SUBJECT NAME – MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS OF STRUCTURES

ACADEMIC YEAR – 2022-2023

COURSE NAME – CE 6I
SEMESTER – SIXTH

MICRO – PROJECT REPORT

“FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE & TYPES”

Submitted On April 2023 by Group Of 03 Students (Roll No. 28 to 30)

SR NO. ROLL NO. NAME OF STUDENT ENROLLMENT NO.

1 28 PAWAR KETAN 2109350223

2 29 PAWAR PREM 2109350224

3 30 SAHANI RAHUL 2109350226

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Mrs. Riddhi Jage.

SHIVAJIRAO S. JONDHLE POLYTHECHNIC, ASANGAON
 Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education

Certificate

This is to certify that Mr. PAWAR KETAN

Roll No. 28 of Sixth Semester of Diploma in Civil Engineering of
Institute Shivajirao S. Jondhle Polytechnic, Asangaon (Code-0935)
Has Completed the Micro Project satisfactorily in course
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS OF STRUCTURES (22602) for the
Academic year 2022 to 2023 as prescribed in the curriculum.

Place – Asangaon Enrollment No. – 2109350223

Date – Exam Seat No. –

Course Teacher Head of the Department Principal

Seal of the
Institute
 Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education

Certificate

This is to certify that Mr. PAWAR PREM MANGAL

Roll No. 29 of Sixth Semester of Diploma in Civil Engineering of
Institute Shivajirao S. Jondhle Polytechnic, Asangaon (Code-0935)
Has Completed the Micro Project satisfactorily in course
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS OF STRUCTURES (22602) for the
Academic year 2022 to 2023 as prescribed in the curriculum.

Place – Asangaon Enrollment No. – 2109350224

Date – Exam Seat No. –

Course Teacher Head of the Department Principal

Seal of the
Institute
 Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education

Certificate

This is to certify that Mr. SAHANI RAHUL

Roll No. 30 of Sixth Semester of Diploma in Civil Engineering of
Institute Shivajirao S. Jondhle Polytechnic, Asangaon (Code-0935)
Has Completed the Micro Project satisfactorily in course
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS OF STRUCTURES (22602) for the
Academic year 2022 to 2023 as prescribed in the curriculum.

Place – Asangaon Enrollment No. – 2109350226

Date – Exam Seat No. –

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FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE & TYPES

SR.NO. TITLES PAGE NO.

1 INTRODUCTION 1

2 TYPES OF FIBRES 2-4

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
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OF FRC

4 STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR OF
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FRC

5 FACTORS AFFECTING THE

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PROPERTIES OF FRC

6 APPLICATIONS OF FRC 8

ADVANTAGES OF FRC &

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DISADVANTAGES OF FRC

8 CONCLUSION 10

9 REFERENCES 11
 INTRODUCTION

Concrete containing cement, water, aggregate, and discontinuous, uniformly

dispersed, or discrete fibres is called fibre reinforced concrete.

It is a composite obtained by adding a single type or a blend of fibres to the

conventional concrete mix.

Fibres can be in form of steel fibres, glass fibres, natural fibres, synthetic
fibres, etc.

 Why Fibres are used?

 Main role of fibres is to bridge the cracks that develop in concrete and
increase the ductility of concrete elements.

 There is considerable improvement in the post-cracking behaviour of

concrete containing fibres due to both plastic shrinkage and drying
shrinkage.

 They also reduce the permeability of concrete and thus reduce bleeding
of water.

 Some types of fibres produce greater abrasion and shatter resistance in

concrete.

 Imparts more resistance to Impact load.

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 Types Of Fibres:

 Steel Fibres

 Glass Fibres

 Carbon Fibres

 Cellulose Fibres

 Polypropylene Fibres

 Nylon Fibres

 Coir Fibres

 Hay Fibres

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 Steel fibres

 Aspect ratios of 30 to 250.

 Diameters vary from 0.25 mm to 0.75 mm.

 High structural strength.

 Reduced crack widths and control the crack widths tightly, thus improving
durability.

 Improve impact and abrasion resistance.

 Used in precast and structural applications, highway and airport pavements,

refractory and canal linings, industrial flooring, bridge decks, etc.

 Glass fibres

 High tensile strength, 1020 to 4080 N/mm2

 Generally, fibres of length 25mm are used.

 Improvement in impact strength.

 Increased flexural strength, ductility and resistance to thermal shock.

 Used in formwork, swimming pools, ducts and roofs, sewer lining etc.

 Synthetic fibres

 Man- made fibres from petrochemical and textile industries.

 Cheap, abundantly available.

 High chemical resistance.

 High melting point.

 Low modulus of elasticity.

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  It's types are acrylic, aramid, carbon, nylon, polyester, polyethylene,
polypropylene, etc.

 Applications in cladding panels and shotcrete.

 Natural fibres

 Obtained at low cost and low level of energy using local manpower and
technology.

 Jute, coir and bamboo are examples.

 They may undergo organic decay.

 Low modulus of elasticity, high impact strength.

