TO STUDY STRENGTH PARAMETERS OF CONCRETE USING BASALT FIBER

Umadevi C.V, Chirag, Preejith Praveen, Raksha Rao, Ashok

Abstract: Concrete plays a vital role as an important material in construction industry. Concrete acts as brittle material which is strong in compression weak in tension. To overcome the tensile properties of concrete generally various methods have been implemented .One of that is inducing fibers in concrete. Use of fibers in concrete increases the tensile properties in concrete. Basalt fiber is an inorganic material from volcanic rock and is comparatively new in the industry. Basalt fiber composites have been receiving increasing attention in civil infrastructures, due to their excellent mechanical and chemical properties and high cost-performance. This material may be used in construction industry for the structural elements and airport runways. In this project attempt has been made to study the strength parameters of concrete. The grade of concrete is M25. The fibers were added at percentage of 0 to 1.2 with an increment of 0.2%. Characteristic strengths with different ratios of basalt fibers were studied for 7 days & 28 days to find the optimum dosage of basalt fiber in concrete

Keywords: Basalt Fiber, Strength Parameters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2018.0707019