Dr. R L Ramesh, Professor & Head
Department of Civil Engineering, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Dr. Nagaraja P S, Professor
Faculty of Engineering, Civil Department, UVCE, Bangalore University, Karnataka, India.
Raghavendra R, Gobinath S, Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Experimental Investigation on Strength and Behavior of PSC Fiber Reinforced Beams with GGBS
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Abstract
The Concrete is one of the most important products which are efficiently and effectively used in the field of construction. The usage of natural aggregates in the process of production of concrete was high which lead to huge deficiency of availability of the natural aggregates. At the same time production of cements leads to more environmental pollution. Therefore, the production of concrete was altered by vast usage of admixtures and replacements for natural aggregates. In this paper M60 grade concrete is prepared by using GGBS as a partial replacement of cement which is a good strength building mineral admixture, the steel fibers were also introduced in the concrete to improve the strength parameter and for ease of work with concrete and addition of AUROMIX – 400 which is provided by FOSROC chemicals Bengaluru as super plasticizers. The concrete specimens like Cubes and Cylinders were casted and allowed to curing over a nominal curing period of 7, 14 and 28 days to know the basic mechanical properties of the concrete with the above replacements and at the same time RCC beams were also casted and cured, then post tensioned to know the flexural details of this special concrete.