CAUVERY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,

MANDYA-571402.
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

A SEMINAR ON
“TO STUDY THE BEHAVIOR OF NANO CONCRETE
WITH HAIR FIBERS”
SUBMITED BY,
DIVYASHREE M.S (4CA15CV007)
KISHORE M (4CA15CV013)
MANJESH KUMAR A.R (4CA15CV014) UNDER THE GUIDENCE OF,
MANOJ R.M (4CA15CV019) Mr. LOHITH.K.B
Assistant Professor
CIT, MANDYA
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 CONTENTS
1. LITERATURE SURVEY

2. OBJECTIVES

3. MATERIALS OF CONCRETE

4. TESTING OF MATERIALS

5. CONCRETE MIX PROPORTIONING

6. METHODOLOGY

7. EXPECTED OUTCOMES

REFERENCES

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 LITERATURE SURVEY

SL. NO. JOURNALS PAPERS

1. INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS 7
2. NATIONAL JOURNALS 3

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1. An Experimental Study of the Mechanical Properties of Glass
Fiber Reinforced High Strength Concrete Partially Replacing
Cement with Nano Silica by Pathan Sameer Khan et.al.
The studies were conducted on the compressive, flexural and tensile strengths of
concrete by varying the percentage of fiber from 0% to 1% by weight of concrete at
constant 2% Nano silica in cement. The obtained results were then compared with M40
conventional concrete. It was observed that the compressive, flexure and tensile strength
is increased with the increase in fiber content up to 0.5-0.75% thereby indicating that
0.75% is the optimal fiber content. An increase of 17%, 42% and 54% over M40
conventional concrete were registered for compressive, flexure and split tensile strengths
respectively.

2. Durability Study on Nano Concrete by P Vasanthi et.al.

The purpose of this experiment was to determine the effects of addition of nano
silica to the concrete mix. The test results have shown that the M40 grade of concrete
mixed with 2% of Nano silica tested in acidic and alkali condition. The compression
strength for 14, 21 & 28days is 28.7, 37.33 & 41.8N/mm2respectively. With addition of
2% of Nano silica in acidic condition, it has been found that compressive strength has
increased to 33.05, 42.92 & 48.07N/mm2 for 14, 21 & 28days respectively. In alkali
condition, it has been found that compressive strength has increased to 37.70, 46.09 &
51.36N/mm2 for 14, 21 & 28days respectively. Hence it has been proven that addition of
Nano silica to the concrete mix results in an increase in the compressive strength and
durability when compared to the ordinary concrete mix.
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3.Performance on the study of Nano Materials for the
Development of Sustainable Concrete by S Sanju, et.al.
This paper is about, to study the effect of incorporating nano particles such as
Nano Al2O3, Nano Fe2O3 and Nano SiO2 on mechanical and durability properties of
concrete. Nano particles were added in three different dosages of 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% of
weight of the Cementitious material into the concrete mixture. In the experimental
evaluation of strength properties of nano modified concrete with addition of nano particles,
it has been found that the compressive strength increased to a maximum value of 54.6%
and 57.6% with 1.5% addition of Nano SiO2 and binary combination of NSF respectively
with respect to control specimen. The split tensile strength increased to a maximum value
of 76.8% for NSF and 58.8% for NS3 with respect to control mix.

4. Hair Fiber Reinforced Concrete by Jain D. et.al.

The experiments were conducted on concrete beams and cubes with various
percentages of human hair fiber i.e. 0%, 1%, 1.5%, 2%, 2.5% and 3% by weight of cement.
For each combination of proportions of concrete one beam and three cubes are tested for
their mechanical properties. By testing of cubes and beams we found that there is an
increment in the various properties and strength of concrete by the addition of human hair
as fiber reinforcement.

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 OBJECTIVES
1. To study the physical properties of materials.
2. To study the effect of Nano Silica in fresh concrete.
3. To study the main effect of Nano particles on the
mechanical properties at different ages of concrete
and percentages.
4. To study the possibilities of usage of hairs as fiber
reinforcement.

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 MATERIALS OF CONCRETE
OPC 53 Grade Dalmia Cement

M-Sand as fine aggregates

Coarse aggregates

Nano Silica

Hair Fibers

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 TESTS ON CEMENT
Requirement
Sl Test
Particulars as per Result
No conducted
IS:8112-1989
Should not be
1 Normal consistency (%) Vicat apparatus greater than 27%
35%
Should not be
Vicat apparatus
2 Initial setting time (min) less than 45 min
30min
Should not be
Vicat apparatus
3 Final setting time (min) more than 330 min
600min
4 Specific gravity Density bottle 3.15 3.12
5 Fineness (%) 90 micron sieve <10% 6%
Cube compression strength
3 days(N/mm2) 33% 14.8 N/mm2
6 CTM Machine
7 days(N/mm2) 65% 29.6 N/mm2

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 TESTS ON FINE AGGREGATES
Locally available Manufacturing sand belonging to zone II of
IS 383-1970 was used for the project work.

