A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id. The usefulness of fiber reinforced concrete frc in various civil engineering applications is indisputable. It holds short discrete fibers that are uniformly distributed and circumstances oriented. Glass fibers reinforced concrete linkedin slideshare. This paper aims to contribute to the classification and specification of glass fiber reinforced concrete gfrc and to deal with the question if structural glass fiber reinforced concrete as a special kind of glass fiber reinforced concrete is suited for use in loadbearing members. The product is also known as glassfibre reinforced concrete or grc in british. Glass fiber reinforced concrete gfrc properties and. In the future, structural glass fiber reinforced concrete shall provide a simple and visually appealing alternative to conventional steel bar or steel fiber reinforced concrete. Continuous meshes, woven fabrics and long wires or rods are not considered. The addition of fibres to the concrete should be in accordance with an agreed method statement, to ensure that the fibres are adequately distributed throughout the concrete, there are no fibre.
Continuous meshes, woven fabrics and long wires or rods are not considered to be. Examples of plastic fibers, glass fibers, steel fibers, and polypropylene fibers are also shown in reinforced concrete. Fiber reinforced concrete are of different types and properties with many advantages. Abstract glass fibre is used as an admixture in concrete for strengthening purpose. As a result of this ability to arrest cracks, fibre composites possess.
Glass fibrereinforced concrete consists of highstrength, alkaliresistant. International journal of engineering trends and technology. He is a member of aci committees 363, highstrength concrete. Fiber reinforced concrete reinforced concrete concrete. Fiber reinforced concrete has so far been successfully used in slabs on grade. The international glassfibre reinforced concrete association grca was formed nearly 45 years ago in 1975, and it has an international membership coming from well over 20 countries. Concrete is one of the most widely used construction material.
Fiber reinforced concrete frc is a new structural material which is gaining increasing importance. Gfrc cladding offers numerous benefits to the architect, contractor and the owner over other types of cladding or curtain wall. The swedish concrete association published a report on steel fibre reinforced concrete in 1995. Fiber reinforced concrete can be defined as a composite material consisting of mixtures of cement, mortar or concrete and discontinuous, discrete, uniformly dispersed suitable fibers. I want to make stuff with frc fiber reinforced concrete but here where i live they dont sell it ive looked. Continuous meshes, woven fabrics and long wires or rods are not considered to be discrete fibers.
Practical design guide for reinforced concrete grc. Glass fiber reinforced concrete gfrc comprises hydration products of cement, or cement plus sand, and the glass fibers. Properties and applications offiber reinforced concrete. Steel or macro synthetic fibres may be added to the concrete either at the readymixed plant or to the mixer truck on site. Despite excellent material properties, the use of glass fibers in a concrete matrix is carried out so far only.
Fibers used are steel fibers, synthetic fibers, glass fibers, natural fibers, asbestos fibers and carbon fibers. The international glassfibre reinforced concrete association has a long tradition of serving the grc industry world wide. Steel fiber reinforced concrete nguyen van chanh 1 summary it is now well established that one of the important properties of steel fibre reinforced concrete sfrc is its superior resistance to cracking and crack propagation. Steel fibre reinforced concrete sfrc is well known in several areas of civil engineering as a structural application underground structures probably represent one of the most important fields of application. Pdf concrete columns reinforced longitudinally and. Concrete, as most folks know, is strong under compression but weak under tension, and is commonly strengthened by casting it around, e.
Download the seminar report on fiber reinforced concrete for civil and construction project. The resulting composite is a tough, rigid material that has a strengthtoweight ratio superior to most other commonlyused building products. Vairagade and c satish sathawane 2012, experimental study on behavior of steel and glass fiber reinforced concrete. Glass fiber reinforced concrete or gfrc is a type of fiberreinforced concrete. Ppt fibre reinforcements powerpoint presentation free. The resulting product is a lightweight manufactured stone at a fraction of the cost and. Structural glass fiber reinforced concrete for slabs on. This page contains fiberreinforced concrete frc seminar and ppt with pdf report. Gfrc can be sprayed directly onto the mold with the proper equipment. Browse companies that make glassfiberreinforced concrete and view and download their free cad details, revit bim files, specifications and other content relating to glassfiberreinforced concrete as well as other product information formated for the architectural community. Most decorative gfrc products, other than artificial rocks, are made with a twolayer process with a very thin 18 to 316 inch face. Concrete structures with fibre reinforced polymers isis canada research network the canadian network of centres of excellence on intelligent sensing for innovative structures.
