Effect of Steel Fibre on the Flexural Strength of Self- Compacting Concrete

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Year : 2025 | Volume : 13 | Special Issue 01 | Page : 230 239
    By

    Shivamkumar Upadhyay,

  • Aniket Patil,

  • Gauri Desai,

  1. Student, Department of Civil Engineering, MIT-ADT University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  2. Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, MIT-ADT University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
  3. Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, MIT-ADT University, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Abstract

With the increase in demand in the construction industry Self-Compacting Concrete is becoming more popular due to its versatile nature of improved efficiency. But the SCC possesses some properties which makes it brittle under tensile forces. The behavior of SCC as a structural material can be improved with the addition of Steel Fibres in adequate amount. In fact, the fibre reinforcement mechanism can convert the brittle behavior of concrete into semi-ductile behavior of crack width that is acceptable under the structural design. Also, it improves the strength and ductility of the concrete member by improving the core confinement. The main objective of present work is, to study the influence of Steel Fibres on the workability and Flexure performance of SCC and to find the optimum percentage of steel fibre in the mix for better performance. The experimental investigation consists of M40 grade concrete. In this study fibre is added as 0.5%, 1%, 1.5% and 2% by the Volume fraction to study its influence on the fresh and hardened property of SCC. Various tests are conducted on concrete in its fresh and hardened state. The experimental investigation shows that with the increase in the fibre content the flexural strength of concrete also increases. The mix having 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% of fibres has adequate workability. In terms of compressive strength all mixtures satisfy the target compressive strength.

Keywords: Fiber reinforced self-compacting concrete, fiber reinforced concrete, self-compacting concrete.

[This article belongs to Special Issue under section in Journal of Polymer and Composites (jopc)]

How to cite this article:
Shivamkumar Upadhyay, Aniket Patil, Gauri Desai. Effect of Steel Fibre on the Flexural Strength of Self- Compacting Concrete. Journal of Polymer and Composites. 2024; 13(01):230-239.
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Shivamkumar Upadhyay, Aniket Patil, Gauri Desai. Effect of Steel Fibre on the Flexural Strength of Self- Compacting Concrete. Journal of Polymer and Composites. 2024; 13(01):230-239. Available from: https://journals.stmjournals.com/jopc/article=2024/view=187839


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Special Issue Open Access Original Research
Volume 13
Special Issue 01
Received 10/05/2024
Accepted 16/07/2024
Published 05/12/2024
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