STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF POLYPROPYLENE FIBRE

REINFORCED CONCRETE

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Mr. E.VINAY
M.TECH
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 CONTENT

1)ABSTRACT
2)INTRODUCTION
3)LITERATURE RIVEW
4)OBJECTIVE
5)MATERIAL USED
6)METHODOLOGY
7)TEST TO BE CONDUCTED
8)RESULTS&DISCUSION
9)CONCLUSIONS
10)REFRENCES

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 1.ABSTRACT
India leading development country in world .In future high strength high performance concrete
required for construction work.Fibre-reinforced[FRC]is concrete containing fibrous material which
increases its structural integrity. The character of fibre-reinforced concrete with varying concretes
fibre material geometries distribution, orientation and densities. polypropylene fibre is a light
weight synthetic fibre. It prevents crack formation and provides reinforcement to the concrete
structure. In this present study polypropylene fibres was used different percentages[5%,10%and
15%] of M 35 grade of concrete and tests was conducted for workability ,compressive strength,
flexural strength ,split tensile strength for 14days.5%increase of fibre gives high strength and
increasing the percentage of fibre result in decreasing the strength of desired concrete.

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 2.INTRODUCTION
Concrete is world’s most widely used construction material . Due to its low tensile strength and a
low tensile strain limit it results in the development of microcracks in it. So in order to reduce
this effects polypropylene fibre can be used. Excessively wide cracks can also results in leakage
in structures such as dams, water tanks in many of these cases this cracking is so significance and
that may lead to failure of the structure and the repairing and rehabilitation of these structures are
time consuming and costly.
By adding polypropylene fibres into the concrete, the plastic shrinkage cracks of concrete at the
early age reduced and it can also reduce the surface bleeding and settlement of aggregate of fresh
concrete, which can prevent the formation of settling cracks.

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2.1 :USE OF POLYPROPYLENE FIBER IN
CONCRETE
Fibre are usually used in concrete for the following reasons:
To control cracking due to both plastic shrinkage and drying shrinkage.
They also reduce the permeability of concrete and thus reduce bleeding of water.

Fig:2.1Polypropylene fibre
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 3.LITEARTURE REVIEW
1)Sadabhusain M. Radhanpuri, Prof. Abbas Jamani, Prof. Aakash R. Suthar(2021):
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
CONCRETE REINFORCED WITH BASALT FIBER AND POLYPROPYLENE FIBER
In this study Silica Fume and Fly ash are replacing cement in 5% and 15% and Basalt Fiber and
Polypropylene fiber Addition with (0.1%, 0.15%, and 0.2%) and (0.5%, 1% and 1.5%) and design
M30 grade of concrete mix design Based on IS Code 10262:2019 and find the mechanical and
durability property of concrete with basalt and polypropylene fiber.
2.Muhammad Zulhilmi Mohd Faridz1 , Ishak Hashim2(2020):
EFFECT OF POLYPROPYLENE FIBRE TOWARDS NORMAL CONCRETE PHYSICAL
AND STRENGTH PROPERTIES
The study was investigate the strength properties of the normal polypropylene fibre concrete with a
different percentage of macro synthetic polypropylene fibre with 47 mm, 23 mm and 11 mm (0%,
0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2%) inserted into the concrete. Concrete grade M30 with constant water/cement
ratio 0.50 was applied for all mix batches. Slump test was conducted to determine the workability of
fresh concrete. The hardened concrete specimens were tested after cured for 28 days. 6
3) R .Rasheed , Tunde Monsuru Alkinleye ,Hussein Sahid Taiye[2018]
“Effect of polypropylene fibre on the compressive and splitting tensile strength of
concrete”
Concrete is a versatile constructions material comprising of cement , aggregate ,water and occasionally
admixture .It is very good in compression and weak in tension. To complement for the deficiency in this
tensile zone ;cracks ,reinforcement [steel , fibre ,etc.] have been found suitable . A good example of fibre is
polypropylene. A concrete grade[M20] was batched and synthetic fibre[polypropylene]was used . Two
categories of concrete specimens ; with and without propylene fibre . The fibre was introduced in varying
percentages [0.2%,0.4%,and 0.6%] by weight of concrete . The compressive strength of concrete containing
0.4% polypropylene fibre at 28 days has the highest value of 32.22N/square mm, 30.49N/square mm as
compared to 30.39N/square mm for 0%,0.2% and 0.6% respectively . The splitting tensile strength at 7 days
increases from 6.176N/MM2 to 8.386N/MM2 as the percentages of fibre increases from 0% to 4%

