VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL

UNIVERSITY
JNANA SANGAMA, BELGAUM-590 018

14CSE43 PROJECT REPORT ON

EFFECTIVE OF POLYPROPYLENE (RECRON 3S) FIBER CONTENT AND
SPECIMEN SHAPE ON THE COMPRESSIVE ,TENSILE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE.

PRESENTATION BY
ANUSHA CHOWDARY (1GA15CSE01)

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Mrs. CHAITHRA.N
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
Global Academy of Technology,
Bangalore
CONTENTS :

Introduction
Recron 3s fibers
Objective of the work
Literature review
Methodology
Properties of materials used
Results
References

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INTRODUCTION :
Concrete is widely recognized as a cost-effective, versatile construction
material.
Fiber reinforced concrete is a concrete mix that contains short discrete fibers
that are uniformly distributed and randomly oriented.
It has been recognized that the addition of small, closely spaced fibers to
concrete would act as crack arrestors and would substantially improve its static
and dynamic properties.
Different type of fibers are steel fibers, glass fibers, sisal fibers, recron fibers
etc., are their.

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POLYPROPYLENE (RECRON 3S) FIBERS:

Reliance Industry Limited (RIL) has launched Recron 3s fibres with the objective of
improving the quality of plaster and concrete.
Controls cracking
Reduction in water permeability
Reduction in rebound loss
Increase in flexibility
Applications
Recron 3s fibres can be used in concrete elements such as RC and PC lintel,
beam, column, flooring and wall plastering; foundations, tanks, manhole
cover and tiles; plastering; roads and pavements; hollow blocks and precast.

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OBJECTIVE OF THE WORK :

The main purpose of this study to investigate the influence of additives flyash and
recron3s (fiber) in concrete and then testing in SEM.
The strength characteristics of the concrete M40 are used with varying percentage
of additives and changes in strength, gain in strength and workability parameters
were studied.
In the present work, an effort is made to use new additives as the ingredients of
concrete and study the effects on M40 grade concrete.

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 LITERATURE REVIEW:
1. T.SANDEEP. (April 2015)
In this work an attempt is made to investigate the use of these additives
(recron 3s fibers and flyash) on the compressive strength of cement concrete.
The experimental study of this investigation consists of design of concrete
mixes (M30 and M35) for two different characteristic mean strengths.
The mix was worked out giving certain proportions by keeping the obtained
water- cement ratio constant. These two mixes were obtained with water-
cement ratio as 0.40.
For each of the above mix, Different percentages of additive (fly ash) was
replaced, that is 20%, 25% and 30% by weight of cement by keeping the
second additive (Recron-3s) as 0.25% by weight of cement.

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 The 28 days in respect of both grades of concrete is attaining maximum value
at 25-30% of flyash replacement.
There is an increase of 12% in compressive strength with addition of flyash
when compared plane concrete.
There appears to be greatest increase in 7 days strength with usage of flyash
when compared to 28 days strength.
Nearly 25% more strength is reported to have been secured at 7 days with
25% replacement of flyash this has an advantage in terms of early deshuttering
and when the base of construction is expected to be very high.

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2. Dr. M.DEVI ( March 2014)
The objective of this work is to study the influence of polypropylene fibre in
enhancing the strength and durability properties of fly ash blended concrete
containing quarry dust as fine aggregate.
The mechanical properties studied were compressive strength, split tensile
strength, and flexural strength in addition to water absorption.
The resistance to corrosion was evaluated by means of impressed voltage
technique in saline medium, rapid chloride penetration test (RCPT) and
weight loss method.
From the results it has been arrived that fly ash blended quarry dust concrete
along with polypropylene fibre can be effectively and economically utilized
in the construction industry.

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COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH FLEXURAL STRENGTH
DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT

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SPLIT TENSILE STRENGTH WATER ABSORPTION IN %

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METHODOLOGY :

In the present study an experimental investigation will be carried out to know the
rheological properties of concrete with different variables such as water cement
ratio, replacement of cement with different percentage of fly ash, fiber content
( RECRON 3S).
Recron-3s is used to the mix design with different percentages of additive (fly
ash) and then its effects are observed in improving the compressive strength as
well as split tensile strength of concrete
The mix was obtained with water-cement ratio as 0.40. For mix different
percentages of additive (fly ash) was replaced, that is 0%, 20%, 30% and 40% by
weight of cement and simultaneously the second additive (Recron-3s) was varied
in different percentages that is 0%, 0.25%, 0.5%, 0.75% and 1% by weight of
cement.
Cubes of 150*150*150mm and cylinders of 150mm dia and 300mm length are
used.

