COMPARISON OF COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF COIR-REINFORCED CONCRETE AND PLAIN CEMENT CONCRETE
Keywords:
Coir fibre, natural fibre, coir fibre reinforced concrete (CFRC), Compressive strength, tensile strength.Abstract
In civil engineering world, concrete is an inevitable and broadly used building material. As we know,
concrete is good in compression but weaker in tension, there is a need of materials that can be mix with concrete to
provide its better tensile strength. In addition to that in today’s world, the increase in global warming and pollution
increases the requirement of natural eco-friendly composites to minimize the effect of pollution. Among all natural fibres,
coconut fibre (coir) has maximum tensile strength due to presence of maximum amount of lignin. This paper presents an
experimental study of coir fibre reinforced concrete (CFRC) and its strength. Addition of coir fibre in the concrete
increases the various properties of concrete like its compressive strength, tensile strength and split tensile strength.