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 4) Salaheddin Alsadey, Muhsen Salem(2016):”Influence of Polypropylene Fiber on Strength of
Concrete “
The study investigates on finding out the optimum quantity of polypropylene fibers required to
achieve the maximum compressive strength for M25 grade concrete. From the exhaustive and
extensive experimental work it was found that with increase in polypropylene fiber content in concrete
there was a tremendous increase in compressive strength.The percentage increase in the compressive
strength for the cubes with polypropylene fiber 1%, 1.5% and 2% compared to the cubes without
polypropylene fiber are 4%, 5.6% and 12 % respectively.
 5)Roohollah Bagherzadeh,Ph.D,Hamid Reza Pakravan,Abdol-Hossein Sadeghi, Masoud
Latifi, Ali Akbar Merati(2012)”An Investigation on Adding Polypropylene Fibers to Reinforce
Lightweight Cement Composites (LWC)”
The influence of polypropylene fibers has been studied in different proportioning and fiber length to
improve the performance characteristics of the lightweight cement composites. Fibers used in two
different lengths (6mm and 12mm) and fiber proportions (0.15% and 0.35%) by cement weight in the
mixture design. Hardened concrete properties such as: 7- and 28-day compressive strength, splitting
tensile strength, flexural strength, water absorption, and shrinkage were evaluated. Compared to
unreinforced LWC, polypropylene (PP) reinforced LWC with fiber proportioning 0.35% and 12 mm
fiber length, caused 30.1% increase in the flexural strength and 27% increase in the splitting tensile
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strength.
 4.OBJECTIVES

To investigate and compare the properties of hardened concrete.

To conduct experimental investigation for measurement of compressive strength , split tensile
strength and flexural strength of polypropylene fibre reinforced concrete.

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 APPLICATIONS OF POLYPROPYLENE FIBER
•Polypropylene fibres are used in the following applications:

• Industrial pavements.

• Highly resistant concrete. Industrial grounds.

• Tunnels.

• Roads.

• Special mortars.

• Precast concrete.

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 ADVANTAGES OF POLYPROPLYNE FIBRE REINFORCED
CONCRETE
• More cost effective, fast and easy to use alternative to mesh as a reinforcement method.
• Reduces the formation of retraction and contraction cracks.
• Saves time during the construction process as it can be applied directly after combining with concrete.
• Lower labour costs due to requiring less steps during the execution of the building works.
• Provides a secondary, uniform reinforcement.
• Easy to mix with concrete at both on site and at the manufacturing plant.
• Provides added tenacity to structures.
• Increased impact resistance while preventing erosion.
• Provides safety at building works.
• High traction resistance.
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 5.MATERIAL USED
 CEMENT

 FINE AGGREGATE

 COARSE AGGREGATE

 POLYPROPYLENE FIBRE
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 6.METHODOLOGY
COLLECTION OF MATERIALS

LABORATORY TESTING ON PHYSICAL

PROPERTIES OF MATERIAL USED

M IX DESIGN

C ASTING OF TEST SAMPLES

CUBES BEAMS
C YLINDRICAL CC

C URING OF SAMPLES IN WATER

SAMPLE TESTING

RESULTS

CONCLUSION

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 7.TESTS TO BE CONDUCTED ON CEMENT
(A) TESTS ON CEMENT:
• standard consistency of cement
• Initial &final setting of cement
• Fineness of cement
• Specific gravity of cement
• Soundness of cement
• Compressive strength test on cement

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 7.1.1STANDARED CONSISTENCY TEST ON
CEMENT
PROCEDURE:
1.The standard consistency of any cement is achieved when cement permits the vicat
plunger to penetrate to a point 33 to 35 mm from the bottom of the vicat mould.
2.First of all, take about 300gm of cement into a tray and is with a known percentage
of water by weight of cement.
Let’s start with 26% of water and then it is increased by 1% until the normal
consistency is achieved.
3.Prepare cement paste by adding 26% of water to 300gm of cement and mixing well
with taking care that the time of mixing is not less than 3minutes, nor more than 5
minutes and the mixing shall be completed before any sign of setting occurs
4.Fill the vicat mould having 80mm diameter and 50 mm height with this paste,
mould shall be resting upon a non-porous plate [glass plate].