SL NO PARTICULARS RESULTS

1 Specific gravity 2.5

2 Bulk density 1.675 Kg/lt

3 Water absorption 2.80%

4 Grading zone Zone II

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TESTS ON COARSE AGGREGATES
Quarried or crushed stone was used as coarse aggregates. The
specific gravity of coarse aggregates of 20mm and downsize was
found according to the norms of Indian standards.

Sl.
PARTICULARS TEST RESULTS
No.

1 Fineness Modulus 6.31%

2 Specific gravity 2.7

4 Water Absorption 0.35%

5 Bulk Density 1.54Kg/lt

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 PROPERTIES OF NANO SILICA
CHEMICAL
SL NO CHEMICAL NAME QUANTITY (%)
FORMULA

1 Silica SiO2 99.80

2 Aluminium Al2O3 0.056

3 Iron Fe2O3 0.016

4 Potassium K2O 0.007

5 Sodium Na2O 0.005

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 PROPERTIES OF HAIR FIBERS
SL NO COMPONENTS QUANTITY (%)
1 Carbon 50.65
2 Oxygen 20.85
3 Nitrogen 17.14
4 Hydrogen 6.36
5 Sulphur 5.0
6 Weight Protein 72
7 Keratin 80
Water, lipid pigments and
8 35
Other components

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CONCRETE MIX PROPORTIONING
The design of concrete mix is done as per guidelines of IS:10262-2009.
Design Stipulation for Proportioning-
Grade Designation : M30
Type of Cement : Ordinary Portland Cement 53 grade , IS:8112
Maximum nominal size of aggregate : 20mm down size
Minimum cement content : 320 kg/m3
Maximum W/C ratio : 0.45
Workability : 100 mm (Slump)
Exposure Condition : Severe
Type of Aggregate : Crushed Angular aggregate
Maximum cement content : 450 kg/m3
Chemical admixture : Super Plasticizer (NEUTISCOLE)

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 MIX PROPORTIONS FOR TRIAL
Cement = 350 kg/m3
Water = 158 kg/m3
Fine aggregates = 839.5 kg/m3
Coarse aggregates = 1056.45 kg/m3
Water cement ratio = 0.45

0.45 : 350 : 839.5 : 1056.45

Mix Proportion for M30 = 0.45 : 1 : 2.39 : 3.01

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 METHODOLOGY
 In this present study cement is partially replaced with Nano silica.
 These specimens are casted and cured for 7 and 28 days in normal
water.
 The total number of moulds will be casted is 108 moulds.

Grade Ratios Cubes Cylinders Beams

7days 28days 7days 28days 7days 28days

0% 3 3 3 3 3 3
0.25% 3 3 3 3 3 3
M30
0.50% 3 3 3 3 3 3
0.75% 3 3 3 3 3 3
1% 3 3 3 3 3 3
Total 15 15 15 15 15 15
Total No. of Moulds 30 30 30

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 EXPECTED OUTCOMES
i. Studies on physical properties of materials will
help in mix design.
ii. Fresh concrete property studies will give results on
behavior of Nano silica.
iii. This study tries to provide information on the
behavior of nano silica and hair fibers. The results
obtained from this work is expected to be useful in
determining the strength.

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 REFERENCES
1) An Experimental Study of the Mechanical Properties of Glass Fiber Reinforced
High Strength Concrete Partially Replacing Cement with Nano Silica, International
Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET, Volume:05, Issue 04,
Visvesvaraya college of Engineering & Technology, Bongloor, Telangana, India.
2) Study on Behavior of Nano Concrete, International Journal of Emerging Trends &
Technology in Computer Science (IJETTCS), Volume 6, Issue 5, Adhiyamaan
College of Engineering, Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India.
3) Human Hair as Fiber Reinforcement in Concrete, Volume 7, Issue 5, JNT
University, Anantapur, India.
4) Durability Study on Nano Concrete, Volume 10, PP 693-698, SRM University,
Chennai, India.
5) Effects of inclusion of human hair additives and polypropylene fiber in concrete,
Vol-3 Issue-6 2017 IJARIIE-ISSN(O)-2395-4396, Rajashri Shahu College Of
Engineering, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
6) IS:8112-1989, IS:10262-2009, IS:383-1970, IS:2386-1963, IS:8112

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7) Performance on the Study of Nano Materials for the Development of
Sustainable Concrete, ISSN 0974-5904, Volume 09, No. 03, International
Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering ISSN 0974-5904, Vol. 09, No. 03,
June, 2016, pp. 294-300, B.S Abdur Rahman University, Chennai, India.
8) Influence of nano materials on flexural behavior and compressive strength of
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