A Review on Experimental Study of Fiber Reinforced Bendable Concrete With M-Sand

Reducing the brittle nature of concrete has opened a new world of possibilities to enhance the safety, durability and sustainability of the next generation of civil infrastructure. Tiny fibers partly account for its performance, and also the material is designed for maximum flexibility, because of its long life, the Engineered cementitious composite (ECC) is expected to cost less in the long run, as well. The ductile or bendable concrete is made of same ingredient as in regular concrete minus the coarse aggregate. It looks exactly like normal concrete, but under excessive strain, the ECC concrete allows, the specially coated network of fiber in cement to slide within the cement, thus avoiding the inflexibility that causes the brittleness and breakage. The key factor is that ECC is engineered, means to addition to reinforcing the concrete with micro scale fiber that acts as ligaments to bond concrete more tightly. As this is the special type of concrete there are no defined codes for it and also it is rarely developed in INDIA hence no Indian codes can be found related to this, thus for this reason the parameters needed are to be obtained using trial and error method. This project includes different sets of test such as compaction factor test, bulk density, compressive strength test, flexural test sieve analysis etc. To determine the best possible water-cement and sand-cement ratio compression test was practiced and also gives us the compressive strength of concrete specimen. Finally, the flexural strength of concrete is determined by performing the flexural test on the specimen /member. Later on, all the data is analyzed and future prediction for flexural strength. Also, the ECC is compared with conventional concrete with regards to its weight and cost parameters.