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Cont….
After completely filling the mould with cement paste level the top surface removes any extra cement from top and make it smooth .sometimes ,shaking should be done
to remove any extra air.
5.Place the cement paste filled mould together with the non-porous resting plate, under the consistency test plunger in the vicat plunger.
6.Now ,lower the plunger such that it touches the top surface of mould filled with paste, and quickly release, allowing it to sink into the paste. The process shall be
done quickly after filling the mould.
7.Observe the penetration value on the vicat apparatus scale . It should be around 33 to 35 mm from the mould filled with cement paste.it is not , then the increase the
% of water and repeat above steps.
8.Repeat the whole process with varying %of water to cement, until penetration value comes to 33 to 35 mm from top of mould toward the bottom of the mould.
RESULTS :The standard consistency of cement 29%

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TABLE7.1: STANDARD CONSISTENCY TEST

S/NO WEIGHT OF % BY WATER AMOUNT OF PENENTRATI

CEMENT OF DRY WATER ON [mm]
[gms] CEMENT ADDED
1 300 gm 26% 78 ml 40

2 300 gm 27% 81 ml 38
3 300 gm 28% 84 ml 35

4 300 gm 29% 87 ml 33

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Fig7.1.1:Vicat apparatus
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 7.1.2 INITIAL&FINAL SETTING OF CEMENT
Initial setting time:

PROCEDURE:
 square needle is suddenly released and allowed to sink into the cement paste by its own weight.
 The depth of penetration A cement paste is prepared by mixing water 0.85P% by weight of
cement.
 The time of mixing should not be less than 3 minutes and should not be more than 5 minutes.
 After proper mixing the paste is filled in the vicat mould and the top surface is levelled
properly.
 The mould is then placed under square needle and this needle is slowly brought down to touch
the surface of the paste.

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 Now the of the square needle in the paste is noted down.
 The whole experiment is repeated with incremental time intervals until such a time when
the square needle is penetrated to a depth of 33 to 35 mm from the top of the mould.
 The time elapsed between the moments when water is added to the cement to the time
when the square needle penetrates a depth of 33 to 35 mm from the top of the mould is
known as the Initial Setting Time of that cement.
 The initial Setting Time should not be less than 30 minutes for Ordinary Portland Cement
 Final setting time:
Procedure :
 A cement paste is prepared by adding water 0.85P% by weight of cement.
 The time of mixing should not be less than 3 minutes and should not be more than 5
minutes.
 Now the paste is filled in the Vicat mould and the top is levelled off.
 The mould is now placed under the square needle with annular collar and is brought down
touch the surface of the paste.
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 Now the square needle with annular collar is suddenly released and allowed to make on
impression on the cement paste by its own weight.
 The impression made by this square needle with annular collar is observed.
 The whole experiment is repeated with incremental time intervals until such a time when the
square needle makes an impression on the paste while the annular collar fails to do so.
 The time elapsed between the moments when water is added to the cement to the time when the
square needle makes an impression on the paste while the annular collar fails to do so is known
as the Final Setting Time of the cement.
The final setting time of cement should not be more than 600 minutes for Ordinary Portland
Cement

Results: Initial setting time for given sample is 53 minutes

Final setting time for given sample is 568 minutes
 

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 7.1.3FINENESS OF CEMENT
PROCEDURE:
1.Collect a sample of cement and rub with yours hands. The fineness test sample should be free of
lumps.
2.Take 100 gm of cement sample and note its weight as W1.
3.Drop 100 gm of cement in 90 microns sieve and close it with the lid.
4.Now , sieve the sample continuously by holding the sieve in both hands and given a gentle , wrist
motion.
5.After that take weight the retained cement on the 90 microns sieve as W2. To calculate fineness of
cement formula is given below
6.The standard value of fineness of cement should have fineness less than 10% or fineness of cement
should not be more than 10% as per is recommendations.
FINENESS=[W2/W1]×100
Results: Fineness of given sample of cement is 4.67%

