• Vinay Raj.K
• Pooja.K.S
• Puneeth.D.S
• Harsha.M.G
• Prajwal.M.D

Cement concrete lends itself to a variety of innovative design as it can be cast to any desired shape. It possesses many desirable properties like high compression strength, stiffness, low thermal and electrical conductivity. But its characteristics such as weak in tension and brittleness at failure have limited its use for various applications. These limitations are overcome by placing steel bars in concrete, in regions where concrete is subjected to tension loading. Even though the concept of RCC has eliminated one of the major weaknesses of concrete (inability to resist tensile forces), it still falls short in many desirable properties like toughness, tension, ductility, controlling of cracking and energy absorption. In order to achieve all these properties, it is essential to distribute the reinforcement uniformly throughout the cross section. Such a way of reinforcing the brittle concrete matrix is possible by adding short fibers of small diameter. In this research, sisal fibers are used in concrete since it has ultimate tensile strength and exceptionally durable in lower maintenance with minimal wear and tear. Mechanical properties such as compression strength and split tensile strength of M30 grade concrete is tested for various percentages of fibers from 0.3%, 0.6%, 0.9% and 1.2% by weight of cement and it is compared with the conventional concrete. Length of fibers is taken as 30mm obtained from literature survey.

Sisal fibers, Hardened property, Concrete technology

"EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PLAIN CEMENT CONCRETE REINFORCED WITH SISAL FIBRES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.610-613, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904P94.pdf

"EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PLAIN CEMENT CONCRETE REINFORCED WITH SISAL FIBRES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp610-613, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1904P94.pdf