PARAMETRIC STUDY ON TESTING, DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF FIBRE REINFORCED GEOPOLYMER CONCRETE

With the growth in infrastructure development in the housing sector the demand for cement is bound to increase. Due to environmental concerns of cement industry these arises a strong need to make a use of alternate technology. In this view the geopolymer shows considerable application in concrete industry as an alternative binder to the portland cement. An important focus of our vision should be in increasing the durability and longevity of structures .In this result the appropriate fibre has to be used in order to the requirements of the structure and achieve maximum effectiveness. In this project, an attempt is made to study the fibre reinforced geopolymer concrete. The concrete consists of flyash, ground granulated blast furnace slag, alkaline solution, coarse aggregate and nylon fibre. Nylon Fibre is added to the mix is 0.01% by volume of concrete. The cement is fully replaced by flyash and GGBS. In the part of the project, an experimental research to determine the mechanical properties of geopolymer concrete and compare the result by the FEM Software