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 MATERIALS USED

20 mm down size coarse aggregate M- sand as fine aggregate

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OPC 53 grade ultratech cement

class F fly ash as a cementitious material

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 Recron 3s fibers

CAC-H1 as plasticizer.
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PROPETIES OF MATERIALS :

1. FLYASH

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2. SIEVE ANALYSIS TEST FOR 20mm COARSE AGGREGATES:

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3. FLAKINESS INDEX TEST FOR COARSE AGGREGATES :

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4. SIEVE ANALYSIS TEST OF M-SAND

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5. TEST FOR FINE AGGREGATE, SILT AND CLAY DETERMINATION (IS : 383 / IS : 2386)

6. TEST FOR WATER ABSORPTION

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FINAL RESULTS OF THE BASIC TESTS CONDUCTED
Specific gravity of Cement = 3.15
Specific gravity of flyash = 2.80
Specific gravity of coarse aggregates = 2.65
Flakiness index of CA =8.57
Elongation index of FA = 9.11
Specific gravity of fine aggregates = 2.58
Water absorption of CA = 0.5%
Water absorption of FA = 4.6%

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PROCESS OF MIXING 21
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COMPRESSIVE AND SPLIT TENSILE TEST PERFORMED.
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RESULTS :
Grade of concrete : M40
Water ratio :0.4

CUBES CYLINDERS
CEMENT % OF % OF
CONTENT FLYASH FIBERS 7 DAYS 28 DAYS 7 DAYS 28 DAYS
STRENGTH STRENGTH STRENGTH STRENGTH
Mpa Mpa Mpa Mpa

0 36.42 37.83 2.63 3.03

0.25 - - - -
100% 0% 0.5 42.72 43 2.18 3.55
0.75 - - - -
1 43.67 44.23 2.33 3.77

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 CUBES CYLINDERS
CEMENT % OF % OF
CONTENT FLYASH FIBERS 7 DAYS 28 DAYS 7 DAYS 28 DAYS
STRENGTH STRENGTH STRENGTH STRENGTH
Mpa Mpa Mpa Mpa

0 44.19 - 2.57 -
0.25 - - - -
80% 20% 0.5 36.51 - 2.66 -
0.75 - - - -
1 25.41 - 1.55 -
0 36.87 - 3.38 -
0.25 - - - -
70% 30% 0.5 33.80 - 3.36 -
0.75 - - - -
1 30.5 - 4.09 -
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 CUBES CYLINDERS
CEMENT % OF % OF 7 DAYS 28 DAYS 7 DAYS 28 DAYS
CONTENT FLYASH FIBERS STRENGTH STRENGTH STRENGTH STRENGTH
Mpa Mpa Mpa Mpa

0 32.40 - 3.25 -
0.25 - - 2.07 -
60% 40% 0.5 31.15 - 3.14 -
0.75 34.49 - 2.74 -
1 29.05 - 2.66 -

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REFERENCES :
Dr. M.Devi, Significance of Fibres in Enhancing Strength and Corrosion Resistance
of Fly Ash Blended Quarry Dust Concrete. International Conference on Biological,
Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE-2014) March 17-18, 2014 Dubai
(UAE)
IS 456-2000 Specifications for plain and reinforced concrete.
IS :10262:2009 Recommended guidelines for concrete mix Design, BIS. New Delhi,
India, 2009.
IS : 383 -1970, Specification for Coarse and Fine Aggregates from natural sources for
concrete (Second revision).
IS : 2386
IS : 3812:2013
T.Sandeep, asst.prof, malla reddy engineering college, recron medium strength fibre
reinforced concrete, international journal in it and engineering, vol.03 issue-04,
(April, 2015) issn: 2321-1776
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THANK YOU...!

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