FIBRE REINFORCED

CONCRETE
PRESENTED BY
SAJITHA K
ROLL NO:14

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 PLAIN CEMENT CONCRETE
It possesses low tensile strength, limited
ductility and low resistance to cracking.
Low tensile strength is due to propagation of
micro cracks.
Conventional reinforcing bars are used to
improve tensile property of PCC.
But this method provides tensile strength to
concrete members only not to the concrete
itself.
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CONTINUED....
In PCC and similar brittle materials, micro
cracks develop even before loading
particularly due to drying shrinkage and other
volume changes. These cause inelastic
deformation in concrete
Fibres are added to concrete to improve static
and dynamic properties and they act as crack
arrester

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 FIBRE REINFORCED CONCRETE
FRC can be defined as a composite material
consisting of mixtures of cement, mortar or
concrete and discontinuous, discrete,
uniformly dispersed suitable fibres
Continuous meshes, woven fabrics and long
wires or rods are not considered to be discrete
fibres

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FRC 5
 FIBRE
• Fibre is a small piece of reinforcing material
possessing certain properties. They can
circular o flat. It is described by a parameter
called aspect ratio.
• Aspect ratio of the fibre is the ratio of its
length to its diameter. Ranges from 30 to 150

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 FIBRES TO BE USED
The different types of fibres to be used are
a. Steel fibre
b. Poly propylene and nylon fibres
c. Asbestos fibres
d. Glass fibres and
e. Carbon fibres

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 STEEL FIBRE
Round fibres having dia 0.25 to 0.75mm are
used
It improves flexural, impact and fatigue
strength
Used for overlays of roads, airfield pavements
and bridge decks

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Steel fibre 9
Steel fibre 10
POLYPROPYLENE AND NYLON FIBRES
Suitable to increase impact strength of
concrete
Possess very high tensile strength
Less flexural strength

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Nylon fibre
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 ASBESTOS FIBRE
It is a mineral fibre and proves to be most
successful fibre as it can be mixed with
Portland cement
Tensile strength varies from 560 to 980
N/mm2
Asbestos cement has higher flexural strength
than portland cement paste

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Asbestos fibre 14
 GLASS FIBRE
Have high tensile strength 1020 to
4080N/mm2
Glass used in conjunction with cement found
to be effected by alkaline condition of cement

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Glass fibre 16
 CARBON FIBRES
Possess very high tensile strength 2110 to
2815 N/mm2 and also youngs modulus
Have higher flexural strength
Used for cladding, panels and shells

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Carbon fibre 18
 FACTORS EFFECTING PROPETIES OF
FRC
• Relative fibre matrix stiffness
• Volume of fibres
• Aspect ratio of the fibre
• Orientation of fibres
• Workability and compaction of concrete
• Size of coarse aggregate

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RELATIVE FIBRE MATRIX STIFFNESS
• Modulus of elasticity of fibre must be lower
than that of matrix for efficient stress transfer
• Low modulus of fibres like nylon and
polypropylene are not likely to give strength
improvements but high modulus fibres like
steel, glass and carbon impart strength and
stiffness
• Large area is required for good interfacial
bond and that improves tensile strength

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 VOLUME OF FIBRES
• Strength of the composite largely depends on
quantity of fibres used
• Tensile strength and toughness of the
composite increases with volume of fibre. But
higher volume of fibre cause segregation and
harshness of concrete and mortar

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 ASPECT RATIO OF THE FIBRE
• Up to aspect ratio of 75, increase in the aspect
ratio increase the ultimate strength of the
concrete linearly
• Beyond 75, relative strength and toughness is
reduced

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TYPE OF ASPECT RATIO RELATIVE RELATIVE
CONCRETE STRENGTH TOUGHNESS
PLAIN 0 1 1
CONCRETE
WITH 25 1.5 2
RANDOMLY
DISPERSED 50 1.6 8
FIBRES 75 1.7 10.5
100 1.5 8.5

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 ORIENTATION OF FIBRE
• In conventional reinforcement bars are
oriented in a direction desired while fibres in
FRC are randomly oriented

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WORKABILITY AND COMPACTION OF
CONCRETE
• Incorporation of fibres decreases the
workability and it affects consolidation of
fresh mix. Even prolonged external vibration
fails to compact the concrete
• Workability and compaction standards of mix
is improved through increased w/c or by the
use of water reducing admixtures

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SIZE OF COARSE AGGREGATE
• Maximum size of the coarse aggregate is
limited o 10mm to avoid reduction in strength
of the composite
• Fibres in effect act as aggregate
• Although they have simple geometry, their
influence on the properties of fresh concrete
is complex

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continued
• The inter particle friction between fibres and
between fibres and aggregate controls the
orientation and distribution of fibres and
consequently the properties of the composite
• friction reducing admixtures and
cohesiveness improving admixtures can
increase the quality of the mix

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THANK YOU

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