Strength of Concrete Containing Basalt Fibre

This paper presents the comparative study of effect of basalt fibre on compressive and split tensile strength of\ud M40 grade concrete. The basalt fibre was mixed in concrete by (0.5%, 1%, and 1.5%) of its total weight of\ud cement in concrete. Results indicated that the strength increases with increase of basalt fibre content up to 1.0%\ud beyond that there is a reduction in strength on increasing basalt fibre. The results show that the concrete\ud specimen with 1.0% of basalt fibre gives better performance when it compared with 0.5%and 1.5% basalt fibre\ud mix in concrete specimens