Banana Fiber Reinforced Concrete

Abstract

Abstract: Over the years because of the expanding natural concerns, bio composite produced out of regular fiber and is one of the latest progress in the business and constitutes the present extent of experimental work. Fiber reinforced composites has numerous preferences, for example, generally minimal effort in creation, simple to create and better quality contrast than perfect polymer tars due with this reason fiber strengthened composite utilized within an assortment of provision as class of structure material. These natural fibers have excellent physical and mechanical properties and can be used more effectively. They are economical, with no chemicals. The addition of and banana fibres significantly improved many of the engineering properties of the concrete notably compressive strength, tensile strength. The ability to resist cracking and spalling were also enhanced. Thus it acts as a natural admixture giving additional properties to the ordinary cement concrete. In this context four different percentages of banana fibres (0.5%, 1%, 1.5%, 2%) having 50mm length were used. M30 concrete and Ordinary Portland cement of grade 43 was used. The and banana fiber reinforced concrete are tested for compressive strength, splitting tensile strength and flexural strength at different ages (7days 14days and 28 days). This work describe the mechanical behavior of banana fiber reinforced polymer composite with the good references to the impact of fiber loading and on the properties of composites.