Volume : 2, Issue : 2, February - 2013

A Study on Glass Fibre as an Additive in Concrete to Increase Concrete Tensile Strength

Ronak Patel, Jayraj Solanki, Jayeshkumar Pitroda

Abstract :

– The present day world is witnessing the construction of very challenging and difficult civil engineering structures. Glass fiber (also spelled glass fie) is a material consisting of numerous extremely fine fibers of glass. Quite often, concrete being the most important and widely used material is called upon to possess very high strength and sufficient workability properties. Efforts are being made in the field of concrete technology to develop such concretes with special characteristics. Researchers all over the world are attempting to develop high performance concretes by using fies and other admixtures in concrete up to certain proportions. Glass–fie reinforced concrete (GRC) is a material made of a cementatious matrix composed of cement, sand, water and admixtures, in which short length glass fies are dispersed. It has been widely used in the construction industry for non–structural elements, like façade panels, piping and channels. GRC offers many advantages, such as being lightweight, fire resistance, good appearance and strength. To increase the applications of Glass Fie Reinforced High–Performance–Concrete (GFRHPC) in India, greater understanding of GFRHPC produced with locally available materials and indigenously produced mineral admixtures is essential.