Authors : Samuela Loaloa Vukicea

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 6 - June

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26jun1923

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Abstract : Cement concrete is relatively brittle and its tensile strength is typically only about one-tenths of its compressive strength. It is becoming increasingly popular in various applications to reinforce the concrete with small, randomly distributed fibers. The main purpose is not only to increase the energy absorption capacity, called the toughness of the material, but also to increase the tensile, compressive and flexural strength of concrete. This experimental analysis is to carry out Compressive and Split Tensile StrengthTests on Steel Fiber Reinforced Concrete (SFRC) and determine their mechanical properties particularly in their hardened state. A steel fiber obtained for steel shavings having a diameter of 0.50 mm is being used being to investigate the effects of fiber quantity on tensile strength on coconut fiber-reinforced concrete.

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