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A STUDY ON FIBER REINFORCED HIGH PERFORMANCE
CONCRETE USING MULTIPLE MINERAL ADMIXTURES

BY H.M.Somasekharaiah1 , Mahesh Sajjan2 , Nelson Mandela3 1Professor,

Department of Civil Engineering, RYMEC Ballari, Karnataka, India,
2Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, RYMEC Ballari,
Karnataka, India, 3PG Student, Department of Civil Engineering, RYMEC
Ballari, Karnataka, India,
1. The philosophical objective of the thesis is to
Abstract:
contribute to the knowledge of the properties of fiber
HPC could be a concrete that has been designed to be additional harder and reinforced concrete (FRC) helping to extend the use
stronger than typical concrete. HPC mixtures area unit primarily composed of of the material to structural design.
constant materials as typical concrete mixtures. However the proportions area 2. Study of the effect of using Polypropylene fiber on
unit designed or designed to supply the strength and sturdiness required for the concrete compressive strength.
structural and environmental needs of the project. The main objective of this
project is to evaluate the strength & behavior of HPC, with using of
D(1) admixtures combinations of steel fibers and polypropylene fibers. This
investigation has been made to increase the strength of concrete by adding
supplementary binder materials like fly-ash, silica fume, metakaolin along with
steel and polypropylene fibers. The cubes, cylinders and beams specimens
(moulds) are casted with concrete by using primary ingredients such as
cement, water, fine aggregate and course aggregate, apart from this Cement is
replaced with 22.5% of mineral admixtures (i.e. 7.5% of each Silica fume,
Metakaolin and Fly ash) and 37.5% of mineral admixtures (i.e. 12.5% of each
Silica fume, Metakaolin and Fly ash) further addition of crimped steel fibers
with varying percentage of 0% and 0.5%, along with the polypropylene fibers
to 0.25% are added to enhance tensile and flexural strength. The casted
specimens are cured with water for 7 days and 28 days to evaluate the
compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength KEYWORDS:
Silica Fume, Metakaolin, Fly ash, steel fiber, polypropylene fiber, super
plasticizer, strength properties.

KEYWORDS: Silica Fume, Metakaolin, Fly ash, steel fiber, polypropylene

fiber, super plasticizer, strength properties.
D(2) Hybrid fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete with a high-
volume coarse fly ash
 Abstract:
This paper presents a study on the fresh and mechanical properties of a fiber
reinforced self-compacting concrete incorporating high-volume fly ash that
does not meet the fineness requirements of ASTM C 618. A poly carboxylic-
based super plasticizer was used in combination with a viscosity modifying
admixture. In mixtures containing fly ash, 50% of cement by weight was
replaced with fly ash. Two different types of steel fibers were used in
combination, keeping the total fiber content constant at 60 kg/m3. Slump flow
time and diameter, V-funnel, and air content were performed to assess the
fresh properties of the concrete. Compressive strength, splitting tensile
strength, and ultrasonic pulse velocity of the concrete were determined for the
hardened properties. The results indicated that high-volume coarse fly ash can
be used to produce fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete, even though
there is some reduction in the concrete strength because of the use of high-
volume coarse fly ash.

KEYWORDS: Self-compacting concrete, Fiber reinforcement, High-volume

coarse fly ash.

Increasing concrete durability with high-reactivity metakaolin

Abstract:
High-reactivity metakaolin (HRM) is a manufactured pozzolan produced by
thermal processing of purified kaolinitic clay. Field performance and
laboratory research of concrete containing HRM have demonstrated its value
D(3)
for bridge decks, bridge deck overlays, industrial flooring, high-strength
concrete and masonry products. This paper discusses laboratory evaluations to
assess the long-term performance of concrete containing HRM produced in
North America for resistance to chloride penetration and reduction in
expansion due to alkali-silica reactivity. Bulk diffusion testing indicated that
HRM substantially reduced chloride ion penetration in concrete with w/cm of
0.30 or 0.40. Reductions in diffusion coefficients compared to control
 specimens were of the order of 50% and 60% for concrete with 8% and 12%
HRM, respectively. Also, the performance of the concrete containing 8% or
12% cement replacement with HRM showed improved performance versus
merely reducing the w/c from 0.4 to 0.3. Such reductions can be expected to
have a substantial impact on the service life of reinforced concrete in chloride
environments. Expansion tests on concrete prisms containing reactive
aggregates showed that 15% HRM can prevent deleterious expansion due to
alkali-silica reactivity (ASR). The mechanism of control is likely linked to the
substantial reduction in pore solution alkalinity seen in pastes containing 20%
HRM in comparison to the control specimen which contained no
supplementary cementing materials. However, the reduction was not large
enough to depassivate steel reinforcement.

KEYWORDS: Concrete durability, High-reactivity metakaolin, HRM

Study of High Strength Fibre Reinforced Concrete by using

Two Types of Fibres

Abstract:
The use of High Strength Concrete (HSC) is increased now a days. It is
observed that HSC relatively brittle material. Fibres are added to
improve its ductility. Experimental study is carried out to assess
mechanical properties of high strength fibre reinforced concrete
D(4)
(HSFRC) of grade M80. In addition to normal materials, silica fume,
fly Ash and two types of fibres viz. polypropylene fibre and flat steel
fibre are used. The content of silica fume and fly ash is 5% and 10%
respectively by weight of cement. Water to cementitious material ratio
was 0.25. Mixes are produced by varying types of fibres and for each
type of fibre its volume fraction is varied from 0.5% to 4.0 % with an
increment of 0.5% by weight of cementitious materials. 153specimens
each of cubes (100 100 100mm), cylinders (100 200mm) and prisms
(100 100 500mm) are tested to study the effect type and volume
fraction of fibres on compressive strength, split tensile strength and
 flexural strength of HSFRC. The results indicated significant
improvement in mechanical properties of HSFRC.
KEYWORDS:
Flat Steel Fibers, Polypropylene Fibres, High Strength Fibre Reinforced
Concrete, Compressive Strength, Split Tensile Strength, Flexural
Strength.

Experimental Investigation on High Performance Concrete

Using Silicafume And Flyash
Abstract:
In this experimental investigation the behavior of High-Performance
Concrete (HPC) with silicafume and flyash were studied. HPC used in
this study was manufactured by usual ingredients such as pozolonic
cement, fine aggregate, coarse aggregate, portable water and
admixtures both mineral and chemical such as Silica Fume (SF) and Fly
D(5) ash at various replacement levels and with Super Plasticizer. The water
cement ratio (w/c) adopted is 0.30. In this investigation the concrete
was proportioned to target a mean strength of 60 MPa. Specimens such
as cubes, cylinders and prism beams were cast and tested for various
mixes. Seven mixes M1 to M7 were cast with 0%, 5%, 7.5% and 10%
replacement of silica fumeand 10% constant replacement of Fly ash to
study the mechanical properties such as compressive strength, split
tensile strength and flexural strength at 7 and 28 days.
Keywords: High performance concrete, silica fume, fly ash,
superplasticizer,compressive strength, split tensile strength, flexural
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