1PG Student (Structural Engg.), Department of Civil Engineering, SRM University, India
2Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, SRM University, India
Online published on 21 November, 2017.
Slurry-infiltrated fibrous concrete (SIFCON) is a relatively new high performance and advanced material, which can be considered as a special type of fibre concrete with high fibre content Volume. The matrix usually consists of cement slurry with sand or mortar. SIFCON is very good for application in areas where highly ductile and resistance to impact is needed. To improve the strength, wear resistance and durability of the concrete a small fraction of short crimped fibres (NOVOCON 1050) with aspect ratio 50 is used. In this paper, cement is partially replaced by metakaolin in SIFCON. Metakaolin (MK) is a pozzolanic material, which blends with Portland cement to improve the durability and it, reduces the porosity of concrete as the particle size of MK is very less. This experimental work focuses on strength development of Metakaolin in SIFCON on partial replacement by 10% MK in cement with 5% fibre content by volume.
SIFCON, Metakaolin, Cement, Mortar, Compressive strength, Tensile strength, Flexural strength, Pozzolanic
