Investigation on the Performance of Hybrid Fiber Reinforced Geopolymer Concrete Made of M-Sand under Heat Curing

Abstract:

Due to the elevating demand to replace the conventional cement concrete with any other building material, there has been a continuous effort to promote the properties of geopolymer concrete. The objective of this paper is to reduce the brittleness of geopolymer concrete. This research paper goes for exploring the impact of high and low young’s modulus fiber in geopolymer concrete made of M-sand. Mix proportion of various materials is based on the Rangan’s proposed Mix design. Geopolymer concrete used in this investigation is the Fly ash – Ground Granulated Blast Furnace Slag blend based. Concoction of NaOH solution and Na2SiO3 solution is used as the alkali solution. Sine 80 percent of the source material is flyash, the specimens are exposed to heat curing. Fresh property and hardened characteristics like workability, ductility factor, compressive, split tensile, flexural and impact strength are assessed in this study. Significant increase in the engineering properties is observed with respect to both the fibers. This work unveils lot of potential in the vicinity of Geopolymer concrete.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 1019)
• Pages: 73-81
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.1019.73
• Online since: January 2021
• Authors: A. Chithambar Ganesh*, J. Sivasubramanaian, Mahalingam Sesha Seshamahalingam, J. Millar, V. Jayanth Kumar
• Keywords: Geopolymer Concrete, Glass Fiber, Hybrid Fiber, Polypropylene Fiber

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