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Mechanical Properties of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Using Preserved Quality of Recycled Coarse Aggregate
Mechanical Properties of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Using Preserved Quality of Recycled Coarse Aggregate
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conditions and re-uses and also studied about a conventional Table -2: Details of Specimens
jaw crusher used for the crushing methods to obtain the RC-
1 and RC-2 materials (one time crushing and 10 times Sl. No. MIX ID Description
returning through the crusher, respectively) and a specially 1 C0 Conventional concrete
designed smart crusher prototype was used to obtain the mix
third material (RC-3). The obtained recycled concrete
aggregates were collected and separated into different 2 CS0.5 Concrete mix with 0.5%
fractions based on the particle sizes. steel fiber
3 CS1 Concrete mix with 1%
Fathifazl et al. [2012](5) studied about creep and drying steel fiber
shrinkage characteristics of concrete produced with coarse
recycled concrete aggregate. Here they discussed about the 4 CS1.5 Concrete mix with 1.5%
effect of mix proportioning method on the creep and steel fiber
shrinkage of concrete produced with RCA and the result was 5 CS2 Concrete mix with 2%
quite noticeable. The effect of aggregate type on creep was steel fiber
more noticeable in RCA-concrete mixes proportioned with
conventional mix proportioning methods than in the natural 6 CR25S1.5 Concrete mix with 1.5%
aggregate concrete mixes. steel fiber and 25% of RCA
7 CR50S1.5 Concrete mix with 1.5%
2. EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM steel fiber and 50% of RCA
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Slump
Mix Designation
Value
CR0 75
CR25 80
CR50 83
CR75 85
CR100 87
(c)
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The results of flexural strength tests of various samples at 28 3.3 Split Tensile Strength
days of curing and its variations are depicted in chart 1.
Split Tensile strength (τsp) is given by the formula;
Tsp =2P/πDL
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can be seen that split tensile strength of CR100 is less than REFERENCES
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