Experimental investigation of layered concrete matrix consisting of normal and fibre reinforced high performance concrete

This paper presents detailed experimental investigations on compounding technology with two layered as well as three layered reinforced cement concrete, consisting of fibre reinforced high performance concrete (FRHPC) and Normal strength concrete (NSC) to improve the efficiency of concrete matrix (M60 and M20) and consequently to enhanced load carrying capacity of different layered concrete matrix and also to study compatibility condition between FRHPC and NSC layers. Since, High performance concrete (HPC) is a specialized series on concrete designed to provide several benefits in the construction of concrete structure. The Mechanical properties of layered fibre reinforced high performance concrete matrix along with normal strength concrete was studied by preparing several varying thickness of FRHPC and NSC layers. Compressive strength, split tensile strength and flexural strength of the layered concrete matrix specimens were carried out to assess the enhancement in strength and same is to be optimized with minimum use of FRHPC to obtain increased strengths.