Authors:Â Darshan Khairnar, Abhijit Sanap, Jawahar Kumar, Kishor Chaudhari, A. N. Dhatrak, R.R.Lomte
Abstract:Â With high ductility and sufficient durability, fibre reinforced concrete (FRC) is widely used. Various types of fibres such as steel, carbon, glass and polyester are generally used in concrete. Among the new advancement in field of FRC is the basalt fibre reinforced concrete. In the present study basalt chopped fibres were used in the concrete mixes and workability, compressive strength of the specimens was tested. A total of 4 mixes were prepared by varying the percentages of basalt fibres by weight of cement on M 25 grade of concrete mix. The experimental test result demonstrated a considerable increase in compressive strength. The workability of fresh concrete mixes is decreasing by increasing the percentage of chopped basalt fibre. However workable concrete mix is achieved up to 1.5% of Chopped BasaltFibre.
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