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TABLE7.1.3: FINENESS OF CEMENT

S/NO DISCRIPTION SAMPLE 1 SAMPLE 2 SAMPLE 3

1 Weight of cement 100 gm 100 gm 100 gm

2 IS SIEVE 90 μm 90μm 90μm

3 TIME 15 min 15 min 15 min

4 WEIGHT RETAINED 2 gm 4 gm 8 gm

5 %WEIGHT RETAINED 2 gm 4gm 8gm

ON SEIVE
AVERAGE 4.67%

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 7.1.4 SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF CEMENT
procedure:
 Weight clean, dry, specific gravity bottle with stopper(W1).
 Place sample of cement up to half of pycnometer about 400gms and weigh with its stopper(W2).
 Add kerosene instead of water (polar liquid) to cement in pycnometer till its about half full mix
thoroughly.
 Stir with glass rod to remove entrapped air continue strings & add more kerosene, till its tip of
the pycnometer (graduated mark). And weigh the pycnometer as (W3).
 Now remove the cement, kerosene and clean it thoroughly. And fill the pycnometer with
kerosene and weight it (W4).

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TABLE7.1.4:SPECIFIC GRAVITY

Specific gravity of cement = [(W2-W1)/(W2-W1) -(W3-W4)]

SL.NO DESCRIPTION VALUES (gms)
1. Weight of empty 542.5
pycnometer(W1)
2. Weight of 610
pycnometer +
cement(W2)
3. Weight of 730
pycnometer+ cement
+ kerosene (W3)
4. Weight of 685
pycnometer +
kerosene (W4)

Results: Specific gravity of cement is 3.9

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 7.1.5 Soundness of cement
procedure:
 The Le-chatlier mould and the glass plates are lightly oiled before conducting the test.
 Prepare a cement paste as in consistency test with 0.78 times the water required to give a paste of
standard consistency.
Fill the paste in the Le-chatlier mould taking care to keep the edge of the mould gently together
during the whole operation
 Cover the mould with another piece of a glass plate and place a small weight over the cover plate.
 Submerge the whole assembly again in water at 27+/-2 deg immediately and keep it there for 24
hours.
 Take out the assembly and measure the distance between the indicator and name it as A.
 Bring the water to boiling and submerge the assembly in it for 3 hours.
 After taking out the assembly the distance between indicator will be measured and named as B.
 Expansion = B-A

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RESULT: The soundness of cement = B-A= 1.7-1.6= 0.1cm or 10 mm.

FIG7.1.5: SOUNDNESS OF CEMENT

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 7.1.6 COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH TEST ON CEMENT
Compressive strength is the capacity of material or structure to resist or withstand under
compression. The compressive strength of a material is determined by the ability of the material to
resist failure in the form of cracks and fissure.
Test procedure:
 Clean the apparatus with the dry cloth and ensure that the room temperature for conducting the test
should be 27±2ºC
 Mix the cement and sand with the trowel for the period of 1 min on non-porous plate. Ensure that
the cement should not have any lumps in it.
 Now add water and mix it for 3 minutes until the paste is of uniform colour. The quantity of water
mixed with the cement , the sand mixture should be (p/4+3)% where P is the percentage of water
required to produce the standard consistency .
 Clean the mould with the dry cloth and apply the mould oil for easy removal cube after drying.
 Now pour the mortar in steel cube mould. prod the mortar for 20 times in 8 sec with the help of rod
to entrained air.
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 You can also use vibrator instead of a rod. The vibrator is played for the period of 2 minutes
with the speed 12000÷400 vibrations/minute to eliminate the entrained air in mortar mix.
 Once the vibration completes. Immediately remove the mould from the vibration machine and
place it in room temperature for 24 hrs .
 Keep the test specimens submerged underwater for the stipulated time. The process is called
curing.
 As mentioned the specimen must be kept in water for 7or 14 or 28 days and for every 7 days the
water is changed. Test the three cubes, one at 7th day , other at 14th day and another at 28th day.
Testing specimens(mortar cubes) are placed in the space between bearing surfaces of the
compressive strength machine

