Fabrication of jute fiber reinforced concrete pavers block ~ A Textile Blog run by NITERians

Reinforcement:

Reinforcement is a consequence that will strengthen an organism's future behaviour. This strengthening results may be measured as a higher frequency of behaviour, longer duration, greater magnitude, eco-friendly and also economic.

Recently, Jute fibre is being used as a reinforcement material in the development of reinforced plastics, concretes and geo-textiles for various engineering applications. Its biodegradability, low cost, and moderate mechanical properties make it a preferable reinforcement material in the development of polymer matrix composites. Therefore, Jute Fibre Reinforced Concrete (JFRC) materials have replaced the most widely used synthetic fibre (glass, Kevlar) reinforced composites in many applications.

Fabrication process of jute fiber reinforced concrete pavers block:-

According to IS 15658 for fabrication of concrete pavers 35 M graded concrete is required. The mix design of concrete paver is cement: sand: stone chips :: 1: 3: 4. Here the size of stone chips used was 3-6 mm. The water cement ratio for concrete paver preparation was 0.2.
For each set of concrete composite 1% jute fiber was incorporated

Fabrication process of jute reinforced pavers block concrete

Concrete paver blocks with and without modified jute fiber:-

Three different concrete paver blocks were made with the mix design, which was developed in this research. Fig. (a ) shows the concrete pavers block without any jute fiber reinforcement. Jute fiber reinforced concrete pavers block is shown in Fig. (b). Fig. (c) shows concrete pavers block fabricated by chemically modified jute fiber reinforcement.