Parametric Study on BENDABLE Concrete

Bendable Concrete also known as Engineered Cementitious Composites abbreviated as ECC is class of ultra-ductile fiber reinforced cementitious composites, characterized by high ductility and tight crack width control. This material is capable to exhibit considerably enhanced flexibility. An ECC has a strain capacity of more than 3 percent and thus acts more like a ductile metal rather than like a brittle glass. A bendable concrete is reinforced with micromechanically designed polymer fibres. The aim of this study is to investigate the hardened property (i.e. Flexural Test) of ECC by addition of Steel, PVA & Hybrid fibers in different proportion. The result of Flexural strength of various ECC mix with different percentage of fibers are compare with Conventional Concrete design according to Indian Standard. All beams were tested under four-point loading test at different age in UTM, followed by different cross-section of specimen varying from 50-125 mm having 700 mm total length.