Experimental Study On Ecc Concrete

Research Article
Balaji R
DOI: 
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2018.0906.2270
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
ECC (Engineered Cementitious Composites) or Bendable concrete, Recron fibre, Poly Vinyl Alcohol fibre, Super plasticizer.
Abstract: 

The conventional concrete commonly used is very low in flexural properties. The strain capacity of conventional concrete is just about 0.01 %. Traditional concrete gets sudden great damage when the strain exceeds due to an earthquake or when over loaded. Therefore the need of some specially designed fibre reinforced concrete materials with good flexural properties are developed and termed as Engineered cementitious composites (ECC). ECC remains safe to use at tensile strains from 3% to 5%. It is also called as bendable concrete reinforced with micromechanically designed polymer fibres. The Recron fibres, Poly Vinyl Alcohol Fibres, fly ash are partially incorporated with cement as supplementary materials to increase the flexibility of concrete in different percentages and it shows different values of strength in each mix