A STUDY ON THE EFFICACY OF DISCRETE REINFORCING INCLUSIONS ON THE STRENGTH OF CONCRETE IN MARINE ENVIRONMENT

Today availability of plastic waste is enormous and of such nearly 50% to 60% are consumed for short time utility. Once used, plastic materials are thrown outside and they remain as waste. Plastic wastes are durable and non-biodegradable. The improper disposal is not ecofriendly as they pollute the environment. Under these circumstances, an alternative use of these plastic wastes is required. So any method that can use this Waste Plastics for purpose of construction is always welcome. The Fibre Reinforced Concrete (FRC) is a composite material essentially consisting of concrete reinforced by random placement of short discontinuous and discrete fine fibers of specific geometry. Hence, this project is aimed at increasing the various properties like workability, tensile strength of concrete, by way of conducting experimental program with the addition of Waste Plastic Inclusions (WPI) in desired percentages in order to increase the compressive strength. The durability studies of WPI with various percentage of addition to the cement and for M25, M30, M35, M40 and M45 grade reinforced concretes are also planned to compare submersed curing under potable water for 7 Days, 14 Days and 28 Days & exposing curing under marine environment (creating a marine exposure) for 0 Days, 7 Days, 14 Days and 28 Days