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Experimental Study on Compressive Strength of Concrete by using Banana

Fibre at Different Proportions
R. RAMESH1, SK. KARIM SAIDA2
¹PG Scholar, Dept of Civil Engineering, NVR College of Engineering and Technology, Tenali, AP, India.
²Assistant Professor, Dept of Civil Engineering, NVR College of Engineering and Technology, Tenali, AP, India.

Abstract: Sustainable development of the built environment in developing countries is a major challenge in the 21st century.
The use of local materials in construction of buildings is one of the potential ways to support sustainable development in both
urban and rural areas. Banana fibres are widely available worldwide as agricultural waste from Banana cultivation. Banana fibres
are environmentally friendly and present important attributes, such as low density, light weight, low cost, high tensile strength,
as well as being water and fire resistant. This kind of waste has a greater chance of being utilized for different application in
construction and building materials. This is the comparative study between Banana fibre concrete with plain cement concrete of
M30 grade. Banana fibre is replaced with cement as 0.25%, 0.5% and 1.0%.The diameter of banana fibre will vary between 0.08
and 0.25 mm. The length of banana fibre varies from 2cm. This replacement shows the significant increment in the compressive
strength of concrete.
Keywords: Concrete, Fibre concrete, Banana Fibres.

I. INTRODUCTION are used to contribute significantly to the beam load before

Fiber concrete is concrete containing fibrous material the yielding of the steel reinforcement. Using large Fiber
which increases its structural integrity. Fiber Concrete can be concrete cross sections may not be economical and may
defined as a composite material consisting of mixtures of result in brittle response of Beam due to sudden debonding
cement. Mortar or concrete and discontinuous, discrete, of the strengthening material from the concrete surface.
uniformly dispersed suitable fibers. Fiber normal concrete
are mostly used for on-ground floors and pavements, but can A. Fiber Mechanism
be considered for a wide range of construction parts (beams, Fiber work with concrete utilizing two mechanisms: the
pliers, foundations etc) either alone or with hand-tied spacing mechanism and the crack bridging mechanism. The
rebar’s. Concrete reinforced with fibers (which are usually spacing mechanism requires a large number of fibers well
steel, glass or plastic fibers) is less expensive than hand-tied distributed within the concrete matrix to arrest any existing
rebar, while still increasing the tensile strength many times. micro crack that could potentially expand create a sound
Shape, dimension and length of fiber are important. Fiber crack. For typical volume of fractions of fibers utilizing
concrete materials have been attractive new materials for small diameter of fibers or micro fibers can ensure the
structural engineers in the concrete construction field, required no of fibers for micro crack arrest as shown in
especially for use as strengthening materials for concrete Fig.1.
beams. Steel, Carbon, Aramid and glass fibers are the most
commonly used fibers in manufacturing fiber concrete
strengthening systems. Many systems are commercially
available in forms such as pultruded plates, fabrics and
sheets. Most, if not all, of these systems, however, suffer
from some drawbacks when dealing with strengthening of
concrete [Link] exhibit a lines stress-strain response up
to failure without exhibiting any yield patterns. The ultimate
Strain values of these materials are very large compared with
the yield strain of the steel. As a result, when bonded with
epoxy to the tension face of a reinforced concrete beam to
strengthen it in flexure, the steel may yield before the
strengthening material even begins to carry any significant
load. Therefore, it is difficult to increase the beam stiffness
or its yield load unless large cross sections of these materials Fig.1. Banana Fiber.

