NEXT GENERATION STEEL FIBER REINFORCED SBR-LATEX MODIFIED NANO BASED CARBON CONCRETE

Showkath Ali Khan Zai, P. S. Nagaraja, Shashishankar. A, Sadath Ali Khan Zai

Abstract: In reviewing technology advances through the centuries, it is evident that material development plays a key role. Considerable efforts are still being made in every part of the world to develop new construction materials. In the construction industry, concrete technology is heading towards entirely new era by way of using new generation Steel Fiber Reinforced SBR-Latex modified Nano based Carbon Concrete. High performance concrete (HPC) is a specialized series of concrete designed to provide several benefits in the construction of concrete structures. The present study aims to investigate the integration of Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), SBR-Latex, Steel Fibers with HPC of a design mix of M60 grade of concrete. CNTs specifically designed for use with concrete composites as admixture Carbon Nanotubes is first dispersed in water and surfactant using an ultrasonic mixer, then combined with concrete as per state-of-the-art techniques. The various mechanical properties like Compressive, Flexural and Split tensile strength can be improved with the addition of low concentrations of CNT, steel fiber and SBR-latex in carbon concrete as compared to HPC.

Keywords: Carbon Concrete, High performance concrete, Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs), SBR-Latex, Steel Fibre, Compressive Strength, Flexural Strength and Split tensile strength.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2017.0614008