IJSRSET162364 | Received : 14 May 2016 | Accepted : 18 May 2016 | May-June 2016 [(2)3: 196-200]
© 2016 IJSRSET | Volume 2 | Issue 3 | Print ISSN : 2395-1990 | Online ISSN : 2394-4099
Themed Section: Engineering and Technology
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Sustainable Development of Rigid Pavement by Using
Polypropylene Fiber
Pratik H. Patel, Prof. Jayesh Juremalani, Prof. S. M. Damodariya
Civil Engineering Department, Parul Institute of Engineering & Technology, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
ABSTRACT
This paper presents facts about various research activities that are taking place around the world since the last one
decade on development and study of behaviour of Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) using polypropylene
fiber. Hence in this research work study the behavior of ECC using polypropylene fiber incorporating with Fly ash.
In the prepared mix design o%, 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5% of polypropylene fiber is used. Also 30%, 40% and 50% Fly
ash is replaced with cement. The experimental study is to present the effect of addition of polypropylene fiber and
replacement of Fly ash with cement on the behavior of concrete under compressive and tensile test.
Keywords: polypropylene fiber, ECC , fly ash, M20 mix design.
I. INTRODUCTION
Concrete is the most popular construction material, with
more than 11.4 billion tons of concrete consumed
annually worldwide. It has been reported that 2.2 billion
tons of cement was produced in the year 2005. It was
estimated that each ton of cement produced generates an
equal amount of carbon dioxide, a major contributor for
greenhouse effect and global warming. Ordinary
Portland cement, though costly and energy intensive is
the most widely used ingredient in the production of
concrete mixes. Unfortunately, production of cement
itself involves emission of large amounts of carbon
dioxide into the atmosphere, a major contributor for
greenhouse effect and global warming. Hence, it is
inevitable either to search for another material or partly
replace it by an alternate material. For example,
Pozzolana is a natural or artificial material containing
silica in a reactive form. It may be a siliceous or
siliceous and aluminous material which in itself
possesses little or no cementitious value. Pozzolana, in
finely divided form and in the presence of moisture,
reacts with calcium hydroxide at ordinary temperature
and form compounds possessing cementitious
properties.
Unlike some high performance FRC, ECC does not
utilize large amounts of fiber. Also by deliberately
limiting the amount of fibers, a number of proprietary
studies have concluded economic feasibility of ECC in
specific structural applications. Various fiber types can
be used in ECC, but the detail composition must obey
certain rules imposed by micromechanics considerations
(Li, 1998; Kanda and Li, 1998). This means that the
fiber, cementitious matrix, and theinterface (mechanical
and geometric) properties must be of a correct
combination in order to attain the unique behavior of
ECCs. Thus ECC designs are guided by
micromechanical principles. Most data so far has been
collected on PVA-ECC (reinforced with PolyVinyl
Alcohol fibers) and PE-ECC (reinforced with high
modulus polyethylene fibers).
II. LITERATURE REVIEW
Ms. E. Ramya et.al [1] present the properties of ECC
provides better properties in seismic resistance
application. In this present work they investigate
deflection and mechanical properties of ECC for
different proportion of polypropylene fiber and compare
with conventional concrete. Also find out the