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TABLE7.1.6: COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE

S.No Description 7 days 28 days

1. Load (W) 175KN 180 187 279 289 292
KN KN KN KN KN
2. Compressive 35.20 36.29 37.62 56.1 58.14 58.74
strength(W/A) N/mm2 N/mm2 N/mm2 N/mm2 N/mm2 N/mm2
3. Average 36.34 N/mm2 57.66 N/mm2
strength
(N/mm2)

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Fig7.1.6:curing of cement specimens

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TABLE7.1.7 :PROPERTIES OF OPC 53 GRADE CEMENT

s/no Property of cement Values Standard

obtained values
1 Standard consistency(%) 33%  28% 
2 Initial setting time (mins)  53min ≥ 30 mins

3 Final setting time (mins)  568 ≤ 600 min 

4 Fineness(%) retained on is 4.67  ≤ 10%
90µ sieve
5 Soundness ( by Le chatelier) 10mm  10mm 
6 Specific gravity  3.9 _ 

7 Compressive  36.34N/MM² ≤37N/MM² 

strength(N/MM²)
57.66N/MM² ≥53N/MM²

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(B) TESTS ON FINE AGGREGATE:
 Specific gravity of fineness aggregate
 Sieve analysis of fine aggregate
 Bulk density of fine aggregate

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 7.2.1SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FINE AGGREGATE
procedure:
 Take about 1 kg of fine aggregate and place it in a dry tray.
 Take pycnometer and clean it property, and weight is as (W1).
 Fill one-third Part of pycnometer with fine aggregate and take it as (W2).
 Fill the pycnometer with water + fine aggregate and take it as (W3).
Fill the pycnometer with only water and take it as (W4)

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TABLE7.2.1:SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF FINE AGGREGATE
DESCRIPTION SAMPLE 1 SAMPLE 2 SAMPLE 3
Weight of empty 0.326 0.326 0.326
pycnometer(W1)

Weight of 0.616 0.616 0.616

pycnometer + water
(W2)
Weight of 1.036 1.036 1.036
pycnometer + water
+
Fine aggregate (W3)
Weight of 0.858 0.858 0.858
pycnometer + water
(W4)

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 FIG7.2.1:PYCNOMETER
 

FORMULA:-W2-W1/(W4-W1)-(W3-W2)
RESULTS: Specific gravity of given sample of aggregate is 2.5

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 7.2.2FINENESS MODULUS OF FINE AGGREGATE
procedure:
 Take 1 kg sample of sand and place it in a dry plate.
 Arrange the sieves in the order (10mm, 4.75mm, 2.36mm, 1.18mm, 600µ, 300µ, 150µ, 75µ, pan).
 Place the sand sample on the top sieve and place the lid.
 Shake the sieve by using mechanical machine or by hand shaking, sieving should be done for at
least 10 minutes.
 Note down the weight of sand retained in each sieve.

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TABLE7.2.2: FINENESS MODULUS OF FINE AGGREGATE

Sieve size Weight Cumulative Cumulative Cumulative

retained weight % % weight
retained Retained retained
10mm 0 0 100 0
4.75mm 0 0 100 0
2.36mm 0 0 100 0
1.18mm 0.030 0.030 97 3
600µ 0.202 0.232 76.8 23.2
300µ 0.622 0.854 14.6 85.4
150µ 0.126 0.98 2 98
75µ 0.014 0.994 0.6 99.4
pan 0.006 1 0 100
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 Fig: fineness modulus of fine aggregate

RESULT7.2.2: THE FINENESS MODULUS OF FINE AGGREGATE 2.7

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 7.2.3BULKING OF SAND
procedure:
 Take 500gms of fine aggregate oven dried sample of sand. And weigh it as (W1)
 The cooled sand is taken in an air tight container. The weight is measured as (W2).
 In a pan, 500gms of sand is taken.
 To this 2% of water is added and mix it thoroughly.
 And then the mixture is poured in measuring jar and the top surface of the sand is levelled.
 The test is repeated by adding 2% of water until the value decreases after consecutive increase
of values.

