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AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON STRENGTH PARAMETERS OF STEEL OR PLASTIC FIBERS USING COCONUT SHELL CEMENT CONCRETE

Abstract

The cost of building construction with conventional materials is a major concern these days, So there is a demand of materials those could replace conventional building materials. So the aim of the project is to find such type of products which could help to build a low cost housing. Thus it was found Coconut shell and certain fibers produce a huge amount of wastage in the society. It was known that by adding certain fibers, strength parameters of concrete tends to increase. Also Steel and Plastic fibers possess a great resistance towards cracks. So in this paper, various proportions of fibers at 0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 2% are introduced in M25 grade of concrete and the results of Compressive, Tensile and Flexural strength were studied and observed that there is certain improvement in terms of strength in Coconut shell Concrete. It was known during testing and observation that 1% of fiber is found to be more effective than other proportion of fibers that were introduced in Coconut shell Concrete and Slump Cone results suggested that workability of concrete decreases with increase in amount of fiber contents.

PRAKASH CHANDAR S, GUNASEKARAN K, GAURISHADITYA RAVICHANDRAN3 AND RAMSUBRAMANI R

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