SIR M VISVESVARAYA INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

PRESENTATION ON TOPIC

“FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE”

(15CVS86)
presented by
KUMAR ANAND PRADHAN
1MV15CVO24
CONTENTS

 Introduction
 Why are fiber used
 Types of fibers
 Necessity of Fiber Reinforced Concrete
 Factors affecting properties of Fiber Reinforced concrete
 Comparison of various properties of steel FRC with standard concrete
 Advantages and disadvantages of fiber reinforced concrete
 Difference between FRC and normal reinforced concrete
 Applications
 conclusion
 INTRODUCTION

 A special Concrete containing cement, water , aggregate, and discontinuous, uniformly dispersed
or discrete fibers is called fiber reinforced concrete.
 It is a composite obtained by adding a single type or a blend of fibers to the conventional
concrete mix.
 Fibers can be in form of steel fibers, glass fibers, natural fibers , synthetic fibers, etc.
 Concrete reinforced with fibres (which are usually steel, glass or “plastic” fibres) is less expensive
than hand-tied rebar, while still increasing the tensile strength many times
 Why Fibres are used?
 Main role of fibers is to bridge the cracks that develop in
concrete and increase the ductility of concrete elements.

 There is considerable improvement in the post-cracking

behavior of concrete containing fibers due to both plastic
shrinkage and drying shrinkage.[2]

 They also reduce the permeability of concrete and thus

reduce bleeding of water.[2]

 Some types of fibers produce greater abrasion and shatter resistance in concrete.
 Imparts more resistance to Impact load.[2]
TYPES OF FIBRES

Steel fibers
 Aspect ratios of 30 to 250.
 Diameters vary from 0.25 mm to 0.75 mm.
 High structural strength.
 Reduced crack widths and control the crack widths tightly, thus
improving durability.
 Improve impact and abrasion resistance.
 Used in precast and structural applications, highway and airport
pavements, refractory and canal linings, industrial flooring,
bridge decks, etc.
Glass Fibers
 High tensile strength, 1020 to 4080 N/mm2
 Generally, fibers of length 25mm are used.
 Improvement in impact strength.
 Increased flexural strength, ductility and resistance to thermal
shock.
 Used in formwork, swimming pools, ducts and roofs, sewer lining etc.
Synthetic fibers
 Man- made fibers from petrochemical and textile industries.
 Cheap, abundantly available.
 High chemical resistance.
 High melting point.
 Low modulus of elasticity.
 It’s types are acrylic, aramid, carbon, nylon, polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, etc.
 Applications in cladding panels and shotcrete.

Polypropylene Fibers Nylon

Natural fibers
 Obtained at low cost and low level of energy using local
manpower and technology.
 Jute, coir and bamboo are examples.
 They may undergo organic decay.
 Low modulus of elasticity, high impact strength.

Coir Hay
Necessity of Fiber Reinforced Concrete

 It increases the tensile strength of the concrete.

 It reduce the air voids and water voids the inherent porosity of gel.
 It increases the durability of the concrete.
 Fibres such as graphite and glass have excellent resistance to creep, while the same is not true for
most resins. Therefore, the orientation and volume of fibres have a significant influence on the
creep performance of rebars/tendons.
 Reinforced concrete itself is a composite material, where the reinforcement acts as the
strengthening fibre and the concrete as the matrix. It is therefore imperative that the behavior
under thermal stresses for the two materials be similar so that the differential deformations of
concrete and the reinforcement are minimized.
Factors Affecting Properties of Fiber
Reinforced Concrete

 Relative Fiber Matrix Stiffness

The modulus of elasticity of matrix must be much lower than that of fiber for

efficient stress transfer. Low modulus of fiber such as nylons and polypropylene

are, therefore, unlikely to give strength improvement, but the help in the

absorption of large energy and therefore, impart greater degree of toughness and

resistance to impart. High modulus fibers such as steel, glass and carbon impart

strength and stiffness to the composite.

 [2]
Volume of Fibers
The strength of the composite largely depends on the
quantity of fibers used in it. Fig show the effect of volume
on the toughness and strength. It can see from Fig that
the increase in the volume of fibers, increase
approximately linearly, the tensile strength and toughness
of the composite. Use of higher percentage of fiber is
likely to cause segregation and harshness of concrete and
mortar.
Orientation of fibers
 Aligned in the direction of load
 Aligned in the direction perpendicular to load
 Randomly distribution of fibers

 It was observed that fibers aligned parallel to applied load offered more
tensile strength and toughness than randomly distributed or perpendicular
fibers.[2]
 Aspect Ratio of the Fiber
Another important factor which influences the properties and behavior of the
composite is the aspect ratio of the fiber. It has been reported that up to aspect ratio
of 75, increase on the aspect ratio increases the ultimate concrete linearly. Beyond
75, relative strength and toughness is reduced. Table-1 shows the effect of aspect
ratio on strength and toughness.
Comparison of various properties of steel FRC with standard concrete

[3]

Grade - M45
Advantages of FRC
 High modulus of elasticity for effective long-term reinforcement, even in the
hardened concrete.
 Does not rust nor corrode and requires no minimum cover.
 Ideal aspect ratio (i.e. relationship between Fiber diameter and length) which
makes them excellent for early-age performance.
 Easily placed, Cast, Sprayed and less labour intensive than placing rebar.
 Greater retained toughness in conventional concrete mixes.
 Higher flexural strength, depending on addition rate.
 Can be made into thin sheets or irregular shapes.
 FRC possesses enough plasticity to go under large deformation once the peak
load has been reached.
Disadvantages of FRC
 Greater reduction of workability.
 High cost of materials.
 Generally fibers do not increase the flexural strength of concrete, and so
cannot replace moment resisting or structural steel reinforcement.

Difference between FRC and Normal reinforced concrete

Applications of FRC
 Runway, Aircraft Parking, and Pavements.
 Tunnel Lining and Slope Stabilization-
It eliminates the need for mesh reinforcement and
scaffolding.
 Dams and Hydraulic Structure Pavement with steel fibre reinforced concrete

 Thin Shell, Walls, Pipes, and Manholes

 Precast Concrete and Products -It is used in architectural panels, tilt-up construction, walls,
fencing, septic tanks, grease trap structures, vaults and sculptures.
 Residential and industrial-
It includes application in driveways, sidewalks, pool construction, basements, colored concrete,
foundations, drainage, etc. It is used in light to heavy duty loaded floors
GFRC project at SFRC used at
Trillium Building Tehri Dam,
Woodland Hills, Uttarakhand
California
Conclusion
 Addition of fiber to conventionally reinforced beams increased the fatigue life and
decreased the crack width under fatigue loading.[1]

• Fibre reinforced standard concrete is found to exhibit more compressive strength

split tensile strength and flexural strength than standard concrete at all
temperatures. [3]

• The difference between compressive strength of fibre reinforced standard concrete

and standard concrete varies in the range of 10-20percentage. [3]

• The difference between split tensile strength of fibre reinforced standard concrete
and standard concrete varies in the range of 15-20 percentage . [3]

• The difference between flexural strength of fibre reinforced standard concrete and
standard concrete varies in the range of 0-20 percentage .[3]
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1. FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE- A CASE STUDY by S.RAGAVENDRA1,
I.PRAVEEN REDDY 2, Dr.ARCHANAA DONGRE
2. www.theconstructor.org

3. Comparison of Performance of Standard Concrete And Fibre Reinforced Standard

Concrete Exposed To Elevated Temperatures by K.Srinivasa Rao, S.Rakesh kumar,
A.Laxmi Narayana -AJER

4. www.Wikipedia.com