1 Lecturer, Department of Civil Engg, BITS, Pilani – Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Shameerpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh.
2 Professor, Department of Civil Engg, BITS, Pilani – Hyderabad Campus, Jawahar Nagar, Shameerpet Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Andhra Pradesh.
*Email: venu.bits@gmail.com
Online published on 1 February, 2013.
The non-biodegradable waste is creating a lot of problems in the environment and its disposal becoming a great difficulty in the municipalities. Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials are currently produced with different compositions and widely used for strengthening and retrofitting of the concrete structures. Recently considerable research has been directed to characterize the use of polymer fibers in the concrete strengthening applications. An attempt has been made to investigate the concrete (M30) slabs using the two different fibers namely Poly Ethylene Terephthalate (i.e. mineral water bottles) and High Density Poly Propylene (i.e. disposable glasses). In the present analysis, nine samples of slabs are examined and results are presented. It has been observed that the ultimate load carrying capacity increased considerably by using these two fibers.
Polymer Fibers, Poly Ethylene Terephthalate (PET), High Density Poly Propylene (HDPP), Ultimate load, workability, compressive strength
