Experimental Study on the Durability Properties of Sisal Fiber-Reinforced High-Performance Concrete

Authors

  • Biju C. Thomas, Y. Stalin Jose

Abstract

High-performance concrete is a customized concrete engineered to offer many advantages in concrete framework development. Significantly over the past decades, the usage of fibers in cement has achieved tremendous attention. Research has also confirmed that HPC's porous nature could be resolved by the introduction of shorter sisal fibers in the concrete mixture. Because natural fibers in the alkaline cement matrix were considered to experience significant degradation, particularly in exterior corrosive environments, these have to be processed to enhance its durability. The durability tests assessed in this analysis comprises of Saturated Water Absorption (SWA), Rapid Chloride Penetrability Test (RCPT) and Sulphate Resistance Test. The laboratory testing findings reveal that high-performance concrete reinforced by sisal fiber has acceptable durability characteristics compared to traditional concrete of comparable quality of other durability studies.

Published

2020-02-29

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