibre reinforced concrete using. The utilisation of waste fibres in construction materials can alleviate these. Murugesan, fibre reinforced concrete using domestic waste plastics as fibres, arpn journal of engineering and applied sciences, vol. Manju2 1 associate professor, 2 assistant professor, department of civil engineering, kumaraguru college of technology coimbatore, tamilnadu, india abstract waste plastic bottles are major cause of solid. Fiber reinforced concrete is widely used in structures, because the concrete is a brittle material and it has very low tensile and flexural strength, thus fibers like steel or polyethylene or. As soon as some tension is developed, it will lose its stiffness. Significant increases in shatter resistance, energy absorption and ductility were observed. Optimal mix of fibre reinforcement for waste aggregate cement matrix is defined. Formerly instructor, department of mathematic and mechanics bulletin no. Investigation on waste plastic fibre reinforced concrete. Fiber reinforced concrete types, properties and advantages.
In addition, the character of fiberreinforced concrete. The swedish concrete association published a report on steel fibre reinforced concrete in 1995. Experimental investigation on the properties of concrete with plastic pet bottle fibres as fine aggregates ms. Abstract conventional reinforced concrete uses steel rebars. Fiberreinforcedplastic frp reinforcement for concrete. Assessing the recycling potential of glass fibre reinforced plastic waste in concrete and cement composites. Highlights engineered steel and propylene fibre are important type of concrete reinforcement. Mechanical strength of fibrous concrete with waste rural. Properties of fibre reinforced concrete using recycled.
Amazing types, properties, and applications of fibres in construction materials. Murugesan2 1department of civil engineering, bhaktavatsalam polytechnic college, kanchipuram, tamilnadu, india 2anna university of technology madurai, madurai, tamilnadu. Cube and cylinder compressive strengths of waste plastic fiber reinforced concrete nibudey. This research presents an experimental program for investigating rupture strength and impact resistance of precast concrete panels with different depths.
Compressive, flexural, splitting tensile and shrinkage tests were performed. It was observed that the concrete was good enough workable up to 1. Fibre reinforced composite materials have enormous potential in the construction, transport and. Thus unlike plain concrete, a fiberreinforced concrete specimen does not break immediately after initiation of the first crack.
M international journal of civil and structural engineering volume 4 issue 2 20 176 concrete reduces as compared to. Itwas shown that for thesamelengthanddiameter,crimpedendfibers can achievethesamepropertiesas straight fibers using 40 percent less fibers s. Experimental investigations on cement concrete by using waste. Samples of steel and copper fibres top row, and basalt, plastic, and. The type of fibre andor packaging has a direct impact on how the fibres are dosed into the concrete. The program was limited in scope, with the initial intention to explore. Investigation on waste plastic fibre reinforced concrete using manufactured sand as fine aggregate ravikumar g1 and manjunath m2 1 mtech student, civil engineering department, klemsscet,belagavi, india 2 engineeringassistant professor, civil department, klemsscet,belagavi, india abstractconcrete is the main construction material. Experimental investigations on cement concrete by using.
Behaviour of the sustainable fiber reinforced concrete. The fibre reinforced concrete with using recycled aggregates. While more expensive in most cases, it can be justified under special circumstances. The matrix acts to bond and protect the fibers and to provide for transfer of stress from fiber to fiber through shear stresses. We examine fibre reinforced concretes based on waste ceramic aggregate. A pyrolysis process for gfrp recycling was developed at the. Hence, an attempt has been made in the present investigations to study the influence of addition of polythene fibers domestic waste plastics at a dosage of 0.
Purchase fiberreinforcedplastic frp reinforcement for concrete structures, volume 42 1st edition. The book will appeal to engineers, governments, and solid waste planners, and offers a valuable reference for the plastic waste recycling and plastic fibre reinforced. Many types of fibres like steel fibres, carbon fibres, gi fibres, glass fibres, asbestos fibres etc. The addition of fibres to the concrete should be in accordance with an agreed method statement, to ensure that the fibres are adequately distributed throughout the concrete, there are no fibre. Shear strength of waste plastic pet fiber reinforced concrete. It overcomes corrosion problems, possesses high strength and low stiffness and cracks in the matrix are not detrimental. Abstract in this study, plastic obtained from waste plastic flush doors are cut into fibres of 5mmwidth and used in m30 grade concrete in five aspect ratios namely 30,50,70,90 and 110 in volume fractions of 0. Permeability characteristics of waste plastic fibre. This paper has discussed the effect of adding waste plastic fiber pet resulting from cutting the plastic beverage bottles by hand which is used in iraqi markets now as a small fiber to the precast concrete panels. A modified plastic theory of reinforced concrete paul andersen, ph. Fibre reinforced concrete using domestic waste plastics as.
Amazing types, properties, and applications of fibres in. Here author suggested the use of these plastic bags pieces in a concrete as a plastic fiber to improve the. Murugesan2011, fibre reinforced concrete using domestic waste plastics as fibres fibre reinforced concrete frc is a. Thus unlike plain concrete, a fiber reinforced concrete specimen does not break immediately after initiation of the first crack. It contains short discrete fibers that are uniformly distributed and randomly oriented.
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