Types Of Fibres
Tensile Young's Ultimate
Specific
TYPES Strength Modulus Elongation
Gravity
(Mpa) (10^3 Mpa) (%)

Steel 275-2758 200 0.5-35 2.50

Glass 1034-3792 69 1.5-3.5 3.20

Asbestos 551-965 89-138 0.60 1.50

Rayon 431-520 6.89 10-25 1.50

Cotton 413-689 4.82 3-10 1.10

Nylon 858-827 4.13 16-20 0.50

Polypropylene 551-758 3.55 24 1.10

Acrylic 206-41 2.06 25-45 0.90

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 Mechanical Properties of FRC

Compressive Strength
The presence of fibres may alter the failure mode of cylinders, but the fibre effect will
be minor on the improvement of compressive strength values (O to 15 percent).

ModUlUS of Elasticity
Modulus of elasticity of FRC increases slightly with an increase in the fibres content. It
was found that for each 1 percent increase in fibre content by volume, there is an
increase of 3 percent in the modulus of elasticity.

Flexure
The flexural strength was reported to be increased by 2.5 times using 4 percent fibres.

Splitting Tensile Strength

The presence of 3 percent fibre by volume was reported to increase the splitting tensile
strength of mortar about 2.5 times that of the unreinforced one.

Toughness
For FRC, toughness is about 10 to 40 times that of plain concrete.

Fatigue Strength
The addition of fibres increases fatigue strength of about 90 percent.

Impact Resistance
The impact strength for fibrous concrete is generally 5 to 10 times that of plain
concrete depending on the volume of fibre.

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 Structural behaviour of FRC

Flexure
The use of fibres in reinforced concrete flexure members increases ductility, tensile
strength, moment capacity, and stiffness. The fibres improve crack control and
preserve post cracking structural integrity of members.

Torsion
The use of fibres eliminates the sudden failure characteristic of plain concrete beams. It
increases stiffness, torsional strength, ductility, rotational capacity, and the number of
cracks with less crack width.

High Strength Concrete

fibres increase the ductility of high strength concrete. Fibre addition will help in
controlling cracks and deflections.

Shear
Addition of fibres increases shear capacity of reinforced concrete beams up to 100
percent. Addition of randomly distributed fibres increases shear-friction strength and
ultimate strength.

Column
The increase of fibre content slightly increases the ductility of axially loaded specimen.
The use of fibres helps in reducing the explosive type failure for columns.

Cracking and Deflection

Tests have shown that fibber reinforcement effectively controls cracking and
deflection, in addition to strength improvement. In conventionally reinforced concrete
beams, fibber addition increases stiffness, and reduces deflection.

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 Factors affecting the Properties of FRC

 Volume of fibres

 Aspect ratio of fibre

 Orientation of fibre

 Relative fibre matrix stiffness

Volume of fibre

 Low volume fraction (less than 1%)

Used in slab and pavement that have large exposed surface leading to high
shrinkage cracking.

 Moderate volume fraction (between 1 and 2 percent)

Used in Construction method such as Shotcrete & in Structures which require
improved capacity against delamination, spalling & fatigue.

 High volume fraction (greater than 2%)

Used in making high performance fibre reinforced composites.

Aspect Ratio of fibre

 It is defined as ratio of length of fibre to its diameter (Lid).

 Increase in the aspect ratio up to 75, there is increase in relative strength and
toughness.

 Beyond 75 of aspect ratio, there is decrease in aspect ratio and toughness.

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Orientation of fibres

 Aligned in the direction of load

 Aligned in the direction perpendicular to load

 Randomly distribution of fibres

Relative fibre matrix

 Modulus of elasticity of matrix must be less than of fibres for efficient stress
transfer.

 Low modulus of fibres imparts more energy absorption while high modulus fibres
impart strength and stiffness.

 Low modulus fibres e.g., Nylons and Polypropylene fibres.

 High modulus fibres e.g., Steel, Glass, and Carbon fibres.

 Applications of FRC

Runway, Aircraft Parking, and Pavements.

For the same wheel load FRC slabs could be about one half the thickness of plain
concrete slab. FRC pavements offers good resistance even in severe and mild
environments.
It can be used in runways, taxiways, aprons, seawalls, dock areas, parking and loading
ramps.
Tunnel Lining and Slope Stabilization
Steel fibre reinforced concrete are being used to line underground openings and rock
slope stabilization. It eliminates the need for mesh reinforcement and scaffolding.

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 Advantages of FRC

 High modUIUS of elasticity for effective long-term reinforcement, even in the

hardened concrete.

 Does not rust nor corrode and requires no minimum cover.

 Ideal aspect ratio (i.e. relationship between fibre diameter and length) which
makes them excellent for early-age performance.

 Easily placed, Cast, Sprayed and less labour intensive than placing rebar.

 Greater retained toughness in conventional concrete mixes.

 Higher flexural strength, depending on addition rate.

 Can be made into thin sheets or irregular shapes.

 FRC possesses enough plasticity to go under large deformation once the peak load
has been reached.

 Disadvantages of FRC

 Greater reduction of workability.

 High cost of materials.

 Generally, fibres do not increase the flexural strength of concrete, and so cannot
replace moment resisting or structural steel reinforcement.

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 CONCLUSION

 The total energy absorbed in fibre as measured by the area under the
load-deflection curve is at least 10 to 40 times higher for fibre-
reinforced concrete than that of plain concrete.

 Addition of fibre to conventionally reinforced beams increased the

fatigue life and decreased the crack width under fatigue loading.

 At elevated temperature SFRC have more strength both in

compression and tension.

 Cost savings of 10% - 30% over conventional concrete flooring

systems.

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 REFERENCES: -

https://civiconcepts.com/
https://www.slideshare.net/

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