EXPERIENTIAL STUDY ON

UTILISATION OF CONCRETE
FIBER IN CONCRETE

PRESENTED BY:
B.NAGENDER- 205U1A0105
GUIDED BY
Y.SHIRISHA- 215U5A0120
K HARI- 205U1A0119
E SHIVA KUMAR - 205U1A0112

MR.P.MURALIDHAR
 CONTENTS

• INTRODUCTION
• OBJECTIVES
• REASON TO CHOOSE COCONUT
• PROPERTIES THAT ARE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR USE IN CONCRETE
• MATERIALS REQUIRED
• METHODOLOGY
• TESTS TO BE CONDUCTED
• REFERENCES
 INTRODUCTION
• THE HIGH COST OF CONVENTIONAL CONSTRUCTION
MATERIAL AFFECTS ECONOMY OF STRUCTURE .THE
SELF WEIGHT IS MORE
• UTILIZING COCONUT SHELLS AS AGGREGATE IN
CONCRETE PRODUCTION NOT ONLY SOLVES THE
PROBLEM OF DISPOSING OF THIS SOLID WASTE BUT
ALSO CREATES SUSTAINABLE
ENVIRONMENT&ECONOMICALLY.
• STRUCTURE BECOMES LIGHTWEIGHT LOWER DENSITY
AND SUPERIOR THERMAL INSULATION PROPERTIES.
 OBJECTIVE

1) TO FIND ECONOMICAL SOLUTION FOR HIGH COST CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL

2) TO PREPARE LIGHT WEIGHT CONCRETE
3)TO DETERMINE THE COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
4) TO GET THE STRENGTH COMPARED TO THE CONVENTIONAL CONCRETE BY THE
RESULTS OBTAINED BY THE EXPERIMENTAL TESTS
REASON TO CHOOSE COCONUT
• CELLULOSE: COCONUT SHELLS CONTAIN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT
OF CELLULOSE, A FIBROUS STRUCTURAL COMPONENT. THIS
FIBROUS NATURE CONTRIBUTES TO THE TENSILE STRENGTH AND
TOUGHNESS OF MATERIAL.

• LIGNIN: LIGNIN IS ANOTHER ESSENTIAL COMPONENT PROVIDING

RIGIDITY AND STRENGTH TO THE COCONUT SHELL. IT ENHANCES
THE OVERALL STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY.

• HEMICELLULOSE: THIS POLYMER, ALONG WITH CELLULOSE,

CONTRIBUTES TO THE BINDING PROPERTIES OF THE COCONUT
SHELL. IT HELPS HOLD THE FIBERS TOGETHER, PROMOTING
COHESION IN THE MATERIAL.
 ✓HIGH TENSILE STRENGTH:
• LIGHT WEIGHT
PROPERTIES • FLEXIBILITY
(ADVANTAGEOUS FOR USE IN
CONCRETE)
• BIODEGRADABILITY
• RESISTANCE TO DECAY: DURABILITY
• IMPROVED CRACK RESISTANCE
• COST EFFECTIVENESS
• THERMAL AND SOUND INSULATION
• RESISTANCE AGAINST ABRASION, CRUSHING
AND IMPACT
 MATERIALS
• CEMENT: ORDINARY PORTLAND CEMENT SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS 3.15 THE MOST KNOWN AND
AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE. OPC 53GRADE CONFIRMS TO IS 8112:1989 IS USED.

• FINE AGGREGATE WAS PASSING THROUGH 4.75MM SIEVE AND HAD A SPECIFIC GRAVITY OF 2.68.
THE GRADING ZONE OF FINE AGGREGATE WAS ZONE II AS PER INDIAN STANDARD
SPECIFICATION (IS 383).

• COARSE AGGREGATE ARE THE CRUSHED STONE IS USED FOR MAKING CONCRETE. THE
MAXIMUM SIZE OF COARSE AGGREGATE USED FOR THIS INVESTIGATION IS 20MM AND THE
SPECIFIC GRAVITY IS 2.78.
•
• COCONUT FIBER : LOCALLY AVAILABLE WASTE MATERIALS WERE COLLECTED FROM
DIFFERENT AND PROPERLY SHAPED IN THE FORM OF FIBERS. UNIFORM LENGTH OF
FIBERS WAS OBTAINED BY USING CUTTING .
• WATER: POTABLE WATER CONFORMING TO IS 456-2000 WAS USED FOR CASTING AND
CURING
• NAOH SOLUTION:NAOH SOLUTION IS USED ALKALINE TREATMENT ,CAN IMPOVE
FIBRE MATRIX DESIGN ADHESION AND OVERALL PERFORMANCE IN CONCRETE .IT
REMOVE IMPURITIES , INCREASE SURFACE ROUGHNESS ,AND PROMOTE BETTER
BONDING WITH THE CONCRETE MATRIX.
 CEMENT SAND COARSE AGGREGATE

CRUSHED COCONUT SHELL WATER

COCONUT FIBER
POWDER
 METHODOLOGY

1.CUTTING 2.MIXING(M20) 3.CASTING & CURING

1.PREPARATION OF CONCRETE OF 1. CASTING OF CUBES WITH
(1:1.5:3) MIX PROPORTIONS WITH (150×150×150MM)
• CUTTING THE COCONUT THE PROPORTIONS WITH (W/C- 2. CURING FOR
HUSK FIBRE INTO 0.55) ADDING OF FIBERS TO THE 7DAYS,14DAYS,28DAYS
UNIFORM LENGTH VOLUME OF CONCRETE
 TESTS TO BE CONDUCTED
TESTS ON CEMENT WITH FIBRE
1. NORMAL CONSISTENCY TEST
2. INITIAL AND FINAL SETTING TIME
• FINESS TEST ON COCONUT SHELL POWDER (PASSES
THROUGH 4.75MM AND RETAINED ON 2.36MM)

TESTS ON FRESH CONCRETE

3.SLUMP CONE TEST
TESTS ON HARDENED CONCRETE
1. COMPRESSION TEST
 REFERENCES
• ASASUTJARIT C., HIRUNLABH J., KHEDARI J., S. CHAROENVAI,B. ZEGHMATI , U. CHEULSHIN
(2007),“DEVELOPMENT OF

COCONUT COIR-BASED LIGHTWEIGHT CEMENTBOARD”, CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING MATERIALS

VOL.21, PP.277–288

 MAJID ALI , ANTHONY LIU, HOU SOU, NAWAWI CHOUW(2012), “MECHANICAL AND

 DYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF COCONUT FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE”, CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING

MATERIALS VOL.30

PP.814–825.

 JOHN V.M., CINCOTTO M.A., SJOSTROM C., AGOPYAN V., OLIVEIRA C.T.A, (2005) ,

 “DURABILITY OF SLAG MORTAR REINFORCED WITH COCONUT FIBRE”, CEMENT & CONCRETE
COMPOSITES VOL.27 PP. 565–

574.

 ROMILDO D. TOLEDO FILHO , KAREN SCRIVENER, GEORGE L. ENGLAND , KHOSROW

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