Procurement & Batching of Concrete

Preparation of Materials Mixture

Testing of Concrete Curing of Concrete

Specimens Specimens

Concrete Design Mix

(Cement, Aggregates, Water)

Control Setup Experimental Setup

0% Fiber 1.0% Fiber

0.5% Fiber 1.5% Fiber

T1 T3
T2 T4

Casting and Curing of Test Specimens

Test for Tensile Strength, Compressive

Strength & Flexural Strength

Data Analysis

Discussion and Conclusion

 Preparation of Materials

Sea Rosemallow
Bast Fibers
Fine Aggregates Coarse Aggregates

Retting of Bast
Air-Drying of Fibers Cleaning and
Sand Washing of Gravel

Mechanical
Sieving of Sand Extraction of Bast Air-Drying of
Fibers Gravel

Preliminary Tests Alkaline Treatment Sieving of Gravel

before Adding to of Bast Fibers
the Concrete Mix
Preliminary Tests
Air-Drying of
before Adding to
Fibers
the Concrete Mix

Cutting of Fibers to
5 cm Length

Manual Separation
of Fibers

Preliminary Tests
before Adding to the
Concrete Mix

Concrete Design Mix

(Cement, Aggregates, Water)
Control Setup
Experimental Setup

with Sea Rosemallow bast fibers (by weight of cement)

0% Fiber

T1 0.5% Fiber T3 Fiber

1.0%
T2 T4

1.5% Fiber
Casting and Curing of Test Specimens

Test for Tensile Strength, Compressive

Strength & Flexural Strength

Data Analysis

Discussion and Conclusion

Type I Portland Cement Sand Gravel Water

Concrete Design Mix

Control Set-up Experimental Set-up

With Sea Rosemallow Bast Fibers

(by weight of cement)

0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5%

T1 T2 T3 T4

Casting and Curing of Test Specimens

Test for Tensile Strength, Compressive

Strength & Flexural Strength

Data Analysis

Discussion and Conclusion