Some Experimental Study on Splitting Tensile  Strength of High Performance Concrete Using  Supplementary Cementing Material and Glass Fibre

Neel Shah; Dr. Indrajit. N. Patel

Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2013

Some Experimental Study on Splitting Tensile Strength of High Performance Concrete Using Supplementary Cementing Material and Glass Fibre

Neel Shah, Dr. Indrajit. N. Patel

Abstract :

Cement concrete is only next to water in terms of the amount of material used on our planet. The popularity of concrete owes to its economy, ability to be cast into any shape, ability to be faicated practically anywhere and last but not the least, its inherent durability. High–Performance Concrete (HPC) exceeds the properties and constructability of normal concrete. High–performance concretes are made with carefully selected high–quality ingredients and optimized mixture designs; these are batched, mixed, placed, compacted and cured to the highest industry standards. High performance concrete is widely used in construction because of its high strength, high workability, and high durability. Such concretes will have a low water–cementing materials ratio of 0.20 to 0.45. Plasticizers are usually used to make these concretes fluid and workable. The different types of pozzolonic materials like FLY ASH, GGBS, SILICA FUME, RHA, etc. are used in concrete in replacement of cement to produce a high performance concrete. We prepared design mix with fly ash as pozzolonic material with replacement of volume of cement. . The present paper outlines the experimental investigation conducted on the use of glass fie with structural concrete and class F fly ash and also on strength aspect of concrete. GFRC has advantage of being light weight and thereby reducing the overall cost of construction there by inging economy in construction. The inclusion of fly ash in glass fie reinforced concrete reduces the environmental pollution. This paper describes the experimental study of splitting tensile strength through standard HPC test practice laid down by Bureau of Indian Standards,(BIS) and make concrete sustainable.