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II. LITERATURE REVIEW Normal weight concrete. In some cases, manufactured light
Vajje and Dr. N.R. Krishnamurthy” did an experimental weight particles used for light weight concrete and mortar.
study in which they add natural inorganic fiber and natural Heavy weights particles made of metallic components are
organic fiber into the concrete. They investigated the effect sometimes used to produce heavy weight concrete for
of different fiber into the concrete. They did comparison and nuclear shielding purposes. Fine aggregate is needed for both
differentiate the effect of different natural fiber into concrete. Fiber-Reinforced Concrete and Mortar. The maximum grain
The natural inorganic fiber was basalt rock fiber and the size and size distribution of fine aggregate depends on the
natural organic fibers were jute, sisal, hemp, banana, pine type of product being made. The fine aggregate should be
and pine apple. He takes M30 grade of concrete with 0.5%, free from Clay or silt, and the use of relatively coarse sand
1%, 1.5% as fiber cement ratio and 6-10 mm of the fiber with Fineness Modulus of about3 is generally recommended.
length. They did curing of the specimen at 28 days. They
investigated that slump decreases by increasing the fiber C. Coarse Aggregate
content. They found that compressive strength of cube Aggregates are the important constituents in concrete.
increased with 0.5% fiber content. “J. Sahaya Ruben and Dr. They give body to the concrete, reduce shrinkage and effect
G. Bhaskar” did an experimental study of natural fiber in economy. The mere fact that aggregate occupies 70-80
concrete. They take coir fiber length as 20, 25 and 30 mm. percent of volume of concrete. The properties of course
They take content as 0.5%, 0.75% and 1%. They conducted aggregate can be given by conducting several tests, some of
compression and tensile testing on the concrete specimen. them are
They take the diameter of fiber as 0.2-0.35 mm. They found  Fineness modulus of coarse aggregate
that by increasing coir fiber content the compressive strength  Specific Gravity
increased at certain level. Coir fiber reduces environmental
pollution. They investigated that coir fiber improved the D. Super Plasticizer
resistance to sulphate attack. “Shrikant Harle et al” did a Super plasticizer constitutes a relatively new category and
review of different fibers in concrete. They did comparative improved version of plasticizer. The use of super plasticizer
study of slump, compressive strength and flexural strength has become a quite common practice. This class of water
by adding different natural fibers in concrete. They saw that reducers was originally developed in japan and Germany in
coir fiber shows better result than all other natural fiber in the early 1960’s. They are chemically different from normal
compressive strength as well as in flexural strength. They plasticizer. Uses of super plasticizer permit the reductions of
found that slump of concrete decreases as the percentage of water to the extent up to 30 %without reducing workability
natural fiber increased. in contrast to the possible reductions up to 15 % in the case
of plasticizer. The use of super plasticizer is practiced for
They investigated that compressive strength of concrete production of flowing. Self-leveling, self-compaction and for
increased as the percentage of natural fiber increased but production of high strength and high performance concrete.
limited to a certain limit. They saw that coir fiber gives
better result in case of compressive strength than other E. Conplast SPB 430
natural fibers. They found that flexural strength increased CONPLAST SP 430 is a dark brown liquid which instantly
with increasing fiber content. Iyer and co workers (1995) disperses in water. CONPLAST SP 430 having the very high
had carried out a study on properties of some varieties of level of water reduction and improves the strength, density,
banana fibers. This article presents an evaluation of yield, workability without increase in cement. In our experimental
structure and properties of banana fibers gathered from a few work CONPLAST SP 430 of FOSROC is used. CONPLAST
commercial cultivated varieties. Results indicate that SP 430 is a high range super plasticizer admixing which
variations exist in both structure and properties of fibers compiles with IS 9103-1999.
from different regions along the length and across the
thickness of the trunk. Further, differences in tensile and F. Dosage
structural properties are noticed among fibers belonging to The optimum dosage is the best determined by site
different varieties as well. However, structure and properties trails with the concrete mix which enables the effect of
among the varieties could be correlated. The matrix in which workability, strength gain or cement reduction to er
the ultimate cells are embedded in the fiber also seems to measured. Site trails with CONPLST SP 430 should always
have role in deciding the tensile strength of the technical be compared with mix containing no admixtures. As a guide,
fiber. the rate of addition is generally in the range of 0.5 to 2.0
III. MATERIALS liter/100kg cement.
A. Cement
A 53 grade ordinary Portland cement is used in this work. G. Water
The raw materials used in manufacture of cement are lime, Water used for mixing and curing shall be clean and free
silica, alumina, iron oxide. These interact in kiln at high from injurious amounts of Oils, Acids, Alkalis, Salts, Sugar,
temperatures to form more complex compounds. Organic materials or other substances that may be
B. Natural Sand deleterious to concrete. Generally drinking and potable water
Fine aggregate normally consists of natural, Crushed or is considered satisfactory for mixing concrete.
manufactured sand. Natural sand is the usual component for
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IV. MIX DESIGN
a. Grade designation: M30
b. Type of cement: OPC 53 Grade
c. Maximum nominal size of aggregate: 20 mm
d. Minimum cement content : 340 kg/m³
e. Maximum water-cement ratio : 0.45
f. Workability : 100 mm
g. Exposure condition : severe
h. Method of Concrete placing: Tampering
i. Degree of supervision : as per the quality control
j. Type of aggregate : crushed angular
k. Maximum cement content : 450 kg/m³

Test Data For Materials:

a. Cement used : OPC 53 Grade Fig.3. Compressive strength Testing Machine.
b. Specific Gravity of Cement : 3.12
c. Specific Gravity of: VI. CONCLUSION
 Coarse aggregate : 2.84  With the increase in the fibre content the compressive
 Fine aggregate : 2.65 strength increases.
d. Water absorption:  The ultimate load bearing capacity also improved due to
 Coarse aggregate : 0.5 % addition of fibres.
 Fine aggregate : 1.0 %  The compressive strength of normal concrete gives
e. Free (surface) moisture 28.28N/mm2 with addition of 0% banana fibre in 7days.
 Coarse aggregate : Nil  The compressive strength of normal concrete gives
 Fine aggregate : Nil 36.06 N/mm2 with addition of 0% banana fibre in 28
days.
V. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS  The compressive strength of fibre concrete gives 27.11
The cubes were tested on the CTM under load rate N/mm2 with addition of 0.25% of banana fibre in 7
control. All the cubes tested under the load rate control. To days.
understand the behavior of concrete cubes with and without  The compressive strength of fibre concrete gives 31.44
fibers the following graphs were drawn, compressive N/mm2 with addition of 0.5% of banana fibre in 7 days.
strength Vs Age of concrete for 0%, 0.25%, 0.5% and 1.0%  The compressive strength of fibre concrete gives 36.27
fibers as shown in Figs.2 and 3. The maximum load and N/mm2 with addition of 1.0% of banana fibre in 7 days.
amount of fiber content added for the cubes subjected to  The compressive strength of fibre concrete gives with
loading were calculated and reported as follows. 38.82 N/mm2 addition of 0.25% of banana fibre in 28
TABLE I: Compressive Strengths of Cubes days.
 The compressive strength of fibre concrete gives 48.07
N/mm2 with addition of 0.5% of banana fibre in 28
days.
 The compressive strength of fibre concrete gives 49.25
N/mm2 with addition of 1.0% of banana fibre in 28
days.
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