 FIG7.2.3: BULKING OF SAND

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 TABLE7.2.3: BULKING OF SAND

S. No Vol. of dry % Of Vol. of wet % Bulking

loose moisture loose (W2-W1)/
sand(W1) content sand(W2) W1*100
added
1. 500ml 2% 630ml 26%
2. 500ml 4% 690ml 38%
3. 500ml 6% 720ml 44%
4. 500ml 8% 710ml 42%
5. 500ml 10% 650ml 30%

FORMULA: (W1-W2) ×100/W1

Results : The percentage of bulking of sand is 36%

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TABLE7.2.4 : PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FINEAGGREGATE

S.no Material Property Value Obtained

1. Specific gravity 2.5

2. Fineness modulus 2.7

3. Bulking 36%

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(C)TESTS ON COARSE AGGREGATE
 Specific gravity of coarse aggregate
 Fineness modulus of coarse aggregate

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 7.3.1 SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF COARSE AGGREGATE
Coase aggregate is crushed stone chips of size 4.75-20 mm confirming to (IS 10262-2019)
Test procedure:
 Take about 1kg of coarse aggregate and place it in a dry tray.
 Take a pycnometer and clean it properly, take the empty weight of pycnometer and weigh it as
(W1).
 Add aggregate in pycnometer up to ¾ of its height and take it as (W2).
 Fill the pycnometer with water and aggregate and take it as (W3).
 Fill the pycnometer with only water and take it as (W4).

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 TABLE7.3.1: SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF COARSE AGGREGATE
Description Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3
Weight of empty 0.608 0.608 0.608
pycnometer(W1)
Weight of 1.184 1.184 1.184
pycnometer +
aggregate (W2)
Weight of 1.788 1.788 1.184
pycnometer +
aggregate + water
(W3)
Weight of 1.424 1.424 1.184
pycnometer +
water (W4)
 
FORMULA: W2-W1÷[(W4-W1)-(W3-W2)]
RESULTS: specific gravity of given sample is 2.72
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 7.3.2 FINENESS MODULUS OF COARSE AGGREGATE
procedure:
 Take about 5kg of coarse aggregate and place it in a tray.
 Now arrange the sieves in order 40mm,20mm,10mm.
 Place the aggregate on the top sieve and keep the lid tightly.
 Start sieving the sieve about 15min, sieving should be done properly in all directions.
 Note the weights of aggregate retained on each sieve

 
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Table7.3.2: Specific Gravity of Coarse Aggregate

IS Weight Cumulative Cumulative % of % of

sieve retained weight retained weight retained passing
size (Kg) (Kg)
80 0 0 0 100
60 0 0 0 100
40 0.720 6.720 72 28
20 0.470 1.190 23.8 76.2
16 0.774 1.964 39.28 60.72
10 1.180 3.144 62.88 37.12
4.75 0.372 3.516 70.32 29.68
2.36 0 3.516 70.32 29.68
Pan 0 3.516 70.32 29.68

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TABLE7.3.4: PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF COARSE AGGREGATE

S.no. Material Property Value Obtained

1. Specific gravity 2.72

2. Fineness modulus 4.089

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 8.TEST ON CONCRETE
8.1WORKABILITY OF CONCRETE
procedure:
 Mix dry material(fine aggregate,course aggregate,cement)thoroughly until it gets uniform
colour and then add water.
 Mix the concrete until it has a uniform consistency .
 Apply grease to the slump mould and fix the mould to its base.
 Place the concrete mix in 4 layers by tamping 25 times for each layer.
 Remove the cone after placing the concrete mix , raise it slowly and carefully in vertical
direction.
As soon as the concrete settles , measure the height of the slump.

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 Fig8.1.1: workability of concrete

RESULTS: The aggregate slump and workability of concrete is TRUE SLUMP.

