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Published: Građevinar 74 (2022) 10
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Glass fiber reinforced ultra-high strength concrete with silica fume

Sathyakumar Natarajan, Arun Murugesan, Jagatheeswaran Dhanapal, Arunachalam Narayanan

Abstract

Conventional glass fiber-reinforced concrete (GFRC) has wide applications in high-rise buildings, bridges, and renovation works. In this study, ultra-high-strength glass fiber reinforced concrete (UHS-GFRC) mixtures were developed to minimize the size of the structural members. The percentage of glass fiber was varied as 0%, 0.03%, 0.06%, 0.09%, and 0.12%. In this investigation, ten beams were cast and tested, with two span-to-effective-depth (a/d) ratios of 1.6 and 2. All the tested specimens attained their respective strengths; however, the strength values varied. Specifically, the specimens reinforced with 0.09% and 0.06% of glass fiber exhibited the highest flexural and shear strengths, respectively. The results obtained in this study can be utilized to select optimum mixtures of UHS-GFRC under satisfying service conditions.

Keywords
ultra-high strength concrete, fiber reinforced concrete, silica fume, glass fibre, shear failure, flexural failure

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Natarajan, S., Murugesan, A., Dhanapal, J., Narayanan, A.: Glass fiber reinforced ultra-high strength concrete with silica fume , GRAĐEVINAR, 74 (2022) 10, pp. 849-856, doi: https://doi.org/10.14256/JCE.3431.2021

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Natarajan, S., Murugesan, A., Dhanapal, J., Narayanan, A. (2022). Glass fiber reinforced ultra-high strength concrete with silica fume , GRAĐEVINAR, 74 (10), 849-856, doi: https://doi.org/10.14256/JCE.3431.2021

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Authors:
3431 Natarajan WEB
Sathyakumar Natarajan
Department of Civil Engineering
Tamilnadu, India
3431 Murugesan WEB
Arun Murugesan
PSG Institute of Technology and Applied Research
Department of Civil Engineering
Tamilnadu, India
3431 Dhanapal WEB
Jagatheeswaran Dhanapal
Sona College of Technology, Tamilnadu, India
Department of Civil Engineering
3431 Narayanan WEB
Arunachalam Narayanan
Bannari Amman Institute of Technology
Department of Civil Engineering
Tamilnadu, India