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    Split Tensile Strength Using Polypropylene

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    The document discusses the use of polypropylene fibers in concrete and their effects on various concrete properties. It finds that split tensile strength increases with fiber content and length. Compressive strength also generally increases with fiber content and length, though some studies found lower strength with fiber addition. Polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete has advantages like improved impact resistance and reduced cracking compared to normal concrete.

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    The document discusses the use of polypropylene fibers in concrete and their effects on various concrete properties. It finds that split tensile strength increases with fiber content and length. Compressive strength also generally increases with fiber content and length, though some studies found lower strength with fiber addition. Polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete has advantages like improved impact resistance and reduced cracking compared to normal concrete.

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    The document discusses the use of polypropylene fibers in concrete and their effects on various concrete properties. It finds that split tensile strength increases with fiber content and length. Compressive strength also generally increases with fiber content and length, though some studies found lower strength with fiber addition. Polypropylene fiber reinforced concrete has advantages like improved impact resistance and reduced cracking compared to normal concrete.

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    Split Tensile Strength using Polypropylene

    Split tensile strength can be determined by either direct methods, or indirect methods. The direct
    method has difficulties related to holding the specimen properly in the testing machine without
    introducing stress concentration, and in application of uniaxial tensile load which is free from
    eccentricity to the specimen. Since concrete is weak in tension even a small eccentricity of load will
    induce combined bending and axial force condition and the concrete fails at the apparent tensile stress
    rather than the tensile strength (Madhavi et al., 2015). The split tensile strength gained more strength at
    early age of 28 days compared to 56 days(K. Murahari, 2013). It is found that the split tensile strength
    increased with increasing fiber content Fibers tend to bridge the micro cracks and hamper the
    propagation of cracks. When tensile stress is transferred to fibers, the micro cracks are arrested and
    thus improve the split tensile strength of concrete(Gencel et al., 2011). From the study of (Hajali Ahmed
    & Ahmed Daoud, 2016) studied the effect of length of fiber on the split tensile strength of fiber
    reinforced concrete and observed that, the split tensile strength of fiber reinforced concrete was
    dependent on length of fiber used. By addition of longer length fiber, the split tensile strength increases.
    Use of 24 mm long fiber with same volume of fraction gives maximum split tensile strength over fiber 15
    mm and 20 mm cut length. The overall effect of 24 mm long fiber when used in fiber content of 0.25% of
    weight of cement was that it improved the split tensile strength of concrete by 72%.

    Compressive Strength using Polypropylene

    Compressive strength of concrete is one of the most important properties of concrete. The compressive
    strength of cube specimens was obtained according to the BS 1881 at the ages of 7, 28 and 56 days. In
    this study, it can be observed that the compressive strength of fiber concretes is less than the control
    concrete. This strength reduction can be induced by collection of Calcium- Hydroxide in the interface of
    fibers and hydrated cement. Besides, the compressive strength increased with increase of fibers length.
    The compressive strength of 19 mm fibers concretes is almost equal to the control concrete. The
    compressive, split tensile and flexural strength improved on addition of 1.5 % of polypropylene fiber in
    the concrete(Najimi et al., 2009). (Mehul J. Patel, 2013) used fibrillated polypropylene fiber of length
    12mm and diameter 34 micron and low density of 0.9 kN/m3, in percentages of 0.5%, 1% and 1.5% in
    high strength concrete. Super plasticizer Conplast-Sp430 was used. They observed that the compressive
    strength of concrete increased with addition of fibers.

    From the study of (K. Murahari, 2013) the effect of polypropylene fibers in fly ash concrete, fiber volume
    fraction of 0.15%, 0.2%, 0.25% and 0.3% was used in fly ash concrete with class C fly ash of specific
    gravity 1.96, obtained from NLC. Fly ash content was varied as 30%, 40% and 50%. 12 mm (40%) and 20
    mm (60%) coarse aggregate with specific gravity of 2.7 were used. The cube specimens were tested for
    28days and 56 days strength. The compressive strength gained maximum strength at early age as
    observed for all fly ash and polypropylene fiber concrete. It is also observed that the compressive
    strength increased gradually from 0.15% to 0.3% fiber content.
    Polypropylene Reinforced Concrete

    PFRC is easy to place, compact, finish, pump and it reduces the rebound effect in sprayed concrete
    applications by increasing cohesiveness of wet concrete. Being wholly synthetic there is no corrosion
    risk. PFRC shows improved impact resistance as compared to conventionally reinforced brittle concrete.
    The use of PFRC provides a safer working environment and improves abrasion resistance in concrete
    floors by controlling the bleeding while the concrete is in plastic stage. The possibility of increased
    tensile strength and impact resistance offers potential reductions in the weight and thickness of
    structural components and should also reduce the damage resulting from shipping and handling
    [ CITATION SKS11 \l 1033 ]. The performance of PFRC is compared with ordinary concrete through
    extensive tests comprising modulus of elasticity, static flexure, abrasion, and impact(Jain et al., 2011).

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