 

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 Testing on concrete specimen
8.2. compressive strength test
 
Prepare concrete with required proportions ( M35 ) grade and make the specimen by filling
the concrete in the desired mould shape of 150mmx15ommx150mm cube with proper
compaction , after 24 hours the specimen was placed in water for curing . After the completion
of desired curing cubes are placed in CTM one after the other between the bearing plates and
load is applied gradually in kilo Newton

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 Fig8.2.1: compressive strength test on concrete cubes
 
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 RESULTS & DISCUSSIOIN
TABLE8.2.1: COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH TEST.
ADMIXTURE cubes no Compressive Average Average
OF strength in compressive
POLYPROPYL KN strength(N/M
ENE FIBER M²
OPC(M35) 1 840 KN
2 750KN 820KN 36.4
3 870KN
FRC(5%) 1 1020KN
2 1080KN 1053KN 46.8
3 1060KN
FRC(10%) 1 880KN
2 1000KN 967KN 42.977
3 1020KN
FRC(15%) 1 780KN
2 1060KN 957KN 42.53 54
Fig8.2.1: COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH VALUES M35 GRADE CONCRETE

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 8.3 SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH TEST
 
Prepare the concrete in required proportions( M35 )and make the specimen by filling the concrete
in mould of 150mmx300mm cylinder with proper compaction , after 24 hours de mould the
specimen was placed in water for curing. After the completion of desired curing cylinders are
placed in UTM one after the other between bearing plates and then the load is applied gradually in
kilo newton.

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Fig8.3.1: split tensile strength of cylinders
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TABLE8.3.1:SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE
ADMIXTURE CYLINDER SPLIT AVERAGE Average split
OF NO TENSILE tensile
POLYPROPY STRENGTH strength(N/MM²)
LENE FIBRE IN (KN)
       
OPC(M35) 1 220KN  
  2 180KN 196KN 2.772
  3 190KN  
FRC(5%) 1 210KN  
  2 190KN 187KN 1.3227
  3 230KN  
FRC(10%) 1 160KN  
  2 220KN 210KN 1.4867
  3 180KN  
FRC(15%) 1 230KN  
  2 220KN 224KN 1.5844
  3 220KN  
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FIG8.3.1: SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH VALUES M35 GRADE CONCRETE

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 8.4. flexural strength test
 

prepare with a concrete required proportions(M35) and make the specimen by filling the
concrete in mould of 100mm×100m×500mm beams with proper compaction .after
compaction, after 24 hours de mould the specimens was cured in water for curing . after
desired period of curing beams are placed in UTM on after other between bearing plates and
then the load is gradually in kilo newton

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Fig8.4.1: flexural test on beams

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TABLE8.4.1: FLEXURAL STRENGTH OF CONCRETE
ADMIXTU BEAMS NO SPLIT AVERAGE Average
RE OF TENSILE flexural
POLYPRO STRENGTH strength
PYLENE IN (KN) (N/MM²)
FIBRE
       
OPC(M35) 1 1520KN  
  2 1320KN 1354KN 5.416
  3 1220KN  
FRC(5%) 1 1640KN  
  2 1720KN 1534KN 6.136
  3 1520KN  
FRC(10%) 1 1440KN  
  2 1520KN 1627KN 6.508
  3 1640KN  
FRC(15%) 1 1720KN  
  2 1780KN 1764KN 7.056
  3 1790KN  
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 9. CONCLUSIONS
In this study ,different types of fiber were used to produce fiber reinforced concrete . A strict
mixing procedure is followed in this study ,in terms of mixing ,addition of components and
sequence of materials addition.
1)The 14 days compressive strength concrete with polypropylene fibers is maximum at a
fiber percentage of 5%
2)The 14 days Split strength concrete with polypropylene fibers is optimum at a fiber
percentage of 5%
 
3)The 14 days Flexural strength concrete with polypropylene fibers is optimum at a fiber
percentage of 5%
 
4)The optimum percentage of different polypropylene fibers was found to be 5%
increase of fiber gives the high strength and increasing the percentage of fiber results in
decreasing the strength of desired concrete .
 
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jhatial, aamir khan mastoi , zafar ali siyal , touqeer ali rind1 , imtiaz ahmed memo(2020)
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5) Experimental study of hybrid fibre (polypropylene fibre & coconut fibre) reinforced
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