Exploration of Characteristics of Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete and Its Influence on Regular Concrete
Dhruv Deepak1, P. R. Minde2
1Dhruv Deepak, Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, India.
2Pravin Minde, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Kothrud, Pune, India
Manuscript received on July 02, 2020. | Revised Manuscript received on July 20, 2020. | Manuscript published on July 30, 2020. | PP: 209-212 | Volume-9 Issue-2, July 2020. | Retrieval Number: B3380079220/2020©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B3380.079220
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Abstract: Concrete is the most widely used product in the construction sector mainly because of its properties and its capability to be moulded to any size. Plain concrete has low tensile strength and forms internal micro cracks. It has been proven that with the addition of natural fibers and synthetic fibers in concrete, it helps in the durability and functionality of structure. The steel fibers are added to the concrete in very low volume doses and it has been effective in decreasing the plastic shrinkage in cracking and also acting as a crack arrestor. In this journal, experimental analysis on steel fiber reinforced concrete is done on M30 and M50 mix with 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2% volume fraction of steel fiber content and is compared with samples of 0% steel fiber content and these samples are investigated on their compressive, split tensile and flexural strengths.
Keywords: Compressive strength, Flexural Strength, Resistance, Steel fibers, Tensile strength.