Study of High Performance Concrete with Silica Fume and Glass Fibre

Authors

  • S. Durai Assistant Divisional Engineer, Highway Department, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
  • S. C. Boobalan Post Graduate Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore - 641 042, Tamil Nadu, India
  • P. Muthupriya Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore - 641 042, Tamil Nadu, India
  • R. Venkatasubramani Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore - 641 042, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.51983/tarce-2013.2.1.2197

Keywords:

High Performance Concrete, Silica fume, Glass fibre

Abstract

This paper presents the effect of silica fume and glass fibre in High Performance Concrete (HPC). In this study, High Performance Concrete mixes with silica fume of 0%, 10%, and 20% with addition of glass fibre of diameter 14μ and 12mm length at various percentages as 0%, 0.3%, and 0.6% by the volume of cement on M75 grade of concrete. The mix proportions of concrete had a constant binder of 0.26 and superplasticizer was added based on the required degree of workability. For each mix standard sizes of cubes, cylinders and prisms as per Indian Standards were cast and tested for compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength at the age of 28 days. The addition of silica fume shows early strength gaining property and that of glass fibre control the cracking due to shrinkage. The results are satisfactory for the use of 10% silica fume and 0.3% glass fibre in producing High Performance concrete.

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Published

05-05-2013

How to Cite

Durai, S., Boobalan, S. C., Muthupriya, P., & Venkatasubramani, R. (2013). Study of High Performance Concrete with Silica Fume and Glass Fibre. The Asian Review of Civil Engineering, 2(1), 20–24. https://doi.org/10.51983/tarce-2013.2.1.2197