Flexural behavior of fiber reinforced concrete incorporation with lathe steel scrap

Abstract

Fiber reinforced concrete when used in construction the major concern is about the Environmental impact or acceptance of the material by all the environmental conditions so when the material like lathe steel scrap is used in the concrete as a fibrous material which helps to reduce the major solid waste like lathe steel scrap from the steel manufacturing industries which is a major concern in environmental aspects. When these non Bio-degradable solid wastes like Lathe steel scrap is used in the concrete, it will be a sustainable material. When these Fibers are used it is much important to determine all the properties of the concrete which are essential to determine the feasibility to use in construction. In this study various properties like compression strength, Split Tensile strength, Bending strength and Flexural studies like Stress Vs Strain relations, Load Vs Deflection relations, Maximum Load Carrying Capacity, Maximum Deflection, First crack Load Etc is studied for beams of dimensions 700 × 150 × 150 mm, 1000 × 150 × 150 mm, and 1000 × 150 × 230 mm. All the specimens required for the above tests are prepared by 0%, 1%, 1.5%, 2% addition of Lathe steel scrap to M30 grade of concrete and are cured under standard curing conditions and tested for 7 days and 28 days.