Alkaliresistant glass fibres are used in glassfibre reinforced concrete grc, see separate entries. Reduction of dead weight of a reinforcedconcrete rc structure without too much concession in its load carrying capacity has always been an attractive study subject because it engenders 1 a decrease in dimensions of the members, 2 a decrease in the reinforcement steel, and 3 a decrease in lateral inertia forces during severe earthquakes. Concrete containing a hydraulic cement, water, fine or fine and coarse aggregate, and discontinuous discrete fibers is called fiberreinforced. Rubberised fibre reinforced concrete powerpoint slides. Find powerpoint presentations and slides using the power of, find free presentations research about glass fibre reinforced concrete ppt. However they were corroded by the highly alkaline portland cement matrix.
Download the seminar report for fibre reinforced concrete. Mechanical properties of glass fiber reinforced concrete. Fibre reinforce concrete reinforced concrete fibers. Glass fibre reinforced concrete gfrc is a material that is making a significant contribution to the economics, technology a nd aesthetics of the construction industry worldwide for over 40 years. Further information on the use of fibres in concrete may be found in concrete society technical report 63, guidance for the design of steelfibrereinforced concrete and technical report 65, guidance on the use of macrosyntheticfibre. Rubberised fibre reinforced concrete compared with normal concrete. Get the latest journals, research papers, doc and pdf documents discussing the need of using various types of fibers like synthetic, steel, glass etc. The glass fibers can also be used in combination with conventional reinforc ing bars or. Properties and applications offiber reinforced concrete faisal fouad wafa associate professor, civil engineering department, faculty ofengineering, king abdulaziz university, jeddah, saudi arabia. Somewhat similar materials are fibre cement siding and cement boards. Glass fibre reinforced concrete use in construction.
Royal corinthian gfrccast stone fireplace surrounds description. Ppt fibre reinforced concrete powerpoint presentation. Glass fiber reinforced concrete gfrc market by characteristics, analysis, opportunities and forecast to 2025 this report researches the worldwide glass fiber reinforced concrete gfrc market size value, capacity, production and consumption in key regions like north america, europe, asia pacific china, japan and other regions. Fiber reinforced concrete types, properties and advantages. Fiber reinforced concrete is a type of concrete that includes fibrous substances that increase its structural strength and cohesion. The advantages and benefits of glassfibre reinforced concrete grc combines the high strength of glass fibre with the rigidity of concrete. Flexural strength of ordinary concrete and glass fibre concrete mixes table2 gives the flexural values of ordinary concrete and glass fibre concrete mixes. Fibre reinforced concrete frc frc is a structural material having nearly the same cementitious matrix composites as a plain concrete pc except fibres of different types and forms. Traditional sprayup gfrc is a low watercement ratio mix. Gfrc glass fiber reinforced concrete the concrete network. Glass fiber reinforced concrete powerpoint ppt presentations.
Review on the performance of glass fiber reinforced concrete. Gfrc is widely used for various types of precast products in civil. They do sell regular cement, and glasspolypropylene fibers separately, so i was wondering if its possible to mix them on my own. Glass fiberreinforced concrete consists of highstrength, alkaliresistant glass fiber embedded in a concrete matrix. Sumit thakur civil fiberreinforced concrete frc seminar and ppt with pdf report. Mohanaram 2 1 assistant professor, annapoorana engineering college, salem.
