Effect of Adding Polypropylene Fibers to Concrete Mixtures

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10.2991/978-94-6463-386-3_11How to use a DOI?

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Concrete; Cement; Polypropylene Fiber; Compressive Strength of Concrete

Abstract

Building constructions found in Indonesia generally use concrete as the main structural material. Even though it has advantages, concrete also has disadvantages in its use, namely that concrete has brittle properties so that it is practically unable to withstand brittle tensile stress. There are many types of fiber that can be used to improve the mechanical properties of concrete, including steel fiber, glass fiber, polypropylene fiber (a type of highquality plastic), carbon and natural fibers derived from natural materials (natural fiber), such as palm fiber, bamboo fiber, coconut fiber, jute fiber and others. One of the unique fiber materials used is polypropylene fiber. The aim of this research is to determine the effect of adding polypropylene fiber on the compressive strength of normal concrete and to find or determine the composition of polypropylene fiber content which causes the optimum compressive strength of concrete. By using FC’30 concrete quality and cylindrical test objects measuring 15 cm x 30 cm, there were 45 test objects. Compressive strength tests were carried out at 7, 14 and 28 days of treatment. From the test results, the normal compressive strength of concrete at 28 days was 30.09 MPa, after using additional polypropylene fiber the compressive strength was 27.73 MPa (0.1% polypropylene fiber), 28.77 MPa (0.2% fiber polypropylene), 27.82 MPa (0.3% polypropylene fiber), and 25.75 MPa (0.4% polypropylene fiber). Based on the test results, it shows that the addition of polypropylene fiber can influence the compressive strength of concrete with a certain level of polypropylene fiber addition, but it still cannot reach the planned compressive strength value.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lina Flaviana Tilik
AU  - Suhadi Suhadi
AU  - Bastoni Hassasi
AU  - Sri Rezki Artini
AU  - Nurul Aina Syahira
AU  - Tri Kurnia Rahayu
AU  - Ayu Marlina
AU  - Ahmad Riezki
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/02/27
TI  - Effect of Adding Polypropylene Fibers to Concrete Mixtures
BT  - Proceedings of the 7th FIRST 2023 International Conference on Global Innovations (FIRST-ESCSI 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 88
EP  - 93
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6463-386-3_11
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6463-386-3_11
ID  - Tilik2024
ER  -