Impact Factor (2025): 6.9
DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
Plastic is
one of the most used materials in today’s world. Because of its
non-biodegradable characteristics, it is obligatory to recycle the plastic in
order to save the nature from its adverse effect. Plastic can be recycled by
using it for construction purposes. This study aims at investigating the fresh
and hardened properties of concrete while adopting polypropylene (PP) as coarse
aggregate in concrete. Three concrete types were prepared with crushed stones
as coarse aggregate and in two cases crushed stones were partially, 10% and 20%
by volume, replaced with PP. Two water cement ratio, i.e. 0.45 and 0.55, were
used in the concrete mix design. The usage of natural fiber in construction is
widely used in building materials engineering. However, using sugarcane fiber
waste material as a natural in construction is very precious, because it can
increase crack control and ductility, brittle concrete. Furthermore, the usage
of sugarcane in construction can reduce of environmental pollution. In this
study, a mixture of sugarcane fiber to be used in normal grade concrete and
lightweight concrete to determine whether there is an increase in the
compressive and tensile strength of the concrete. The objective of this study
was to determine the compressive and tensile strength between control concrete
and concrete mix with sugarcane fiber. In addition, the optimal volume of
sugarcane fiber in the concrete mixture where the percentage of sugarcane fiber
used was 0.5%, 1.0% and 1.5%. Compressive strength was tested on days 7 and 28
after curing test is carried out. Meanwhile, the tensile test has been carried
out to measure the tensile strength of sugarcane fiber relations in concrete
mixes only at 28day curing.
Country : India
IRJIET, Volume 6, Issue 5, May 2022 pp. 180-183