In general, fibres are the principal loadcarrying members, while. Mechanical properties of glass fiber reinforced concrete 831 the authors found that, the compressive and splitting tensile strength and modulus of rupture of the nylon fiber concrete improved by 6. Glass fiber reinforced concrete linkedin slideshare. In this form, both fibers and matrix retain their physical and chemical identities, while offering a synergistic combination of properties that cannot be achieved with either of the components acting alone. This unique fireplace surround was created using gfrc. Transversally with glass fiberreinforced polymer bars. Degradation of glass fiber reinforced concrete due to environmental effects. Glass fibrereinforced concrete gfrc is a type of concrete which basically consists of a cementitious matrix composed of cement, sand, coarse aggregate, water, polymer and admixtures, in which short length glass fibres are dispersed. The material properties, component design and method of manufacture of. The shrinkage crack reducing potential of the nylon fiber in. This ppt is for comparative study of fiber reinforced concrete and plain cement concrete.
Fiberreinforced concrete smart materials and smart sensors aci fall 2011 convention october 16 20, cincinnati, oh aci web sessions antoine naaman, faci, is a professor in the department of civil and environmental engineering at the university of michigan. Gopalaratnam and shah 1986 discussed the effect of strain rate on the flexure behaviour of unreinforced matrix. Addition of glass fibre in reinforced concrete increases the toughness by 1157%compare with conventional reinforced concrete. Glass fiber reinforced concrete gfrc is a cementitious composite reinforced by the addition of alkaliresistant glass fibers. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide. The international glassfibre reinforced concrete association grca has. Glass fibers are used are used as reinforcement for concrete. Fiber reinforced concrete free download as powerpoint presentation. The moisture absorption is found to be less in fibre concrete than in plain concrete. Fibre reinforce concrete free download as powerpoint. Pdf using fiberreinforced polymer frp reinforcing bars as the main reinforcement for concrete structures in. Instead of clinging on to the convoluted brick and mortar construction methods, southern africa has started to use glass reinforced concrete sandwich wall panels to address its mounting basic services infrastructure backlog, writes peter rademan, director of grc marketing so you think the concept of reinforcing concrete with glassfibre is something new. At that time, it was considered to be one of the worlds most modern and straightforward handbooks on the design of steel fibre reinforced concrete structures. Behavior of concrete beams reinforced with glass fiber reinforced polymer flats, international journal of research in engineering and technology, vol.
Introduction fiber reinforced concrete can be defined as a composite material consisting of mixtures of cement, mortar or concrete and discontinuous, discrete, uniformly dispersed suitable fibers. Split tensile strength of concrete is measured by testing standard cylinders 150mm diameter, 300mm height at the age of 28 days. View and download powerpoint presentations on glass fibre reinforced concrete ppt. Reinforcing concrete structures with fibre reinforced polymers. Although the use of fibre reinforced concrete frc for structural applications is continuously increasing, it is still limited with respect to its potentials, mainly due to the lack of international building codes for frc structural elements. Cladding panels glass fiber reinforced concrete gfrc. Fiber reinforced concrete has small distinct fibers that are homogeneously dispersed and oriented haphazardly. Thus unlike plain concrete, a fiberreinforced concrete specimen does not break immediately after initiation of the first crack.
Pdf fibre reinforced concrete a sustainable material in the. If, instead of the polymer, we use portland cement and sand, the resulting material is glass fiber reinforced concretegfrc or sometimes grc the brits call it glassfibre reinforced concrete. Structural glass fiber reinforced concrete for slabs on ground. The material used to make boats or other products, although called fiberglass, is really glass fiber reinforced plasticglass fibers in a polymer matrix.
It was also found that the modulus of rupture decreases with freeze thaw cycling. Synthetic of fiber synthetic fiberreinforced concrete uses plastic and nylon fibers to improve the concretes strength. Modulus of elasticity of matrix must be much lower than that of fibre. Degradation of glass fiber reinforced concrete due to. Download fiber reinforced concrete pdf ppt seminar. Cladding panels glass fiber reinforced concrete gfrc architectural gfrc panels have been used successfully for over 25 years on a variety of buildings. Experimental investigation of steel fiber reinforced. Fiberreinforced concrete frc examination of fractured specimens of fiberreinforced concrete shows that failure takes place primarily due to fiber pullout or debonding. Fiberreinforced concrete seminar ppt with pdf report.
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