COMPARATIVE STUDY OF

PLAIN AND FIBER

REINFORCED CONCRETE
OBJECTIVES
Understanding the properties of Fiber Reinforced
Concrete.
Comparative study based on the following
properties:
Workability
Compressive Strength
Tensile Strength
Toughness
Impact Testing
Flexural Strength

FIBER REINFORCED
CONCRETE
It can be defined as a composite material consisting of
mixtures of cement, mortar or concrete and discontinuous,
discrete, uniformly dispersed suitable fibers.
It contains fibrous material which increases its structural
integrity. It contains short discrete fibers that are uniformly
distributed and randomly oriented. Fibers include steel
fibers, glass fibers, synthetic fibers and natural fibers.

Fiber
Fiber is a small piece of reinforcing material possessing
certain characteristics properties. They can be circular or
flat.
Types of Fibers :

Glass Fiber Steel Fiber Carbon Fiber
Benefits
of FRC
Control
plastic
shrinkage
cracking
Lower the
permeability
of concrete
Greater
impact
resistance
in concrete
Increases
the
durability of
the
concrete
Mechanical Properties of FRC
Compressive Strength - The fiber effect will be minor
on the improvement of compressive strength values (0
to 15 percent).
Modulus of Elasticity - Modulus of elasticity was found
to increase by 3 percent using 1 percent fibers.
Flexure - The flexural strength was reported to be
increased by 2.5 times using 4 percent fibers.
Toughness - For FRC, toughness is about 10 to 40
times that of plain concrete.
Tensile Strength - The presence of 3 percent fiber by
volume was reported to increase the splitting tensile
strength of mortar about 2.5 times that of the
unreinforced one.




Impact Resistance - The impact strength for fibrous
concrete is generally 5 to 10 times that of plain concrete
depending on the volume of fiber
Corrosion of Steel Fibers - A 10-year exposure of steel
fibrous mortar to outdoor weathering in an industrial
atmosphere showed no adverse effect on the strength
properties. Corrosion was found to be confined only to
fibers actually exposed on the surface. Steel fibrous
mortar continuously immerse in seawater for 10 years
exhibited a 15 percent loss compared to 40 percent
strength decrease of plain mortar
Applications
The uniform dispersion of fibers throughout the concrete
mix provides isotropic properties not common to
conventionally reinforced concrete. The main area of FRC
applications are :

Runway, Aircraft Parking, and Pavements
Tunnel Lining and Slope Stabilization
Blast Resistant Structures
Thin Shell, Walls, Pipes, and Manholes
Dams and Hydraulic Structure
Action Plan
Studying the Concrete Mix Design for FRC.
Preparation of specimens of Plain concrete and Fiber
Reinforced Concrete of required dimension.
Conducting various tests based on different properties.
Plotting various graphs based on the observed data from
the above tests.
Based on the obtained results a conclusion may be
drawn regarding effective application of FRC.
Also Comparative Cost Analysis of FRC and PC will be
done.



Compressive Strength Flexural Strength
Impact Testing Tensile Strength
Workability Toughness