Experimental Investigation on Compression, Tension and Flexural Strength of Jute Fiber Reinforced Concrete
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2019-03-20
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This paper presents experimental investigation of mechanical properties of jute fiber reinforced
concrete. Compressive,Splitting tensile and Flexural test were performed with a jute fiber volume
fraction ranging from 0.5 – 2%, 15cm fiber length and Aspect ratio(D/L) of 0.00066mm. A total of
80 specimens were taken for experimental investigation. Cylinders of standard
dimension(150*300mm) are provided. Those provided cylindrical specimens are for conducting
experiment on tensile and compression properties. Flexural strength test have been conducted on the
prepared sample beams having a dimension of 100*100*500mm. Various amount of jute fiber similar
to that cylindrical specimens are also considered in beams. The result of this experiment indicate that
adding jute fiber in concrete generally enhance tensile and flexural strength, decrease compressive
strength and workability and arrest cracks formation and propagation and ductility. So it can be
concluded that concrete having jute fiber of length 15cm and 1.5% of its volumetric content have the
optimal result for compression, Tension as well as Flexure.
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Fiber Reinforced Concrete, Flexural Strength, Compression, Tension